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Hundreds of nurses, doctors, patients, and their relatives have been murdered in cold blood at hospitals in Sudan, prompting urgent...

After 25 years of measles “elimination,” the U.S. is seeing a sharp comeback. Over 700 cases across 42 states mark...

Recent research among older adults with hypertension in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area found a stroke prevalence of 18.3 percent,...

The NHS has expanded free access to the emergency contraceptive pill across nearly 10,000 pharmacies in England, aiming to remove...

Health Canada has approved Leqembi (lecanemab), marking a historic step in Alzheimer’s treatment. The drug, proven to slow cognitive decline...

Kenyatta National Hospital surgeons have performed a record-breaking breast reduction, removing 20.86 kg of tissue from a 17-year-old girl suffering...

President Joe Biden celebrated a milestone in his cancer journey by ringing the bell at Penn Medicine after completing radiation...

Armed bandits raided a Kaduna hospital, abducting a doctor, five patients, and a guard. The Kaduna hospital abduction has sparked...

Prof. Bosede Afolabi of the University of Lagos has identified gender discrimination and women’s limited decision-making power as major contributors...

A groundbreaking HIV remission trial in South Africa has shown that some participants can control the virus without daily medication....

A Nigerian family living in Fort Erie, Ontario faces deportation amid their daughter’s fight with leukemia. Despite community support and...

Two Zimbabwean nationals have been arrested in Midrand after being caught with stolen medications from South African hospitals. The case...

A former nursing assistant in Baton Rouge has been indicted for negligent homicide following the death of a patient under...

Tension gripped Nalbari, Assam, after the death of a pregnant woman reportedly denied oxygen support at Nalbari Medical College. Her...

Senegal’s health authorities are on high alert as Rift Valley Fever claims 17 lives. The mosquito-borne disease, which also affects...

Hospitals across Ghana have reverted to the cash and carry model following a nationwide NHIS system breakdown. Patients now face...

Residents of Akure, Ondo State, were left in shock after a nursing mother collapsed and died while breastfeeding her baby....

Medical students at the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus staged a protest against a ₦30,000 compulsory development fee, calling it...

Seized Lamborghinis and multimillion rand property tell one story. Empty pharmacy shelves and delayed care tell another. This is the...

Kenyatta National Hospital is stretched beyond capacity as the doctors’ and nurses’ strike in Nairobi and Kiambu counties forces thousands...