health

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmerica’s drug epidemic hit new heights in 2022, official data shows — with the escalating crisis showing no signs of abating. Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteEx-pensions ministers told the government it is time to pay up after a watchdog found thousands of women are owed compensation over…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSouth Korea is poised to start suspending the licenses of thousands of striking junior doctors as a punitive measure against their weekslong…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDoctors have performed the first transplant of a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a living human, they announced Thursday.  Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorking in extreme heat can double the risk of stillbirth and miscarriage for pregnant women, according to new research from India.  Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minutePeers can now charge taxpayers for hotel stays for the first time.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteKenyan doctors stopped providing emergency services at public hospitals on Thursday, as they escalated a national strike that entered its second week. …

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA hostage negotiator has told the BBC that paying ransoms may be illegal, yet it is the only way families can guarantee…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteScotland has become the ‘worst country in Europe’ for unqualified beauticians injecting customers with cosmetic treatments, healthcare professionals have warned.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThree in four countries face the threat of ‘underpopulation’ by 2050, researchers warned today.  Read More