Health

‘It’s gonna be a death sentence’: The 16-year-old New Zealand says is too sick to stay

A 16-year-old originally from Fiji may have to leave New Zealand in November due to kidney disease that requires nightly dialysis treatment at home.

Cassidy criticizes Hegseth after flu outbreak at Texas Air Force base

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Sunday knocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after an outbreak of influenza infected several service members at an Air Force base in Texas. Cassidy, a licensed gastroenterologist and the first physician to…

Ahead of Ashadhi Wari, ASHA workers told to step up health awareness drive

Cabinet okays 5-year NIS 360 million plan for Eilat’s economy, infrastructure

Funds will improve resort city's public transportation, health system, and tertiary education; Netanyahu says 'southern pearl' will become 'strong, flourishing, southern gate' of Israel The post Cabinet okays 5-year NIS 360 million plan…

Q&A: Why humanitarian aid is crucial to stopping the Ebola outbreak

Health officials say the Ebola response cannot succeed without addressing the humanitarian crisis.

Rescheduling marijuana would put politics ahead of science

The Drug Enforcement Administration is considering a proposal to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, which would recognize all cannabis products as having a currently accepted medical use, but…

Child killed, woman injured in suspected quadcopter attack in KP's Bajaur: police sources

BAJAUR: A child was killed and a woman injured in a suspected quadcopter attack in the War Mamund tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district on Sunday, police sources told Dawn . The sources said the incident occurred in the Inam Khoro…

Ogura wins maiden MotoGP race after Bezzecchi crash

Japan's Ai Ogura wins his maiden MotoGP race as Marco Bezzecchi is taken to hospital after a crash.

French government under fire as hospitals face excess heatwave deaths

After 11 days of an exceptional heatwave and in the face of the heavy human toll that is beginning to emerge, politicians are accusing the French government of "incompetence" and "inaction." This comes after health officials said Sunday…

Provincial autonomy 'must remain free from interference', nothing in 'black and white' on 28th amendment yet: PPP

ISLAMABAD: PPP Secretary General Nayyar Bokhari asserted on Sunday that provincial autonomy “must remain free from interference”. He said this in a statement, in which he also referred to a proposed 28th constitutional amendment — a…

More than 1,300 excess deaths linked to record-breaking Europe heatwave, WHO says

More than 1,300 excess deaths have been recorded in connection with Europe's record-breaking heatwave since June 21, according to the World Health Organization on Sunday. Earlier that day, health officials in France reported that there had…

More than 1,300 excess deaths recorded in Europe heatwave: WHO

The World Health Organisation said Sunday that over 1,300 excess deaths had been recorded in Europe since June 21 in connection with the record-breaking heatwave roasting much of the continent.