Since Bekki Thomas was a teenager, she has experienced crippling pain and chronic fatigue that lasted weeks at a time. Despite the severe symptoms, it took eight years for doctors to diagnose the Clevedon woman with endometriosis.

Many older Australians recall measles as a common childhood illness, often dismissed as a mild inconvenience. However, measles is a highly contagious viral infection that can lead to severe complications, including pneumonia, encephalitis (brain ...

Ticks that spread the Lyme-causing bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi are most active when temperatures exceed 45 F, and they like a minimum of 85% humidity. Some places in the world where ticks have never previously been found now have them, broadening the ...

A new study exploring the use of a popular anti-smoking pill to help young people quit vaping is being hailed as "exciting" by Australian researchers. The study, conducted by Massachusetts General Hospital in the United States and published by ...

The test kits have been developed under the Department of Biotechnology's (DBT) partnership programme Grand Challenges India (GCI) at the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC).

Antibiotic resistance is a serious threat to public health. When antibiotics don't work, we risk not being able to treat many types of infections and people who would previously have been cured, can die. One example is the bacterium E. coli which is ...