Two American aid workers infected with Ebola are getting an experimental drug so novel it has never been tested for safety in humans and was only...
WILSONVILLE, Ore.—An Oregon Medicaid committee on Thursday significantly scaled back access to an effective—but expensive—new drug used to treat hepatitis C. The decision allows only a...
NEW YORK—U.S. health officials on Thursday warned Americans not to travel to the three West African countries hit by the worst recorded Ebola outbreak in history....
DAKAR, Senegal — The worst recorded Ebola outbreak in history surpassed 700 deaths in West Africa as the World Health Organization on Thursday announced dozens of...
MANILA — Nationwide net sales of government-made herbal products surged by almost Php26 million in 2013 following successive calamities that rocked the country that year. According...
MANILA — Street children, persons with disabilities (PWDs), and even surrenderers and indigenous peoples (IPs) will be covered by PhilHealth (Philippine Health Insurance Corp.), according to...
MONROVIA, Liberia — Liberia’s president has closed all but three land border crossings, restricted public gatherings and quarantined communities heavily affected by the Ebola outbreak in...
NAIROBI, Kenya — Market shelves are bare. Children are getting skinnier. Warnings of mass hunger have been made. The question now being considered is the big...
TORONTO—Ottawa has issued a national call for proposals to improve prescribing practices for opioids and other drugs that pose a high risk of abuse or addiction....
DENVER—Pot may be legal in some states—but the neighbours don’t have to like it. Marijuana and hemp have joined wacky paint colours and unsightly fences as...