health

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere is a lot of plastic hidden in our clothes. Sometimes it’s in plain sight, like a pair of pleather trousers that…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLawmakers in Gambia will vote Monday on legislation that seeks to repeal a ban on female genital cutting, which would make the…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteScientists are developing a device which could fit inside a bra and monitor whether a breast cancer tumour is growing.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHundreds in Cuba’s second-largest city, Santiago, engaged in a rare public protest on Sunday, according to social media and official reports, prompting…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteResearchers in Glasgow have identified a new means of diagnosing and treating bowel cancer with imaging technology, avoiding the need for biopsies. …

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) has said 90 per cent of people living with glaucoma are undiagnosed, despite its severity. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) has said that available records from the British government showed that a total…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHaiti’s healthcare system has all but collapsed amid the ferocious gang insurrection which forced the resignation of the country’s prime minister, leaving…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the first week of January, say the Czech authorities, there were 28 registered cases of whooping cough.  Read More