STUDIES FIND WORRYING MISUSE OF MEDICINE WORLDWIDE

Up to 70 percent of hysterectomies in the United States, a quarter of knee replacements in Spain and more than half the antibiotics prescribed in China are... READ MORE›

MIDDLE-AGED BRITONS: DO YOU WORRY ABOUT YOUR HEALTH?

Public Health England launched a campaign aimed at 40 to 60-year-olds, 83 percent of whom are overweight or drink too much. Are you trying to be healthier?... READ MORE›

ALCOHOL-RELATED CRIME, LOST OUTPUT AND ILL HEALTH COSTS UK ?52BN A YEAR

Prof Ian Gilmore, the chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance, said Ordinary drinkers will not be penalised... READ MORE›

YOUNG POLICE OFFICER PRAISED AFTER SHOOTING DEAD MAN 'CARRYING OUT TERROR ATTACK' AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Crime scene investigators collect evidence from the pavement as police respond to an attack on campus at Ohio State University, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio... READ MORE›

ZIKA VIRUS IS NO LONGER A GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY, UN HEALTH AGENCY SAYS

If anything, this has been escalated in importance by becoming activities that will be continued in the long-term in the World Health Organization, he said... READ MORE›

WHO ZIKA NO LONGER A WORLD HEALTH EMERGENCY

The gambusia eat the larvae of the Aedes aegypti mosquito which is the one most responsible for the spread of the Zika Virus... READ MORE›

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION DECLARES ZIKA VIRUS PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY

Zika alone would never be a public health emergency of international concern, he said... READ MORE›

BLACK MAN 'SHOT BY POLICE' WHILE HELPING PATIENT

Just days later, five white police officers were shot dead at one such protest in Dallas, Texas... READ MORE›

BALTIMORE SHOWS POLICE KILLINGS AMERICA'S REAL STATE OF EMERGENCY

And even then, juries tend to give the police officer the benefit of the doubt... READ MORE›

GUARDS AT BERLIN REFUGEE OFFICE 'USED NAZI LANGUAGE AND CALLED FOR ASYLUM-SEEKERS TO BE SENT TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS'

The company said it was looking into the newspaper's allegations immediately and would discuss its findings with the Berlin state government... READ MORE›

NHS WASTING A?450M ON 'MID-LIFE MOT' HEALTH CHECKS, DOCTORS SAY

NHS wasting A?450m on 'mid-life MOT' health checks, doctors say... READ MORE›

DID BRAZIL, GLOBAL HEALTH AGENCIES FUMBLE ZIKA RESPONSE?

Melo phoned the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, a public health institute in Rio de Janeiro, and got a lab there to test the patient's amniotic fluid... READ MORE›

WHO DECLARES ZIKA VIRUS A GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY

The World Health Organisation has declared the mosquito-borne Zika virus to be a global emergency... READ MORE›

BRAZIL SAYS ZIKA VIRUS OUTBREAK WORSE THAN BELIEVED

Exclusive Brazil says Zika virus outbreak worse than believed... READ MORE›

HEALTH WORKER WITH EBOLA TRANSFERRED TO LONDON HOSPITAL

Earlier this year the Royal Free hospital successfully treated another British aid worker, William Pooley, who was flown home for treatment after being diagnosed with the virus in Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

BETTER MENTAL HEALTH CARE MEANS A BETTER ECONOMY

WHO Better mental health care means a better economy... READ MORE›

WHO URGES MASS VACCINATION AGAINST MEASLES, OTHER DISEASES IN EBOLA AREAS

Who urges mass vaccination against measles other diseases in ebola areas... READ MORE›

MERCK BUYS RIGHTS TO NEWLINK'S EXPERIMENTAL EBOLA VACCINE

NewLink, whose subsidiary licensed commercial rights to the rVSV-EBOV vaccine in 2010, said it would receive 50 million plus royalties from Merck... READ MORE›

BETTER DATA MEANS BETTER HEALTH FOR THE WORLD'S DISEASE-TROUBLED AREAS

The numbers show unprecedented progress, says Dr Ties Boerma, director for health statistics and information systems at the World Health Organization... READ MORE›

REVENGE KILLINGS LIKE DALLAS GROW FROM SOCIAL RIFTS ANDIMPUNITY

Could every police officer in America maintain order over 266 unruly people who had no respect for him or the badge he wears?... READ MORE›

JAPAN TO EMPHASIZE ITS HEALTH CARE AID AT NEXT G-7 SUMMIT

The Abe government is considering emphasizing measures to help spread basic health and medical care in developing countries as one of its foreign policy pr... READ MORE›

