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Seoul allocates new medical school slots despite d...
South Korea on Wednesday announced the allocation of 2,000 new medical school admissions slots nationwide every year, moving ahead...
Blinken due in Mideast in new bid to secure truce
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due to return Wednesday to the Middle East in a new bid to secure a truce in the Israel-H...
French lawmakers to probe Polynesia nuclear tests
French lawmakers are expected to launch a probe into the impact of the country's nuclear weapons tests in French Polynesia over th...
Biden signs order advancing women's health researc...
President Joe Biden on Monday signed an order to bolster women's health research as he took aim at Republicans "bragging" about ov...
Elon Musk defends ketamine use, dismisses investor...
Elon Musk suggested his use of drugs benefits Tesla investors in an interview released Monday, saying he takes prescribed ketamine...
US finalizes ban on last form of asbestos in use
President Joe Biden's administration on Monday finalized a rule banning the last remaining form of asbestos in the United States,...
Israel says 20 militants killed at key Gaza hospit...
Israel's military said 20 Palestinian militants were killed Monday and dozens detained during a raid on Gaza City's Al-Shifa hospi...
Israel reports gun battles at key Gaza hospital
Israel's military reported gun battles Monday between troops and fighters on the grounds of Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital, where troops...
Swedish midfielder Olsson in rehab after brain ill...
Sweden's Kristoffer Olsson, hospitalised last month with a rare brain illness that has left him without motor or verbal skills, ha...
Battle rages around Gaza's largest hospital in Isr...
Israeli forces launched an operation early Monday in and around Gaza's largest hospital, Al-Shifa, with witnesses reporting air st...
Israeli army launches operation at Gaza's Al-Shifa...
The Israeli army launched Monday an operation around Gaza's largest hospital, Al-Shifa, with witnesses reporting air strikes on th...
How genetic therapies transformed the lives of sic...
Their stories are divided into before and after.
Despite illness, Celine Dion still keen to get bac...
Pop megastar Celine Dion, who is suffering from a rare neurological disorder, said in an Instagram post she looks forward to her r...
Cancer patients in the Philippines falling for alt...
Filipino single mother Mary Ann Eduarte delayed chemotherapy for her breast cancer for several years and instead took food supplem...
US approves first drug for severe form of fatty li...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved the first medication for people with a severe type of non-alcoholic...
US actor Olivia Munn reveals breast cancer diagnos...
Actor Olivia Munn revealed Wednesday that she had undergone a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
Covid lowered life expectancy by 1.6 years worldwi...
Covid-19 caused the average life expectancy of people worldwide to fall by 1.6 years during the first two years of the pandemic, a...
Macron assisted-dying plan riles opponents
President Emmanuel Macron on Monday faced criticism from French medical workers, political opponents and the Catholic Church over...
France's Macron announces bill for assisted dying
French President Emmanuel Macron will present a bill on assisted dying to go before parliament in May, he said in an interview pub...
US FDA approves Wegovy to cut risk of heart proble...
The US Food and Drug Administration has given the green light for a popular anti-obesity drug to be used to prevent serious heart...
Fanning mistrust on health, Russia seeks foothold...
"Health and Sovereignty" was the theme. The conference on December 22, 2023, in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou brought togethe...
Highly awaited Alzheimer's drug hit by delays
Eli Lilly's highly anticipated Alzheimer's drug has been held back for further review by regulators, the US pharmaceutical giant s...
Panama halts migrant aid in Darien jungle: MSF
Doctors Without Borders said Thursday the Panamanian government has halted its humanitarian activities in the notorious Darien Gap...
Ivory Coast women gain safety, self-esteem at uniq...
Ivorian women who are beaten or intimidated by their partners are gaining independence and self-esteem in the country's only refug...
Man vaccinated for Covid 217 times reports no side...
A German man who deliberately got vaccinated for Covid-19 a whopping 217 times did not report any side effects from his many jabs,...
Quit medicine for farming? South Korean doctors sp...
From the outside, Seoul's main hospitals seem unchanged: ambulances pull up, patients walk in, staff in white coats walk around pu...
Hunger crisis in Gaza: what to know
Children have begun starving to death in Gaza, where the United Nations has warned a famine is "almost inevitable."
Confusion over first official event for Princess o...
Confusion reigned on Tuesday over the announcement by the British Army of Catherine, Princess of Wales's first official duty since...
Right-wing opposition ups ante against Spain govt...
Spain's left-wing government is facing growing pressure from the country's right-wing opposition over a graft case linked to the p...
First official event announced for Princess of Wal...
Catherine, Princess of Wales, is set to attend her father-in-law King Charles III's birthday celebrations in June, the army said o...
S. Korea begins licence suspension process against...
South Korea said Tuesday it would start notifying striking trainee doctors that their medical licences would be suspended, as it m...
No-prescription birth control pills soon available...
Prescription-free birth control pills will be available across the United States later this month, widening access to contraceptio...