In 2018, there were 4,351 Canadians on waiting lists for an organ transplant. In the same year, 223 Canadians died while awaiting organ transplants. These numbers...
MANILA – The efficiency of the government’s contract tracing has improved with almost 70 percent of the contacts of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases being traced, a health...
President Vladimir Putin recently announced that a team of Russian scientists had developed a COVID-19 vaccine and that it had been approved for use by the...
The finding strengthens evidence that clinicians should give severely sick people the drugs In June, a large study in the United Kingdom suggested that the steroid dexamethasone could...
MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday said its initiative against dengue has lowered the number of deaths by as much as 78 percent from...
Unapproved muscle-building drugs are being sold over the internet. These chemicals, called SARMS or selective androgen receptor modulators, are popular in part due to their perceived...
Approximately four per cent of North American women use cannabis during pregnancy. With more than 4.15 million births annually in Canada and the United States, this...
PARIS – French pharmaceutical company Sanofi announced Tuesday that it was halting clinical trials of its drug Kevzara for use against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Recent...
GENEVA – Nine out of 10 countries surveyed in a recent report experienced disruptions in their health services during the novel coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization...
Unfair and avoidable differences in health outcomes separate Māori from other citizens, said a report from this month’s parliamentary select committee inquiry into Māori health. The...