GENEVA – The World Health Organization on Tuesday called on all governments to protect health from climate change, saying that climate change is the defining issue of...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) in Western Visayas confirmed the presence of 14 persons living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) – Acquired Immunodeficiency...
Canada’s newly minted Liberal government is unlikely to challenge a Quebec law allowing terminally ill patients to end their life with a doctor’s help months before...
PARIS—France’s health minister says the country will end its ban on blood donation by gay men, calling it the end “of a taboo and discrimination.” In...
GlaxoSmithKline could seek regulatory approval for up to 20 new medicines before 2020 and some could hit the market by then, enabling it to boost revenue...
LAS VEGAS—From Japan to Europe and now in the U.S., a growing number of people are seeking cryotherapy—a treatment that subjects their bodies to temperatures far...
SEATTLE – Chipotle’s industry-leading commitment to tracking its ingredients from farm to table is being put to the test by an E. coli outbreak that has...
TORONTO – Thousands more Ontario children with autism are on waiting lists for treatment than 10 years ago, and government figures suggest the number of kids...
SEATTLE—Chipotle closed 43 of its Pacific Northwest locations after the chain’s third foodborne illness this year sickened about two dozen people—prompting renewed scrutiny of a company...
WASHINGTON—Children who are exposed to dogs or farm animals during their first year of life may have a reduced risk for asthma at the age of...