According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a decrease in global immunizations is driving the surge. The CDC says an estimated 83% of children received their first dose of the ...

Low vaccination rates against measles globally is driving the surge in cases, the WHO said. The six Irish cases are all in ...

Although it may sound like hyperbole, measles cases really have surged across the world in the last few years. According to ...

Measles is making a comeback, with cases up more than 20% across the globe to more than 10.3 million over the last year, the ...

Most cases of dementia are caused by a mixture of risk factors. A risk factor is something that affects our chances of developing a condition like dementia. For most of us our risk of dementia is made ...

The risk factors of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) include those you might expect, such as age, gender, and genes. But lifestyle factors also influence your chances of developing RA, including smoking and ...

All sections of this page are updated every week by Friday. This report includes data provided by provinces and territories on a weekly basis and are published the following week. As a result, case ...

A simple rise in the number of factors did not consistently increase the risk for leukemia. Children with irradiation but without either of the pathologic conditions did not show a greater risk ...

Heart failure means the heart can no longer pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs. Risk factors include lifestyle behaviors, like smoking and drinking alcohol, and non-manageable risk ...

They have been urged to ensure they have had two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. The NHS says measles is an infection that spreads easily, and has unpleasant and sometimes ...

The Ministry of Health has warned that counties with low uptake of childhood immunisation are at high risk of measles and polio outbreaks. Among the counties at high risk include Turkana ...