London: Since the pandemic emerged, more top drugmakers have made progress in improving access to medicines in the developing world, but those gains...
London: Since the pandemic emerged, more top drugmakers have made progress in improving access to medicines in the developing world, but those gains...
London: Babies born too early or too small should be kept in "skin-to-skin" contact with a caregiver rather than being put in an...
The risk of death, hospitalization and serious health issues from COVID-19 jumps significantly with reinfection compared with a first bout with the virus,...
Paris: New evidence has emerged that an invasive species of malaria-carrying mosquito from Asia is spreading in Africa, where it could pose a...
Global deaths from tuberculosis are estimated to have increased between 2019 and 2021, reversing years of decline as the COVID-19 pandemic severely derailed...
Global COVID-19 infections are projected to rise slowly to about 18.7 million average daily cases by February next year from the current 16.7...
Chicago: L'Oreal SA has been sued by a Missouri woman who alleges she developed uterine cancer as a result of using the French...
Washington: The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rochelle Walensky, tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday night and is...
Madrid: An art exhibition in Madrid seeks to shine a spotlight on breast cancer and the physical and psychological scars left by mastectomies....
Hair-straightening products may significantly increase the risk of developing uterine cancer among those who use them frequently, a large study published on Monday...
New York: Bill Gates says polio came tantalizingly close to being eradicated in the spring, before new outbreaks were seeded in Africa and...
JAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesia's leader launched the country’s first home-grown COVID-19 shot on Thursday to help reduce the world’s fourth most populous nation’s dependency...
New York: Covid vaccine makers Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc. received US regulatory clearances for their omicron-targeted boosters for children as young as...
Seattle: The Bezos Family Foundation announced a $710m gift to the Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, the largest gift the center has ever...
New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday said that four cough and cold syrups made by India's Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd could...
Dozens of lawsuits are challenging the long-standing belief that pregnant women can safely take acetaminophen, an over-the-counter drug used in Tylenol and generic...
London: Senior Meta Platforms Inc. and Pinterest Inc. executives were quizzed over the malign influence of social media algorithms on young people at...
An experimental Alzheimer's drug made by Eisai Co Ltd and Biogen slowed cognitive and functional decline in a large trial of patients in...
