Lebanese caretaker Health Minister Firass Abiad has warned that cholera could become “endemic” in Lebanon if the country fails to curb the spread of its infection. Making the remarks during a visit to public hospitals [Read More]
Malta’s Health Ministry has launched a strategy aiming to beef up the country’s workforce in the health sector which is struggling to cope with departures and a lack of new recruits. The strategy, stretching to [Read More]
A Chinese research team has found that a 16-hour intermittent fasting plan may benefit health the most. Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern in which people cycle between periods of eating and fasting. It does [Read More]
Canada has confirmed 1,435 cases of monkeypox, including 42 hospitalisations, the Public Health Agency of Canada said on Friday. Of the confirmed cases, 684 are from Ontario, 524 from Quebec, 175 from British Columbia, 41 [Read More]
The world’s first multibacterial vaccine, Paragon Novel Vaccine (PNV), will receive 2.5 million euros (2.47 billion U.S. dollars) to advance clinical trials in humans. The trials would assess the “safety, immunogenicity and initial efficacy” of [Read More]
India’s experts have urged better regulation of drug manufacturing process in the South Asian country after the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert earlier this month over four Indian-made cough syrups, which it said [Read More]
Portugal’s University of Coimbra (UC) says its researchers have proven optical techniques to be effective in early diagnosis of cancer. The research focused on vibrational spectroscopy, a non-invasive and highly sensitive technique using laser or [Read More]
Women who used chemical hair straightening products were at higher risk for uterine cancer compared to women who did not report using these products, according to a study of the U.S. National Institutes of Health [Read More]
Filipino nurse Jox Serrano has recently resigned from a Metro Manila private hospital to prepare for her new job and life in Britain. “I have decided to work abroad to seek a better life for [Read More]
Tanzanian health authorities continue to urge the public to be weary after neighboring Malawi reported an outbreak of cholera last week. According to authorities in Malawi, the outbreak of cholera has been reported in 25 districts, [Read More]
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