NEW DELHI — Environmental pollution — from filthy air to contaminated water — is killing more people every year than all war and violence in the...
BOSTON — Attorneys are preparing to make their closing arguments in the case of a Massachusetts pharmacist charged with second-degree murder in a deadly meningitis outbreak....
EDMONTON — Canada’s health ministers are looking at ways of working together, including an electronic prescription database, to fight the growing crisis in opioid addictions. Alberta Health...
OTTAWA — Travellers who are prescribed marijuana for medical reasons have fewer hurdles to clear at airport screening points due to a change in policy by...
MANILA — The Department of Health’s (DOH) spokesperson on Thursday strongly denied allegations that patients, who attempt to escape from the Mega Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation...
Pneumonia can wreak havoc on the body of an otherwise healthy person, but for the elderly and very young, pneumonia can be outright deadly. With over 5.9 million...
ILOILO CITY— The Department of Health (DOH) here is calling on parents to have their children undergo the newborn screening (NBS) program for early detection of disorders...
WASHINGTON — An experimental treatment involving injection of engineered proteins significantly lowered body weight, blood insulin, and cholesterol levels in obese mice, rats and monkeys, according...
MANILA — The Philippine General Hospital (PGH), together with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Philippine Society for Orphan Disorders (PSOD), expressed hope that...
OTTAWA — Breaded chicken products sold under the Janes brand name are being recalled due to possible contamination from salmonella. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says...