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High-profile deaths expose systemic flaws in Nigeria's healthcare A string of alleged medical negligence cases, including the death of novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's 21-month-old son, has tr...
OpenAI introduces health-focused ChatGPT feature in the US OpenAI has launched a new version of its chatbot, ChatGPT Health, allowing users in the United States to upload medical records and fitn...
House approves three-year extension of ACA subsidies The US House of Representatives voted 230-196 on Thursday to renew pandemic-era healthcare subsidies for three years, with 17 Republicans brea...
Court overturns Wyoming abortion restrictions Wyoming's highest court struck down two state laws on Tuesday that imposed a near-total ban on abortion, ruling they violated the state constitution'...
China introduces sales tax on contraceptives amid population decline From 1 January, China will impose a 13% sales tax on contraceptives, including condoms and birth control pills, as part of a b...
Families forced to drop coverage as costs surge Adrienne Martin, a 47-year-old mother from Texas, will begin 2026 without health insurance after her monthly premium quadrupled to $2,400. The incr...
Israel suspends operations of 37 aid organizations in Gaza Israel will cancel the permits of 37 international and local aid groups operating in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, effective 1 Januar...
Crash claims five lives during medical transport A Mexican Navy aircraft carrying a severely burned child crashed in dense fog near Galveston, Texas, on Monday, killing at least five people. The...
UN raises alarm over Israeli registration rules for aid groups The United Nations and humanitarian agencies have warned that new Israeli registration requirements for international non-government...
One-year-old Siwar Ashour returns to Gaza hospital A Palestinian toddler, Siwar Ashour, has been hospitalized again in Gaza just days after completing medical treatment in Jordan and being re...
Divided town becomes flashpoint in US abortion debate Bristol, a community of 44,000 straddling the Virginia-Tennessee border, has become a battleground over abortion access since the 2022 Suprem...
President Lee Jae-myung proposes health insurance coverage for hair loss treatments South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has suggested that the national health insurance scheme should cover treat...
Five children in Madhya Pradesh test positive for HIV after transfusions Parents of children with thalassemia in central India are reeling after five minors, aged three to 15, contracted HIV thro...
Critical pharmaceutical warehouses destroyed in Russian attacks Ukraine's two largest medical distributors have lost key storage facilities in recent months, wiping out nearly a third of the coun...
Senate rejects bills to extend healthcare subsidies Millions of Americans face soaring insurance premiums after the U.S. Senate failed to advance competing proposals to extend Affordable Care Act...
Faster lung scans thanks to advanced detector material Patients at Royal Brompton Hospital in London no longer endure 45-minute lung scans after the installation of a new scanner that completes t...
Rising dementia cases strain Japan's aging society Over 18,000 people with dementia went missing in Japan last year, with nearly 500 found dead, according to police data. The figures have doubled...
GPs raise alarm over mental health diagnosis trends Nearly 60% of family doctors surveyed by the BBC believe mental health conditions are being over-diagnosed in England, while others warn of und...
Record share of young US women consider moving abroad amid political and economic pressures Aubrey and her wife will leave their upstate New York home for Costa Rica in January, joining a growing...
UK and US Reach Tariff Agreement on Pharmaceutical Trade The UK and US governments have finalized a trade agreement ensuring zero tariffs on British pharmaceutical exports to the US for the next...
Prince of Wales visits Gazan children undergoing NHS treatment The Prince of Wales has privately met with critically ill children from Gaza currently receiving specialized medical care in the UK,...
Italian care home's 'hugging room' eased Covid isolation in 2020 In November 2020, as Covid-19 restrictions left elderly residents cut off from loved ones, a nursing home in northern Italy unveil...
Music in surgery reduces anaesthetic needs, study finds A new peer-reviewed study from Delhi's Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital reveals that patients undergoing gallbladder rem...
North Dakota Supreme Court upholds near-total abortion ban A divided North Dakota Supreme Court ruled Friday to uphold a state law criminalizing nearly all abortions, overturning a lower court's...
NHS launches AI trial to speed up fracture detection in emergency care A two-year pilot scheme will deploy artificial intelligence to identify fractures and dislocations in emergency departments...
Judge Approves $7.4 Billion Purdue Pharma Settlement Over Opioid Crisis A U.S. bankruptcy judge ruled Friday to approve a $7.4 billion settlement forcing Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackle...
Taliban enforces burka rule at Herat hospitals, MSF reports drop in admissions Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have begun enforcing a requirement for female patients, caregivers, and medica...
US government reopens after record 43-day shutdown The longest government shutdown in US history ended late Monday as President Donald Trump signed a funding bill to reopen federal agencies, rest...
Trump signs bill ending 43-day US government shutdown President Donald Trump signed a short-term spending bill late Wednesday, ending the longest government shutdown in US history after 43 days o...
Scientists race to lab-grow 'golden blood' for rare Rh null patients Only about 50 people worldwide possess Rh null blood-the rarest known type-making transfusions nearly impossible to source. No...
US shutdown nears end as House prepares crunch vote on Senate budget deal Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives will vote Wednesday on a two-month federal funding package, aiming to end th...
House Republicans face tight vote on shutdown-ending budget The U.S. House of Representatives prepares to vote this week on a spending bill to end the longest government shutdown in history, a da...
US Senate passes stopgap funding to reopen government The US Senate approved a critical funding measure late Monday in a 60-40 vote, paving the way to end the nation's longest government shutdown...
Eight Democratic-Aligned Senators Break Ranks to End Historic US Shutdown Eight Senate Democrats and one independent senator defied party leadership on Sunday, voting with Republicans to reopen t...
Falmouth struggles to recover as Hurricane Melissa's toll reaches 32 dead Ten days after Hurricane Melissa battered Jamaica, the coastal town of Falmouth remains partially submerged, its streets...
Trump administration negotiates lower prices for obesity medications The Trump administration announced agreements with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk on Friday to reduce monthly costs of popular wei...
Quantum computing's promise and perils: From drug discovery to Q-day threats Quantum mechanics-an enigmatic, partly theoretical physics field-has long baffled even experts, yet its potential to r...
Kimberly-Clark announces $40bn acquisition of Kenvue amid market pressures Kimberly-Clark, the manufacturer of household staples like Kleenex and Huggies, has agreed to acquire Kenvue-the maker o...
India's weight-loss drug boom sparks medical and ethical concerns Mumbai diabetologist Rahul Baxi now fields daily inquiries from young professionals seeking prescriptions for weight-loss drugs-o...
Health insurance premiums to jump without federal subsidies Millions of Americans face steep increases in health insurance costs as the open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ma...
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