New Zealand announced a ban on disposable vapes Tuesday, tightening the nation’s chokehold on smoking as it also phases in a near-total prohibition on tobacco sales. Disposable vapes — defined
The heat wave sweeping across the country has resulted in health issues, affecting children, the elderly, and people with pre-existing conditions. An alarming surge in patients suffering from dehydration, asthma,
Shawdesh desk: Even when the disease is caught early, breast cancer recurrence is relatively commonplace — and for survivors, the prospect can be daunting. A drug developed by Swiss pharmaceutical
The US drug regulator approved a second vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), its American developer Pfizer said Wednesday, a month after the authorization of the first shot against the
The country may witness a massive outbreak of dengue disease this year as heavy rainfall is occurring this summer, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). “We are
A billion people in 43 countries are at risk of cholera, the United Nations warned Friday, and though the outbreaks could be stopped, the United Nations said resources were desperately
A US federal appeals court panel appeared skeptical on Wednesday of preserving access to a widely used abortion pill. The three conservative judges pushed back against government arguments that the
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new guideline on non-sugar sweeteners (NSS), which recommends against the use of NSS to control body weight or reduce the risk of
Health and family planning minister Zahid Maleque on Monday said that the government had recruited 70,000 healthcare professionals in the past three years to ensure better medical services to the
However, the British researchers who carried out the review emphasised that patients should not stop taking their current medication, advising them to talk to their doctors instead. Chronic pain, or