Let’s be honest. When a dog tests positive for heartworm, there’s a particular kind of quiet that falls over the exam room. It’s not a simple diagnosis. It’s the start of a long, difficult, and ...

The Times Network India Health Summit 2025 highlighted dengue’s growing threat. Experts called for early diagnosis, prevention, and tackling myths. With vaccines still limited and trials in progress, ...

The new test, called the risk of ovarian cancer algorithm (Roca), calculates a woman’s individual risk based on factors such as blood levels of the protein cancer antigen 125 (CA 125) over time, age, ...

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie raised awareness of BRCA mutations in 2013 when she had a double mastectomy to cut her chance of developing cancer.

Amid the uncertainty surrounding eligibility for and access to the latest Covid-19 vaccine, a new study has found that a common nasal spray could help prevent infection.

Women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations are known to be at significantly higher risk of developing ovarian cancer as well as breast cancer.

Properties in the Burncoat neighborhood of Worcester will be sprayed with pesticide after West Nile virus was detected in mosquitoes collected from a trap site in the area. The Central Massachusetts ...

A leading pharmacist is urging those who test positive for Covid to stay at home to avoid spreading two new highly infectious strains of the virus. Stratus and Nimbus are the two latest variants of ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Two frozen vegetable mixes were just recalled over ...

An NHS trust has become the first in England to offer a new ovarian cancer surveillance test for women with an inherited risk of the disease. Women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations are known to be ...