At least 1,100 Palestinian kidney patients are facing an interruption of life-saving treatment due to a lack of medicines and medical equipment in the coastal enclave, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Wednesday. They include [Read More]
The Israeli Ministry of Health reported on Monday a significant rise in cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, in recent months. In April, there were 94 new pertussis cases in Israel, including a [Read More]
Health authority in the Australian state of Queensland on Monday issued a public health warning of Listeria, as the potentially deadly bacteria was detected in a commercial chicken product. The alert also came a day [Read More]
Progress towards the goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 has been too slow in Europe and Central Asia, with most countries likely to miss the interim targets set by the United Nations AIDS [Read More]
Türkiye said on Friday that nine people in the country have tested positive for the new COVID-19 variant EG. 5, also known as Eris. “This is a development that should not be considered a subject [Read More]
As many as 1.5 million people in Germany have been affected by acute supply bottlenecks for certain medicines, the North Rhine Chamber of Pharmacists said on Thursday. “Sometimes the supply is really on the brink [Read More]
The Czech Health Ministry on Monday recommended vaccination against COVID-19 this autumn, especially for those at higher risk of contracting the disease. Although the current epidemiological situation in the Czech Republic is stable, and there [Read More]
Citing the recent increase in COVID-19 infections, doctors in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, are urging the public to voluntarily wear face masks again to protect themselves and others. “As daily life moves more [Read More]
Sebastian Walsh NIHR Doctoral Fellow in Public Health, University of Cambridge A prominent childhood memory is of my grandparents living with and then dying from dementia. As is universal with dementia, there was a double [Read More]
The Israeli Ministry of Health on Monday reported a moderate increase in coronavirus hospitalization due to the spread of some variants. It instructed hospitals to perform PCR tests on every in-patient upon checking in for [Read More]
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