Alzheimer’s can pass between humans in rare medical accidents, suggests study (www.theguardian.com)
Shipyard veterans may have been exposed to cancer-causing radioactive materials. The Navy has not told them. (www.nbcnews.com)
Medical AI could be ‘dangerous’ for poorer nations, WHO warns (www.nature.com)
Arctic zombie viruses in Siberia could spark terrifying new pandemic, scientists warn (www.theguardian.com)
Colon cancer is killing more younger men and women than ever, new report finds (www.nbcnews.com)
A little too old for HPV vaccine? Cervical cancer rising among women in their 30s and 40s (www.nbcnews.com)
EU silver filling ban could lead to dental care crisis in Northern Ireland, says BDA (www.theguardian.com)
Hospitals owned by private equity are harming patients, reports find (arstechnica.com)
Blood donations have fallen to catastrophic levels. Experts say young people need to step up. (www.nbcnews.com)
Majority of debtors to US hospitals now people with health insurance (www.theguardian.com)
Black people experience strokes more frequently and at younger ages than White counterparts, study finds (edition.cnn.com)
More Than Half of the World Will Be Obese By 2035, Report Says (time.com)
Watch parasitic worms get pulled from man's abdomen after surprise discovery during routine surgery (www.livescience.com)
US seizes more illegal e-cigarettes, but thousands of new ones are launching (apnews.com)
‘I don’t see how it ends’: expert sounds alarm on new wave of US opioids crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Cameroon starts world-first malaria mass vaccine rollout (www.bbc.com)
Alzheimer’s blood test revolution for over-50s (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Fingertip oxygen sensors can fail on dark skin — now a physician is suing (www.nature.com)
A cholera outbreak in Zambia has caused more than 400 deaths and infected 10,000 (apnews.com)
Cholera cases soar globally amid shortage of vaccines (www.theguardian.com)
Zika cases surge by almost 300pc in Thailand (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Black people experience strokes more frequently and at younger ages than White counterparts, study finds (edition.cnn.com)
A new study found the rate of stroke among Black people was roughly 50% to 80% higher than the rate among White people, over the studied period.
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat — is climate change making it worse? (www.nature.com)
Latin America’s health systems are falling behind the rest of the world, WHO warns (www.telegraph.co.uk)
2nd tuberculosis outbreak linked to bone grafts in the US (www.livescience.com)
