Health

ObamaCare: Supreme Court to review second legal challenge

A second legal challenge to President Barack Obama's signature 2010 healthcare law (ObamaCare) will be reviewed by the Supreme Court,…

10 years ago

Parkinson’s disease breakthrough: Stem cells used to heal brain damage

According to Swedish scientists, stem cells can be used to heal the damage in the brain caused by Parkinson's disease.…

10 years ago

Teresa Romero: Spanish Ebola nurse released from hospital

Teresa Romero, the Spanish nurse who became the first person known to have contracted Ebola outside West Africa in the…

10 years ago

Brittany Maynard died: Terminally ill cancer patient ends life in Oregon

Terminally ill cancer patient Brittany Maynard, whose viral YouTube video reignited the debate on assisted-suicide, ended her life on November…

10 years ago

Canada suspends visas for Ebola countries

Canada has decided to suspend visa applications from residents and passport-holders from West African countries in the grip of the…

10 years ago

Doctors Without Borders warns US on Ebola quarantine

Doctors Without Borders has warned some mandatory Ebola quarantine measures in the US are having a "chilling effect" on its…

10 years ago

Ebola nurse Kaci Hickox defies quarantine order by leaving her house in Maine

Nurse Kaci Hickox has defied the Ebola quarantine order, leaving her house in Maine for a brief bike ride. She…

10 years ago

Trumenba: Meningitis vaccine approved in US

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a vaccine for the first time for the deadly type of meningitis that…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Liberia sees decline in spread of infections

Liberia, the country hardest hit in the Ebola outbreak, is seeing a decline in the spread of infections, the World…

10 years ago

Google X working on nanoparticles project to detect cancer and other diseases

Google is working on a technology to detect cancer and heart attack. The technology combines disease-detecting nanoparticles, which would enter…

10 years ago