Health

Africa CDC confirms Marburg case in Uganda as Ebola outbreak rages

Amid disease surveillance for the ongoing Ebola outbreak, Ugandan health authorities identified a case of Marburg virus disease in a one-and-a-half-year-old child, who has died, according to Africa Centers for Disease Control and…

Canadian boy dies of rabies after waking to find bat on his face

Family of 11-year-old did not suspect rabies, which doctors say is ‘exceedingly rare’ in Canada Doctors in Canada say a child who awoke to find a bat resting on his nose and mouth while visiting an Ontario cottage eventually died of…

Germany to end phone sick leave, require medical certificate from Day 1

How Labour diverted billions from NHS services to appease Trump – The Latest

The NHS will divert billions of pounds from essential services to pay for new medicines, under the terms of the US-UK trade deal agreed in December, which could lead to more than 200,000 excess deaths, analysis has found. Ministers have…

Woman dies after suspected assault as man's body found at reservoir

Zoe Dixon died from her injuries in hospital a week after the incident at an address in Merthyr Tydfil.

Laboratory council assures Nigerians of reliable test results, patient safety

The Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria assures reliable laboratory test results and patient safety, strengthening public confidence in healthcar Read More…

Dipika Kakar reveals her cancer battle is affecting son Ruhaan: ‘He’s emotionally fragile’

Women from minority backgrounds in UK less likely to receive epidurals, research finds

Exclusive: Guardian analysis exposes evidence of racial inequalities in pain relief offered across healthcare ‘The epidural failed and no one believed me’ How the ethnicity pain gap follows people from birth to death Women from Black and…

Country Star Jillian Cardarelli Shares “Big Step” in Cancer Journey

Jillian Cardarelli knows what it’s going to take to get her health back on track. Less than a month after she first shared her breast cancer diagnosis, the “What’s It Gonna Take” singer gave...

Minister told Stuff new beds for Waikato Hospital beds were on track. Now he says they’re not

The Minister of Health has confirmed that a modular ward planned for Waikato Hospital, which would free up beds in the emergency department, has been delayed until next year.

WHO declares cruise ship-linked hantavirus outbreak over

The final person of the 12 confirmed cases of hantavirus completed their quarantine period and tested negative, meaning the outbreak is now over, according to the World Health Organisation.

WHO declares cruise ship-linked hantavirus outbreak over

No further cases have been reported since May 25.