The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday called for a funding boost in tuberculosis (TB) screening and prevention programmes to protect vulnerable populations and achieve key heal ...
Pakistan reported its first polio case this year after the virus was detected in a toddler in the southwestern Balochistan province, the National Institute of Health (NIH) said on Thursda ...
At least 195 people in Vietnam's central city of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province, were rushed to hospitals due to suspected food poisoning after recently having meals at a local chicken ...
The fight against child mortality has reached an historic milestone the UN announced on Wednesday with latest estimates revealing the number of children dying prematurely before their fif ...
Young American Indians, aged 15-39, had cholesterol levels more than two times higher than the general U.S. population, according to new research published in the Journal of the American ...
It will be difficult to avoid the outbreak of a hypothetical "Disease X," but possible to manage it, Chinese Disease Prevention and Control National Administration Director Wang ...
The Zimbabwean government on Tuesday extended oral cholera vaccination in the capital Harare amid a marked decline in new cases countrywide.
Over 400 million people globally need hearing aids, a study by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals, but only 20 per cent get them due to lack of financial and human resources, as ...
At least one in eight people on Earth are living with obesity, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday (March 1, 2024), citing a newly released global medical study.
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