ZIKA OUTBREAKS LIKELY IN US, SAYS TOP HEALTH OFFICIAL

The 350 US cases so far were infected abroad, says Dr Anthony Fauci, but the mosquito that carries the virus is present in about 30 US states... READ MORE›

MYSTERIOUS AND FAST-MOVING, ZIKA VIRUS HAS WORLD'S HEALTH LEADERS SCRAMBLING

People said that about Ebola, and that was trying to get a bigger sail on the boat... READ MORE›

REFUGEE CHILDREN DEFEAT SERBIAN POLICE OFFICER IN ADORABLE SNOWBALL FIGHT

Syrian refugee children defeat a Serbian police officer in adorable snowball fight... READ MORE›

HUMAN REPRODUCTION, HEALTH BROADLY DAMAGED BY TOXIC CHEMICALS

The piece was written by a team of physicians and scientists from the United States the United Kingdom and Canada including from the World Health Organization... READ MORE›

FLORIDA GOVERNOR DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN FOUR COUNTIES WITH ZIKA VIRUS

Florida Governor Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency in four counties where nine residents have been diagnosed with the Zika virus... READ MORE›

U.N. HEALTH AGENCY RESISTED DECLARING EBOLA EMERGENCY

Senior staffers in Africa at the World Health Organization raised the prospect of declaring an international emergency... READ MORE›

U.N. HEALTH AGENCY RESISTED DECLARING EBOLA EMERGENCY

Senior staffers in Africa at the World Health Organization raised the prospect of declaring an international emergency... READ MORE›

ZIKA-INFESTED PUERTO RICO PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY

Zika-infested Puerto Rico public health emergency U.S... READ MORE›

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION 'MUST REFORM' TO COPE WITH PANDEMICS LIKE ZIKA

If the WHO does not successfully reform, the next major pandemic will cause thousands of otherwise preventable deaths... READ MORE›

ZIKA FOREST, MOSQUITO PARADISE WHERE VIRUS WAS FIRST FOUND

It was in the thick woodland of Zika forest, some 25 km 15 miles from Uganda's capital, Kampala, that the mosquito-borne Zika virus was first discovered in 1947... READ MORE›

CHARLOTTE BRACES FOR MORE UNREST AFTER POLICE KILL ALLEGEDLY ARMED BLACK MOTORIST

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney said during a news conference that 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott was shot because he was armed and posed a threat... READ MORE›

FINAL TEST RESULTS CONFIRM EBOLA VACCINE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE

Final test results confirm an experimental Ebola vaccine is highly effective, a major milestone that could help prevent the spread of outbreaks like the on... READ MORE›

FINAL TEST RESULTS CONFIRM EBOLA VACCINE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE

Scientists have struggled to develop an Ebola vaccine over the years, and this is the first one proven to work... READ MORE›

CHINA'S ROLE IN AFRICA GROWS IN EBOLA'S WAKE

Samba said there was a lack of public health services before the Ebola outbreak... READ MORE›

JEREMY HUNT WEEKEND NHS DEATH CLAIMS UNHELPFUL, SAY CIVIL SERVANTS

Leaked documents show Hunt's own officials believe focus on 'weekend effect' has undermined drive for 'seven-day NHS'... READ MORE›

BARACK OBAMA SAYS 'AMERICA IS NOT AS DIVIDED AS SOME HAVE SUGGESTED' IN THE WAKE OF DALLAS POLICE SHOOTINGS

The black community is much closer to the police than in other cities... READ MORE›

MORE AMERICANS EVACUATED AFTER EBOLA SCARE

A Partners In Health clinician working in Sierra Leone has tested positive for the Ebola virus... READ MORE›

AID GROUPS AIM TO PUT MENTAL HEALTH ON WORLD AGENDA

Good mental health care is scarce in many parts of the United States, but it is nonexistent in most of the world... READ MORE›

CLIMATE CHANGE MAY HAVE HELPED SPREAD ZIKA VIRUS ACCORDING TO WHO SCIENTISTS

As climate change reaches almost every corner of the Earth's ecology, different diseases could be unleashed... READ MORE›

For instance, the report found that 45 percent of Hispanics have searched the Internet for a health care provider, compared to 41 percent of the non-Hispanics... READ MORE›

AMERICAN INFECTED WITH EBOLA RETURNING FOR TREATMENT

Of the 10 people treated for Ebola so far int he United States, eight have survived... READ MORE›

EBOLA: INFECTED AMERICAN HEALTH WORKER ARRIVES IN U.S. FOR TREATMENT

These individuals are volunteers in the Ebola response and are currently being monitored in Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

Ebola is ruining the economies of Liberia and Sierra Leone and may cause food shortages, according to a New World Bank report... READ MORE›