Vaccines delivered via a painless, throw-away patch could one day eliminate the need for needle-and-syringe flu injections, researchers said Wednesday after completing a preliminary trial. Equipped...
China is facing the largest diabetes epidemic in the world with around 11 percent of its population suffering from the metabolic illness, while nearly 36 percent are prediabetic, according to a US...
US Republicans eager to repeal "Obamacare" suffered a deeply embarrassing setback Tuesday when shrinking support forced them to postpone votes on their controversial health care overhaul, one of...
Former Food and Agric minister, Nii Amansah Namoale, has hit out at the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) over its seeming laxity to prosecute fake drug and food dealers in the country. He wondered why...
Ms Joycelyn Tetteh, Member of Parliament (MP) for North Dayi, is gearing up for an outreach programme to educate her constituents on the sickle cell disease. “Don’t marry just because you are in...
Almost a year after the government released about GHc 500,000 to offset part of a GHc4 million debt owed suppliers of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, the facility is yet to receive the rest of the...
When Pakistani authorities burst into a makeshift hospital in Lahore this year, doctors were caught mid-way through two illegal kidney transplants, the local donors and Omani clients still...
US Senate Republicans on Monday launched into a crucial week seeking to ram through the most consequential legislation of Donald Trump's presidency to date, but his party's support for the health...
China's jailed Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has been granted medical parole after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer last month, his lawyer told AFP on Monday. Liu, who had about...
A 35-year-old man was rushed to hospital after putting 15 sewing needles into his penis in search of ‘excitement’, Chinese doctors have said. The man had the needles in his penis for around one...
US President Donald Trump said the Senate Republican health care bill "would be so great if the Democrats and Republicans could get together, wrap their arms around it so that everybody is happy with...
Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital has taken delivery of eye equipment costing about US$60,000. These included cataract surgery set, slit lamp and motorized table, applanation tonometer, keratometer,...
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has introduced an online reporting system called Safety Watch System (SWS), to enable health workers to report on safety issues related to drugs, vaccines and other...
Tens of thousands of patients have been left in the lurch by a doctor-led strike at Sri Lanka's state-run hospitals, a consumer rights group said on Saturday. The Government Medical Officers...
The death of a former newsreader who won acclaim for blogging about her breast cancer fight hit the headlines Saturday in Japan, with the media and officials praising her courage. Mao Kobayashi died...
Management of Awake Purified Drinking Water, producers of Kasapreko, has presented hundred boxes of water to the office of the National Chief Imam, Dr. Sheikh Usmanu Nuhu Sharabutu, towards the...
Nearly 50 people have contracted cholera while attending a health conference in Kenya’s capital. The infected delegates were among hundreds who had gathered for the four-day forum organised by the...
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) has defended its decision to sell off contaminated or off-spec product to oil company, Movenpiina. Documents sighted by Citi Business News...
Dr. Ibrahim Zuberu, a member of the National Democratic Congress election review committee, has refuted claims that he has apologised to Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, former Communications Minister,...
Management of the Tamale Teaching Hospital has refuted claims that patience are made to pay before healthcare is delivered. A group calling itself Coalition for Change in Government Institutions on...
