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Heart disease is the leading cause of death around the world. However, overall heart disease death rates over the past five ...

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Africa is facing the worst outbreak of cholera in 25 years, the Africa CDC told reporters in a briefing on Thursday, blaming ...

The data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, overtook ...

Inside a nautical-themed office building in Mount Pleasant featuring a giant tide gauge and metal fish sculptures, sit quiet offices where people are working to fight "the worst disease you have never ...

A girl with polio meets one of the first children to get a polio vaccine. Bettmann/Getty Images By Elena Conis Graphics by Sara Chodosh and Aileen Clarke Dr. Conis is a historian of medicine and ...