Rare Disease Day is held on the last day of February to raise awareness for rare diseases and address drug development ...

The country is facing a coming wave of dementia for its ageing population, and is investing in research into drugs, ...

New research from Curtin University and The Kids Research Institute Australia mapping tuberculosis (TB) cases in Africa could help dramatically improve diagnosis, treatment and prevention of the ...

Cardiovascular disease remains the top cause of death and disease around the globe, but the risks are not shared equally, according to the latest assessment from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) ...

With the recent announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) designating the Zika virus as a public health emergency of international concern, the nation must now grapple with the issue of how ...

Our inbox has been flooded with emails from viewers and readers who told us how their lives have been affected by rare diseases.

Ultra-processed foods are a key driver of chronic disease around the world, and governments need to act now, according to new papers published by an international team of health researchers. Go into ...

A new study is linking chemicals commonly found in plastics with deaths from heart disease around the world. The research, published in the journal eBioMedicine this spring, linked more than 350,000 ...

ForeBatten Foundation launches national campaign to fund Batten disease research This campaign turns a birthday ...

A new AI tool from China called DeepRare is now better than doctors at finding rare diseases. It is correct almost 79% of the time. It works very fast and gives proof for its answers, which could ...