Health

NiDCOM hails first Nigerian neurosurgeon on US medical director appointment

The Punch

NiDCOM hails first Nigerian neurosurgeon on US medical director appointment

NiDCOM celebrates Dr. Salamat Aliu-Ibrahim, Nigeria’s first female neurosurgeon, on her appointment as a US medical director, highlighting Nigerian excelle Read More…

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How private schools could help Afghan girls – and justify their charitable status | Letters

How private schools could help Afghan girls – and justify their charitable status | Letters

Margaret Owen suggests that Britain’s well endowed independent schools have a part to play in offering Afghan girls living under the Taliban the chance to get an education Here is another plan for Gordon Brown ( After five brutal years of…

US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress

CNA

US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress

The vote comes after former top US infectious disease official Anthony Fauci repeatedly refused to answer questions about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Israel charges settler in killing of Palestinian activist in West Bank

Dawn

Israel charges settler in killing of Palestinian activist in West Bank

Prosecutors charged an Israeli settler on Thursday in the killing of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen in the occupied West Bank, the first such indictment since the outbreak of the Gaza war in 2023, activists say. “Yinon Eliya Levi…

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RNZ

Autism diagnoses more than tripled in 15 years - study

Otago University research analysed three national health and disability databases between 2009-23.

RNZ

Ebola virus behind massive outbreak in DRC could be mutating, officials say

Ebola virus behind massive outbreak in DRC could be mutating, officials say

Cases have passed 4,000 and health watchdog plans to go door to door to find patients in major response escalation The virus causing a massive outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could be mutating, health officials…

$Watch: Accident victim's fractured leg tied with carton at Bihar Hospital$

Times of India

Watch: Accident victim's fractured leg tied with carton at Bihar Hospital

A victim of a road accident was treated in a startling manner at the Manjhaul Sub-Divisional Hospital, located in Begusarai, Bihar, where a medicine carton served as a splint. Hospital officials attributed this alarming method to…

Times of India

Israel schools the world on preventing hospital catastrophes during war

The Hindu

Israel schools the world on preventing hospital catastrophes during war

This, after the country has been condemned for the hundreds of healthcare units it has struck in Gaza after October 7, 2023

The Hindu

'She was haemorrhaging': In the West Bank, the checkpoint ordeal for pregnant women

France 24

'She was haemorrhaging': In the West Bank, the checkpoint ordeal for pregnant women

Roads blocked and checkpoints closed: After every outbreak of violence, Israel seals off the West Bank. Like after events in Nablus, where two Israeli settlers and four Palestinians died on July 24. Our correspondent Claire Duhamel…

France 24

Doctors concerned with errors, omissions in new surgery system

Portugal Resident

Doctors concerned with errors, omissions in new surgery system

The Portuguese Order of Physicians expressed concern today about the new National System for Access to Consultations and Surgery (SINACC) – highlighting errors and omissions that could undermine patients’ guaranteed The post Doctors…

Portugal Resident

DR Congo river boat under quarantine for Ebola after five deaths

BBC

DR Congo river boat under quarantine for Ebola after five deaths

The health minister says all the passengers are being screened as a precautionary measure.

BBC

Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID questions

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