In 2021, a crew of civilian astronauts spent three days in Earth orbit. While they were up there, they performed a bevy of experiments. And not only did we learn more about what space travel can do to the human body, we also learned...

Your body usually does a great job defending you from all kinds of viruses, fungi, and bacteria. However, there are some pathogens out there that can hide from your immune system and stay dormant in your body, waiting for their...

Chicken Pox Poem

Feeling Ill – Poetry Workshop

Doctor explains all you need to know about chicken pox vaccine for children.Credit: Lorraine, ITV

Four types of ailment are shown, but which one is not a disease?
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Thousands of cases of monkeypox have been reported in countries where, historically, the virus is not endemic. But this virus isn’t new. In fact, Monkeypox is currently endemic in parts of West and Central Africa and scientists have...

Mr. Griot models using the 5 W’s chart and paraphrasing skills to create a story summary.

Learn about the potential breakthrough in preventing the painful and lingering effects of Shingles through a new concentrated vaccine derived from the chicken pox vaccine. Researchers suggest that this innovative approach could spare...

This has been a wild time for me, but I am feeling much better.

This nugget describes common viral diseases in detail with respect to their causative agents, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and methods of prevention.

With CDC leadership in flux, states take opposing paths on vaccines — alliances to protect access in some, rollbacks of mandates in others. (Scripps News)

Florida's plan would lift mandates on school vaccines for hepatitis B, chickenpox, Hib influenza and pneumococcal diseases. (Scripps News)

A major new study published in the journal Nature suggests getting the shingles vaccine could lower the risk of dementia by up to 20 per cent. Researchers say it seemed to offer ‘substantially larger’ protections than existing dementia...

Northern Gaza faces a health crisis as sewage contamination spreads diseases among displaced Palestinians.

For every person infected with the measles, health officials expect them to spread the virus to another 12 to 18 people. (Scripps News)

Quotes from artist Jason Wilsher-Mills as he launches an exhibition of his work at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. His colourful and bold works, including a 10m long inflatable, detail his experiences as a disabled person.



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Dr. Italo Brown, Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine at Stanford Hospital and Clinics, and Chief Impact officer of T.R.A.P. Medicine, discusses Covid-19 vaccine inequity and how the pandemic has obscured attention to medical...

More than 25,000 pediatricians and primary care providers already have signed up to get the shots into little arms.

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