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Women are more likely to face delays in the diagnosis of heart disease and - as a result - are more likely to die, according to one of the largest reports of its kind.Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women,…

Health officials are raising the alarm over the rapid spread of Ebola in an outbreak that has killed more than 130 people and infected nearly 600, including an American.World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom…

A person living in Colorado has died of the hantavirus in a rare case that is not connected to the outbreak on a cruise ship that has killed three. Health officials have said the infection in Douglas County appears to have come from…

A major storm system is threatening tens of millions of Americans in the Midwest with potentially deadly flash floods and intense tornadoes touching down on Monday.The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued severe thunderstorm…

Ovarian cancer has long been dubbed a 'silent killer' because its symptoms are all too easy to overlook. It's one of the eleven cancers on the rise, driven exclusively by increasing numbers of young women developing the disease. Studies…

By ALEXA LARDIERI, US HEALTH EDITOR Published: 15:14 EDT, 15 May 2026 | Updated: 16:12 EDT, 15 May 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- …

Skin cancer cases could surge by 2050, with deadly melanoma becoming an even bigger global killer, a study has warned. Diagnoses of skin cancer have climbed significantly in Britain over the past decade, with cases of melanoma - the…

By EMMA GRITT, ASSOCIATE HEALTH EDITOR Published: 03:56 EDT, 11 May 2026 | Updated: 04:18 EDT, 11 May 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- The…

As officials race to get passengers off a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, health experts have revealed how the deadly rat-borne virus could have taken over the ship.Hazmat-clad medical workers descended on the luxury cruise…

They're billed as a stress–free, all–inclusive holiday at sea – but cruise ships are especially prone to disease outbreaks, an expert has warned.Vikram Niranjan, an assistant professor in public health at the University of Limerick, has…