Category: Health
Diabetes rates may surge in US young people, study finds
The number of people under age 20 with type 2 diabetes in the US may increase nearly 675% by 2060 if trends continue, researchers say, with an increa [...]
Marion Biotech: Uzbekistan links child deaths to India cough syrup
Uzbekistan's health ministry has said that 18 children have died after drinking a cough syrup manufactured by Indian drug maker Marion Biotech.
Th [...]
Pelé’s health has worsened, hospital says
Pelé’s health has worsened and the Brazilian soccer great now requires greater care due to the progression of his cancer, according to a statement by [...]
Media outlets push fears of officers overdosing from fentanyl exposures. Doctors say it doesn’t add up.
The body-cam footage is harrowing.
A Florida police officer, who had discovered what she believed to be fentanyl during a routine traffic stop las [...]
Coronavirus: China’s hospitals seem to be filling up – WHO
Hospitals in China appear to be filling up amid concerns about a fresh Covid-19 wave hitting the country, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
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Fake medicine kills several children in Egypt
Several children in Egypt are reported to have died after being mistakenly given fake antibiotics.
In one case a two-year-old child with a high te [...]
Syrups linked to Gambia deaths are fine – India
India says tests carried out on Indian-made cough syrups linked to the deaths of nearly 70 children in The Gambia have shown no contamination.
The [...]
Mozambique burns ‘cancer-causing’ cosmetics
Mozambican authorities have burnt 10,000 cosmetic products that pose “potential risk" to health following an alert from the European Union.
The pr [...]
Gambia study shows high heat a risk to pregnancy
New research shows that when a pregnant woman works in extreme heat, it can pose a health risk to her foetus.
The study monitored more than 90 sub [...]
Ebola vaccines arrive in Uganda for trials
Uganda's health minister will on Thursday receive a shipment of Ebola vaccine candidates set to be used in a clinical trial.
The country has confi [...]