Healthcare
UNICEF warns missed vaccinations causing global measles outbreaks
The United Nations has warned, that more than 20 million children a year missed out on measles vaccines across the world in…
World Health Organisation issues first guidelines for kids’ screen time
Babies younger than one year old should not be exposed to any electronic screens, according to new guidelines by the World Health…
Popular US e-cigarette products contaminated with bacterial and fungal toxins
A study published by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health on the online journal Environmental Health Perspectives shows that dozens…
Woman wakes up after 27 years in a coma
A woman from the United Arab Emirates who was seriously injured in a traffic accident in 1991 has emerged from a 27-year-long…
World’s biggest anti-malaria vaccine campaign begins in Africa
Some 360,000 children a year in three African countries are to receive a powerful anti-malaria drug as part of a pilot project…
Euthanasia debate flares up in Spain as election campaign kicks off
Hours after the election campaign officially kicked off in Spain, it is being shadowed by the arrest of a 69-year-old Spaniard on…
Another baby dies in Italy after a home-made circumcision
There was another death of a child in Italy after a home-made circumcision. This latest death occurred in Genoa on Tuesday and…
Woman in Portugal gives birth despite being brain-dead for three months
Despite being brain-dead for three months, a woman in Portugal gave birth to a baby boy who was named Salvador. The mother,…
In a world first… kidney transplanted from one HIV-positive patient to another
For the first time ever US doctors at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland, have transplanted a kidney from one HIV-positive patient to…
Italian Health Ministry orders withdrawal of 9 tattoo inks because of cancerous substances
The Italian Health Ministry has ordered the withdrawal from the Italian market of nine ink pigments that are used in tattoos. The…
Italian politician opposed to mandatory vaccines for children gets chicken pox
Massimiliano Fedriga, president of the north-eastern region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and a member of the Lega party, was hospitalised earlier this month…
Experts advise waiting for hot drinks to cool down to protect against cancer
A study that has just been issued by the American Cancer Society has found found that drinking 700ml per day of tea…