MANILA — The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed Wednesday that it is currently treating a patient with MERS-CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus) admitted at...
DENVER — The debate over whether parents should be required to get their children vaccinated against measles has created strange alliances, putting some liberal parents on...
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada shifted the goalposts Friday on one of the most fundamental of human laws. In a charter precedent that will...
CHICAGO — Measles is in the news, but it’s just one of more than a dozen preventable – and sometimes forgotten – diseases targeted by vaccines...
MANILA — The Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday that 82 percent of the Filipino population now enjoy PhilHealth (Philippine Health Insurance Corp.) coverage.According to DOH...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Bottles of Walmart-brand echinacea, an herb said to ward off colds, were found to contain no echinacea at all. GNC-brand bottles of St....
EDMONTON — Alberta New Democrats say the province’s mental health care system is one of the worst in the country. Leader Rachel Notley released a briefing...
LONDON — British lawmakers will vote Tuesday on whether to let scientists use controversial techniques to create babies from the DNA of three people – a...
CHICAGO — Many packaged meals and snacks for toddlers contain worrisome amounts of salt and sugar, potentially creating an early taste for foods that may contribute...
VANCOUVER—A British Columbia study suggests Type 2 diabetes has drastically increased among young people, with the highest number of new cases diagnosed for South Asians—twice the rate...