Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Bird flu claims third victim this year in Indonesia

Tests on a 19-year-old woman who died last week showed she had contracted the bird flu virus, Indonesia's third human death from the deadly disease this year, the health ministry said Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

More than 26,000 have been infected with Ebola: WHO

More than 26,000 people have been infected with Ebola since the outbreak began and more than 10,800 have died, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

Oncology & Cancer

GE to invest $1 billion in cancer research

US industrial conglomerate General Electric said on Thursday that it would invest $1 billion in cancer research over the next five years.

Medical research

Commonalities found between viral infections and ovarian cancer

DNA viruses, such as herpesviruses and poxviruses, are among the most prolific and deadly viruses on Earth. Their ability to proliferate widely is due in large part to the way these viruses incubate in the body. Many DNA ...

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