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This experimental drug trial saw cancer vanish in every patient

The cancer patients saw their tumours disappear after the treatment, and have been cancer-free for two years.

Travel News

Are there any travel restrictions due to the monkeypox virus?

An unusual outbreak of monkeypox is causing concern in some European countries.

Health news

Mysterious hepatitis cases rise to 348 worldwide. Is COVID a factor?

The World Health Organization says there are now at least 348 cases of hepatitis of unknown origin around the world, mainly affecting children.

India

Tuberculosis death rate in India has increased because of the COVID pandemic

Around half a million people died from Tuberculosis in India in 2020. That's a third of the global toll. It's the first time the death rates from TB rose in more than a decade. It follows the two-year COVID-19 pandemic when people in India were too worried about getting tested according to a doctor

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Health news

UK patient dies as more cases of Lassa fever reported. But what is it?

Cases of the rat-borne virus detected in the UK have been linked to travel to west Africa and are being closely monitored.

Euronews Debates

How can Europe advance rare diseases innovation? | Euronews Debates

In partnership with Biogen

Euronews has gathered a panel of experts, industry leaders and key players in Brussels to address the issue of how rare disease provision can be advanced in the EU.

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Protests continue demanding foreign treatment for ailing ex-PM in Bangladesh

Thousands of opposition protesters continue to stage demonstrations across Bangladesh, demanding that the government allows ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to fly abroad for medical treatment.

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Vaccine scepticism hits Gambia's polio campaign

Efforts to eradicate polio in The Gambia are facing skepticism due to distrust of Covid-19 vaccines, according to a medical officer in the West African state.

Earth News

Deadly tree disease highlights risks of monocultures

A disease never before found in European trees highlights the risk that monoculture forests present.

Ukraine

Ukraine confirms case of polio in 18-month-old toddler

Polio has been eradicated in Europe since 2002.

Health news

WHO recommends world's first malaria vaccine for African children

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called it a "historic moment".

Nature

Why has Puerto Rico declared an ecological state of emergency?

A mysterious and deadly disease is running rampant through one of Puerto Rico's vital ecosystems.

United Kingdom

Low life expectancy and mental health problems rattle UK coastal towns

Residents of England's coastal towns suffer lower life expectancy and more mental health problems, experts say.

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Blind Japanese skateboarder going by feel

Ryusei Ouchi has all the usual trappings of a skateboarder -- the baggy T-shirt, the low-slung trousers, the flat-peak baseball hat. But he also skates with something else: a cane - because he is almost completely blind

Health news

Future of health: linking humans, animals and their shared environment

To prevent pandemics and fight the rise of drug-resistant "superbugs", scientists are pleading for more integrated health policies that protect the fragile balance between humans, animals and the environment.

World News

Modifying mosquitoes reduces diseases such as dengue by 77% - study

A groundbreaking study by the World Mosquito Program has found that inserting a natural and safe bacteria into mosquitos can block the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases and reduce one of the world’s fastest-growing tropical diseases.

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Congo confirms new Ebola outbreak after death of woman

This is the 12th outbreak in conflict-ridden Congo since the virus was first discovered in the country in 1976.

USA

Coronavirus: US reports first case of new COVID-19 variant in Colorado

The man, in his 20s, is currently in isolation in Denver. Authorities say he has no travel history.

United Kingdom

‘Like a grenade has gone off’: how some people suffer 'long COVID'

When he first developed symptoms of COVID-19 in March, Professor Paul Garner expected to develop only a mild form of the disease. "But it absolutely floored me," he told Euronews.

France

Mosquitoes to be bred on large scale to study infectious diseases

InnovaFeed will partner in this project with the World Mosquito Program (WMP). who began fighting the transmission of such viruses to humans ten years ago by infecting female mosquitos with bacteria.