Sergeant Felixon Musa stands tall, arms raised in front of a group of 100 Sierra Leonean soldiers, taking them through a yoga routine he thinks is as important as any arms drill....
Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water, with contamination consistently higher than ever....
Biogen Inc revived plans on Tuesday to seek US approval for Alzheimer's treatment aducanumab, surprising investors and saying data from more patients in two discontinued studies showed the drug reduce...
Trans women like Nisha say they face "double discrimination" and the risk of being shunned and abused - first because of their gender identity and then because of their HIV status....
Eating red meat is linked to cancer and heart disease, but are the risks big enough to give up burgers and steak?...
In a ward usually reserved for juvenile burn victims, children lay listlessly under mosquito nets next to worried parents. On a recent day, 9-year-old Carlos Benítez was headed home after enduring se...
A new study suggests when a pregnant woman breathes in air pollution, it can travel beyond her lungs to the placenta that guards her fetus....
Government experts on Friday backed an experimental treatment for children with peanut allergies that could become the first federally approved option for preventing life-threatening reactions....
There have been five confirmed deaths from cholera in Sudan's Blue Nile state since Aug 28, the health ministry said in a statement....
Scientists are reporting the first use of the gene-editing tool CRISPR to try to cure a patient's HIV infection by providing blood cells that were altered to resist the AIDS virus....
The Trump administration announced plans on Wednesday to remove all flavoured e-cigarettes from store shelves in a widening crackdown on vaping, as officials warned that sweet flavours had drawn milli...
Researchers are beginning to study whether beekeeping has therapeutic benefits. For now, there is little hard data, but veterans in programs like the one in Manchester insist that it helps them focus,...
People in Britain whose homes are damaged by floods, storms or other wild weather are 50% more likel...
People who survive Ebola virus infection face a dramatically higher risk of dying - probably from se...
The death toll from Democratic Republic of Congo's year-long Ebola outbreak has climbed above 2,000,...
Every region in the world, except the Americas, is experiencing an increase in the number of cases o...
As regulations have not been formulated till date, there is no uniformity in service charges at heal...
One more staffer of Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital was found to have been infecte...
The World Health Organization says the levels of microplastics in drinking water don't appear to be ...
Number of patients suffering from dengue reached 55 in Kathmandu valley. Epidemiology and Disease Co...
Air pollution chokes lungs and shortens lives but is also linked to a higher risk of mental illnesse...
The head of Congo's Ebola response says another vaccine will be used to fight the outbreak that has ...
Department of Drug Administration, issuing a notice today, warned retailers and wholesale pharmacies...
Twenty-four students from among 73 schools in Kathmandu district were found infected with lymphatic ...
Scientists are a step closer to being able to cure the deadly Ebola hemorrhagic fever after two expe...
As the October 31 deadline for Britain to leave the European Union approaches, health professionals ...
Drugmaker Eli Lilly said on Thursday early results from a study suggest that Apple Inc devices, incl...
Expanding access to a promising but costly treatment, Medicare said Wednesday it will cover for some...
A Marine veteran struggling with PTSD and a woman fighting cancer became some of the first people to...
Human breast milk is more than a meal – it’s also a clock, providing time-of-day information to ...
The wife and 1-year-old daughter of the man who died of Ebola in Goma this week have tested positive...
What if every time the bathroom fan buzzed, you became unhinged? Or you lived in a place where it fe...
Utah officials preparing to launch the state’s medical marijuana program next year face mounting p...
Officials in Congo on Tuesday said a second Ebola case had been confirmed in Goma, the city of more ...
