Health

Brazil and Spain have reported their first monkeypox deaths. A 41-year-old man in Brazil became the first fatality from the virus outside Africa. Spain announced two deaths soon afterwards - the first in Europe. Last week, the World Health Organization...

China has reported the deaths of three people from Covid in Shanghai for the first time since the financial hub entered lockdown in late March. A release from the city health commission said the victims were aged between 89 and...

Your blood sugar levels, also known as blood glucose levels, are a measurement that show how much glucose you have in your blood. Hyperglycaemia is not the same as hypoglycaemia, which is when a person's blood sugar level drops too...

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is counted among the infamous "silent killers". Picked up early, the condition is highly survivable. In the later stages, however, it quickly becomes deadly. Fortunately, exposure to bergamot essential oil could significantly lower blood...

Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020. This is despite billions of investment into finding a cure. However, progress is afoot and one encouraging area is risk reduction. Research continues to deepen...

apnews— Sorrow for the dead and dying, fear of more infections to come and hopes for an end to the coronavirus pandemic were — again — the bittersweet cocktail with which the world said good riddance to 2021 and ushered...

swedennews- India's health ministry reported 22,775 new cases of the coronavirus Saturday, saying the new cases bring the country's omicron variant count to 1,431. Public health officials, however, have warned that the country's COVID-19 tallies are likely undercounted. The Sydney...

independent- Healthcare workers who test positive for Covid-19 and are asymptomatic only need to isolate for seven days, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said. The CDC reduced the recommended isolation time from 10 days in part...

independent- Those who receive a Covid booster jab can expect to mount an immune response in a matter of days – not weeks, scientists say. The boosters have been shown to restore the body’s immunological defences against Omicron, which appears capable of...

republicworld- China’s Health Commission officials have detected the first case of the Omicron B.1.1.529 variant of concern case in the port city of Tianjin, state-affiliated media CGTN reported on December 13, Monday. The said patient is a Chinese national who...