Peter Abel News Today

Glioma is the most common type of brain cancer found in children

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has approved the use of a combination of dabrafenib and trametinib for treatment of gliomas in children and young people

Data from a winter Covid-19 infection study, ran by the ONS and the UK Health Security Agency has shown levels of Covid-19 have doubled.

Christmas may be around the corner, but with colds, flu and Covid all around us, many may be scared about catching a bug.

Your immune system is a vital line of defence between your and the germs of the outside world. Here are six warning signs you're running low - and how you can boost it

Problems with digestion is a warning sign your immune system is run down, says Dr Peter Abel, senior lecturer in biomedical sciences at the University of Central Lancashire.

After all, your immune system is working hard to keep you well.

A woman whose husband has cancer is taking her potentially life-saving research into treatment for the disease to the USA for further development.

COVID-19 vaccination has hit arguably its biggest hurdle so far. The rollout of two vaccines – AstraZeneca’s and Johnson & Johnson’s – has been paused, restricted or completely stopped in a number of countries as regulators and governments respond to signs that they may be linked to rare abnormal blood clots in a small number of recipients. The European Medicines Agency has noted that the link between the blood clots and the AstraZeneca vaccine is probable but unproven. But it is up to ...