This A.I. can predict how certain drug combos will best treat diseases
Tuberculosis kills 1.8 million people each year, and has 28 drugs used to treat it. When combined, there are over 24,000 three to four drug combinations.
India eliminated smallpox in the 20th century – and women played a massive part
Claiming over 300 million lives in the 20th century alone, smallpox killed 3 out every 10 person it infected. Thanks to women like Mary Guinan and Cornelia E Davis, India was able to rid ...
This Thanksgiving, here's why you should focus on being more grateful
Learning the ancient art of gratitude will make you healthier, happier and better able to deal with adversity.
Deaths from HIV/AIDS are still falling
Today, there are almost a million fewer deaths from HIV/AIDS than when they peaked in the mid 2000s. But there's a shortfall in funding.
It's one of the richest countries in the world - yet its healthcare is failing millions
Unsurprisingly, age, race and income all affect an individual's experience with access to healthcare in the United States.
Every year nearly 6 million people die in developing countries from low quality healthcare - this is how we help them
What can we learn from the World Bank Group's work in Colombia and its assessment of the quality of the country's almost universal health coverage?
The 'ideal diet' is too expensive for 1.6 billion people
At $2.84 per head per day, the 'ideal diet' would be beyond reach for nearly 1.6 billion people, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, researchers say.
Why the idea of ‘care robots’ could be bad news for the elderly
"There are concerns that social care quality may diminish with the use of robots, because robots are incapable of fulfilling the social or emotional needs of older care recipients and may...
A third of U.S. adults are lonely - here's how we can help
Isolation among the world's still-increasing population of over-60s is one of the great mental-health crises of our time – but innovative care methods could provide an answer.
Why we need to start a new pro-vaccine movement
Inspired by Greta Thunberg's fight against climate change, a pro-vaccine movement could restore trust in immunization threatened by anti-vaccination supporters and address vaccine hesitancy.
New cell therapy reduced epilepsy and improved memory in mice after brain injury
Traumatic brain injuries affect 2 million Americans each year and causes cell death and inflammation in the brain. This new therapy might help.
This disease killed 60% of Europe's population, now it's back
Far from being consigned to the history books, plague still occurs in countries around the world, from China to the United States. Here's what you need to know about plague.