Reading Time: < 1 minuteMiddle-aged adults are six times more likely to be obese if both their parents were at the same time in life, a…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNjeri Migwi’s phone buzzes incessantly. Phone calls and messages keep coming in from women seeking help to escape life-threatening situations.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA major study by the Karolinska Institute in Sweden found that patients who received blood from donors who later suffered brain haemorrhages,…

Reading Time: < 1 minutePressure is building on authorities in Italy to close a notorious Rome migrant detention center where a 19-year-old Guinean allegedly hanged himself last…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe United States on Friday said Zimbabwean officials last month “abruptly detained and deported” U.S. Agency for International Development officials who had…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than 230 million women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation, most of whom live in Africa, according to a report…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJayashree Owhal, a 45-year-old cane cutter from India’s western state of Maharashtra, made a life-changing decision when the pain of her menstrual cramps became unbearable.  Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDoctors have sounded the alarm on tiny plastic particles entering the human body after finding people with higher levels in blood vessels…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) has decried the poor working conditions in the country’s health sector. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCancer patients in England could be at risk because NHS staff are overstretched and exhausted, the official complaints body has warned. Read…