GAMING DISORDER SET TO BE RECOGNIZED BY WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

The World Health Organization is looking to add gaming disorder to its International Classification of Diseases... READ MORE›

GOOD NEWS AS MEASLES DEATHS FALL TO WORLD RECORD LOW

New York For the first time in history, annual deaths around the globe from measles have fallen below 100,000... READ MORE›

A?300M MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE FOR SCHOOLS IS INADEQUATE, SAYS LABOUR

Labour is committed to ringfencing funding for child and adolescent mental health services CAMHS and ensuring there is a counselling service in every secondary school... READ MORE›

HEALTH SERVICE CANNOT CONTINUE IN RED ZONE PROVIDERS LEADER WARNS

Chris Hopson, speaking at the NHS Providers annual conference, said UK health spending was ?900 less per person than Germany... READ MORE›

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SURGEON GENERAL DISMISSED, REPLACED BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

Murthy, 39, was the 19th surgeon general of the United States... READ MORE›

MUGABE NAMED AS GOODWILL AMBASSADOR BY WHO

The World Health Organization WHO has appointed President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe as a goodwill ambassador to help tackle non-communicable diseases... READ MORE›

THE USA CAN LEARN FROM THESE FOREIGN HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS

Health care for people with low incomes is subsidized by the government... READ MORE›

ONCE TIME'S 'PERSON OF THE YEAR,' AN EBOLA FIGHTER DIES IN CHILDBIRTH DUE TO STIGMA OF VIRUS

More than 11,000 people died in the Ebola outbreak, although 17,000 who contracted the virus survived... READ MORE›

COUNSELLOR OVERBILLS $360K FOR CARE OF FIRST NATIONS PATIENTS

Health canada investigation of ontario counsellor treating indigenous patients finds massive overbilling... READ MORE›

ACT ON CHILDREN'S MENTAL ILL HEALTH OR RISK NATIONAL CRISIS, WARNS EXPERT

I describe mental health services as a car crash waiting to happen, Bailey said... READ MORE›

REVEALED: DOZENS OF CHILDREN STILL TREATED ON ADULT PSYCHIATRIC WARDS

Revealed dozens of children still treated on adult psychiatric wards... READ MORE›

SHOCK FIGURES TO REVEAL DEADLY TOLL OF GLOBAL AIR POLLUTION

We have a public health emergency in many countries from pollution... READ MORE›

CHILDRENS TSAR SAVAGES NHS OVER PAUCITY OF MENTAL HEALTHCARE

Longfield's report made difficult reading for the government at a time when concerns over the health service have reached a critical level... READ MORE›

COMPANIES CONTINUE CHIPPING AWAY AT HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS

The average health care rate increase for mid-sized and large companies was 3.2 percent this year, the lowest since the consulting firm Aon started tracking it in 1996... READ MORE›

INDIAN-AMERICAN SURGEON GENERAL ASKED TO STEP DOWN BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

Murthy has been replaced by Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams, who is the current Deputy Surgeon General... READ MORE›

HEALTH INSPECTORS USED TO BE PROACTIVE

I work in local government as an environmental health officer, but you probably don't know staff like me exist until incidences occur where you need us... READ MORE›

U.S. UNIFORMED OFFICERS TO TREAT EBOLA PATIENTS IN LIBERIA

Public Health Service is not technically part of the armed forces, its members look very much like military personnel, wearing uniforms similar to U... READ MORE›

BIRD FLU FOUND ON BRITISH DUCK FARM NOT THE DEADLY H5N1 STRAIN

On the basis of what we know of the strain to date, Public Health England has said that this strain does not present a threat to public health."... READ MORE›

BRITISH DOCTORS AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS CALL FOR RAPID COAL PHASE-OUT

Group of health bodies says tackling climate change and air pollution linked to coal would improve health and reduce NHS costs... READ MORE›

CASH TO BOOST CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH NOT GETTING THROUGH, SAYS CHARITY

Money to improve struggling children's mental health services is often not reaching the NHS frontline despite soaring rates of self-harm among young people, new figures reveal... READ MORE›

MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS RESOURCES, NOT TINKERING WITH THE LAW

Letters Replacing current mental health legislation may not be the best thing for Britain's mental wellbeing, readers suggest... READ MORE›

SANTIAGO JOURNAL ALONGSIDE A DOCTORS CARE A DOSE OF TRADITIONAL HEALING

The indigenous health care providers in the south of the country mostly serve the Mapuche community... READ MORE›

PUBLIC HEALTH CUTS WILL LEAD TO MORE SICK PEOPLE, REPORT WARNS

Public health cuts will lead to more sick people, report warns... READ MORE›

ANALYSIS | HOW WAR BROUGHT CHOLERA AND POLIO BACK TO THE MIDDLE EAST

A child receives treatment at a hospital amid a serious cholera outbreak in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, on June 14... READ MORE›

1ST CONFIRMED CASE OF ZIKA VIRUS IN ONTARIO, PROVINCE SAYS

Ontario has confirmed its first case of the Zika virus, provincial health officials say... 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›

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS CALL FOR SMOKING BAN IN PLAYGROUNDS

This would not only include children's playgrounds but could see no-smoking zones extended to public parks, zoos and theme parks... READ MORE›

TYPHOID AND HEPATITIS IS SPREADING AROUND THE MIDDLE EAST AS SYRIAN REFUGEE FLEE

Syria crisis Typhoid and hepatitis spreads around region as refugees flee... READ MORE›

MENTAL HEALTH PREJUDICE RIFE IN THE WORKPLACE

This report comes at a time when mental health is in the public health spotlight too... READ MORE›

NUMBER OF STROKES IN UK PREDICTED TO RISE BY 44% IN NEXT 20 YEARS

Obesity can increase your risk of stroke by at least 64 percent ... READ MORE›

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, whose disease detectives have investigated duodenoscope-transmitted infections since 2013... READ MORE›

BOTTLE OF WINE TO COST MINIMUM OF EUR8.63 UNDER NEW ALCOHOL LAW

This Bill addresses alcohol as a public health issue for the first time by tackling price, availability, marketing, advertising, and labelling... READ MORE›

WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH BY JUST RAISING 'AWARENESS' OF MENTAL HEALTH

There is a certain level of irony, however, when a workplace celebrates RUOK Day but doesn't offer adequate support to their employees with mental health issues... READ MORE›

EBOLA IS OVER IN WEST AFRICA, SAYS WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION

The World Health Organisation has declared the end of the Ebola epidemic in west Africa, with all known chains of transmission of the virus stopped... READ MORE›