Tag: Disease
Valley Fever: The deadly and incurable disease terrifying the west coast
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Sarris Baker sat by her daughter’s hospital bed, held her…
Scientists Develop Game-Changing Vaccine Against Lyme Disease Ticks
A major step in battling Lyme disease and other dangerous tick-borne viruses may have been taken as researchers announced they have developed a vaccine against the ticks themselves. Rather than…
Is $3.5 Million a Fair Price for a Lifesaving Gene Therapy?
Feb. 15, 2023 — Gene therapies have the power to cure serious, even fatal, diseases. Yet what captures public attention is often not the transformative effects but the enormous price…
How Your Voice Could Reveal Hidden Disease
Dec. 7, 2022 – Most of us have two voice changes in our lifetime: first during puberty, as the vocal cords thicken and the voice box migrates down the throat. Then…
Subtle Signs of Heart Disease for Women
It’s a common scenario. A woman in her 50s wakes up feeling nauseous. Dismissing it, she moves through her day, feeling a bit fatigued during her morning walk, even short…