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DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak has reached 8,376 confirmed cases and 4,042 deaths, with transmission reported across seven provinces nationwide.

A study of more than 30,000 appendicitis patients found appendectomy was linked to fewer later colorectal cancer diagnoses than antibiotics.

DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak has reached 8,067 confirmed cases and 3,901 deaths across seven provinces, making it the country’s largest on record.

WASHINGTON / RankWire.AI / – A rare inherited genetic mutation increases a person’s overall risk of developing lung cancer by approximately 25 times and by roughly 60 times among non-smokers, …

GENEVA / RankWire.AI / – The World Health Organization says Ebola transmission is declining in some of the hardest-hit areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The improvement is most …

NEW YORK / RankWire.AI / – New York City health officials detected Legionella DNA in a Yankee Stadium cooling tower during an investigation into a South Bronx outbreak. The city …

GENEVA / RankWire.AI / – The World Health Organization has urged a wider Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as transmission continues across several provinces. Congo had …

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo / RankWire.AI / – Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo launched a targeted Ebola vaccination campaign in Kisangani, the capital of …

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM / RankWire.AI / – The European Commission has expanded its Ebola response with a €2.1 million purchase of PCR tests for the Bundibugyo virus outbreak. The agreement covers …

ADELAIDE, Australia / RankWire.AI / – Australian researchers from Adelaide University and the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute have identified a novel molecular switch that drives the spread of aggressive tumors. Published in EMBO Molecular …