(Natural News) The World Health Organization recently released the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) manual. Under the new guidelines, playing video games can constitute a mental disorder — but having a transgender identity does not. The juxtaposition of these two new classifications has left many a person scratching their head. The […]

(Natural News) Recent research has shown that children who are infected with malaria are more attractive to malaria-carrying mosquitoes as compared to healthy kids. It stated, children who were infected with a malaria parasite, Plasmodium, emit a specific odor which attracts mosquitoes even more. Although the finding is truly alarming, this allowed researchers to conduct […]

(Natural News) The family of a young girl who suffered extreme physical harm following her third dose of Merck & Co.’s Gardasil vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV) is suing the pharmaceutical giant for fraud, deceit, negligence, medical malpractice, medical battery, and knowingly selling a “defective product” primarily for profit purposes. Before getting jabbed with Gardasil, […]

(Natural News) Yaws isn’t a superbug yet, but newly-available research indicates it has joined the club of antibiotic-resistant diseases. This development will require the World Health Organization to revise its ongoing eradication strategy, warned a Science Daily article. Endemic to tropical parts of Africa, Asia, and South America, yaws is a bacterial infection that affects […]

(Natural News) The release of Black Panther, the latest comic book feature by Marvel Studios (distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) has many race-baiters gushing at the thought of the film’s nearly all-black cast supporting a black superhero character – with almost no white people in sight! But if the film was really about […]

(Natural News) How prepared is the world to take on another pandemic? Not very, according to two of the world’s foremost experts on the subject. Speaking at the recently concluded World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Dr. Sylvie Briand, a specialist in infectious diseases from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Elhadj As Sy, the […]

(Natural News) Thousands of people have been infected and over 143 are now reported dead from the plague outbreak that’s now threatening Africa, reports the UK Daily Mail. “Health officials are unsure how this year’s outbreak began,” reports the paper. “Experts warn the disease spreads quicker in heavily populated areas.” Isn’t it interesting that just […]

(Natural News) A recent study reveals that artemisinin, a compound found in sweet wormwood, shows potential in tuberculosis treatment. This Chinese herbal medicine is previously known for its efficacy in treating malaria. Researchers at the Michigan State University have discovered that the compound prevents Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a tuberculosis-causing bacteria, from becoming dormant. Dormancy was associated with antibiotic resistance in patients. Lead researcher […]