CHILDREN born via Caesarean are at greater risk of catching measles, a study suggests. Around one third of women have C-sections, either planned or as an emergency. 1 A baby …
THREE people in Saudi Arabia with no direct contact with camels have contracted ‘camel flu’, sparking concern among scientists. It is not clear how the unnamed men caught the virus, which …
GP SURGERIES are asking patients to wear masks while infected schoolkids will need to isolate for three weeks, as the UK faces its worst whooping cough outbreak in 40 years. …
When donated blood is in low supply, platelets are even scarcer. These cell fragments, which are essential for blood clotting, have a short shelf life. Whereas whole blood can be …
Cancer continues to be the biggest killer in Canada, but more people are surviving up to 25 years after being diagnosed, a new study has found. Cancer is the leading cause …
Harnessing the body’s own cells to fight disease, long a medical dream, is finally a reality. Now comes the bill. Last month, Stanford became the first hospital in the nation …
THE HEARTBROKEN parents of a baby girl who died of whooping cough shared her heartbreaking final moments. Little Evie-Grace was just 15 days old when she passed away from the …
Sport and Physical Activity Minister Carla Qualtrough has appointed a former chief justice of the Ontario Court of Justice to lead a three-person commission probing systemic abuse in sports. Lise …
DISEASE experts have warned that the number of whooping cough deaths ‘may well rise’ as England faces its worst outbreak in 40 years. It comes after reports that five British …
Rather than building a device from the ground up, Synchron and Paradromics have taken inspiration from previous medical devices. Paradromics’ design, for instance, is based on the Utah array but …