RESULTS: 1,916 new cases of leprosy were detected between 2002 and 2012, of which 921 (48.07%) represented male sex, 995 (51.93%) female, and there was a reduction in the incidence rate of leprosy per ...

Background Owing to discrepancies in methodologies and how idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is diagnosed it is challenging to establish a consistent understanding of the disease burden In the UK, ...

hDepartment of Medicine, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA iSchool of Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, ...

Methods: People affected by leprosy, aged 30 years and above, resident in eight leprosy villages were invited to participate. Ocular examination was undertaken of each consenting individual. Results: ...

Correspondence to Professor David Reeves, NIHR School for Primary Care Research, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, ...

But since President Trump's administration assumed power in January, many of the platforms the CDC used to communicate with the public have gone silent, an NPR analysis found. Many of the CDC's ...

Towards the end of the meeting, Denise Bryan, DHD4 administrative health officer, discussed the ramifications of potential cuts to the CDC, which would impact DHD4. A current federal budget ...

The number of measles cases in the U.S. has risen to over 1,000 cases, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday. As of May 15, a total of 1,024 ...

Objectives To estimate prevalence, incidence and mortality rates, and annual healthcare costs of primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) and SS associated with other autoimmune disorders (SS+AID) in France.

The U.S. is nearing the total seen in 2019, of which there were 1,274 confirmed infections across the country over the course of a year, CDC data shows. MORE: Amid growing Texas outbreak ...

Drug overdose deaths fell by 27 percent in 2024, according to the provisional data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The drop represents a significant ...

Fentanyl was involved in over 76,000 deaths in 2023, according to the new statistics, but just over 48,000 in 2024. Deaths involving stimulants like methamphetamine, meanwhile, increased from ...