JOHN’S, N.L. – Newborns in Newfoundland and Labrador will now be tested for cystic fibrosis. The additional testing was announced in the 2014 budget after years...
TORONTO – A new study says women with early stage breast cancer are getting unneeded follow-up imaging tests that are clogging up the health-care system and...
MANILA — The Department of Health (DOH) has assured that all blood donations it is receiving and dispensing are safe and that donors are undergoing strict...
CHARLOTTETOWN – The Prince Edward Island government has tabled a $1.7 billion budget that hikes taxes on cigarettes while spending more on health care. Finance Minister...
TORONTO – A Canadian company that had been developing an Ebola drug says a clinical trial of the experimental product has been stopped. Tekmira Pharmaceuticals says...
SEOUL – The head of the World Health Organization has praised beleaguered South Korean officials and exhausted health workers, saying their efforts to contain a deadly...
MANILA – In efforts to shun the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome – Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) urged hospitals to...
MANILA – The Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP) has declared support and readiness to work with the Department of Health (DOH) in preventing...
AMMAN, Jordan — For years, diabetic Shawkat al-Khalili ignored his doctor’s orders not to fast during the holy month of Ramadan when most of the world’s...
MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs on Monday confirmed that another Filipino has been infected with the deadly Middle East Coronavirus in Saudi Arabia. DFA...