EDMONTON — Alberta Health Services says 122 people across the province have been diagnosed with potentially dangerous E. coli germs over the past month. The health...
TORONTO — A class of drugs sometimes used to control symptoms of dementia appears to increase the risk of acute kidney injury in people who take...
FERGUSON, Mo. — An unarmed 18-year-old whose fatal shooting by police has sparked a week of protests in suburban St. Louis suffered a bullet wound to...
MANILA — The number of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the Philippines is projected to hit 32,379...
LONDON — Doctors and nurses fighting Ebola in West Africa are working 14-hour days, seven days a week, wearing head-to-toe gear in the heat of muddy...
WASHINGTON — Ending insurance discrimination against the sick was a central goal of the nation’s health care overhaul, but leading patient groups say that promise is...
A scary problem lurks beyond the frenzied efforts to keep people from spreading Ebola: No one knows exactly where the virus comes from or how to...
TOKYO -– Japan intends to provide USD 1.5 million in financial aid to West African states to help them fight the Ebola epidemic in the region,...
NEW YORK—It’s an eye-catching angle in the story of an experimental treatment for Ebola: The drug comes from tobacco plants that were turned into...
MANILA, Aug. 14 (PNA)—The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday said that no patient seeking medical help should be turned away by any health facility, government...