Health

A health watchdog says it has uncovered "serious deficiencies" in the care of COVID-19 patients in Sweden's nursing homes. Coronavirus deaths in elderly care homes make up around half of the country's 6,400 fatalities from the disease. The Swedish Inspectorate...

US officials have granted emergency authorisation for an experimental antibody treatment given to President Trump after his Covid-19 diagnosis. The drug, developed by Regeneron, will be allowed for use in people who have tested positive for the virus and are...

Being glued to your smartphone could be causing you to make impulsive decisions and crave immediate gratification. In fact, people who spend more time on their phones are more likely to reject larger, delayed rewards in favor of smaller, immediate...

A new vaccine that protects against Covid-19 is nearly 95% effective, early data from US company Moderna shows. The results come hot on the heels of similar results from Pfizer, and add to growing confidence that vaccines can help end...

State-backed hackers from North Korea and Russia have been targeting organisations working on a coronavirus vaccine, Microsoft has said. It said a Russian group nicknamed "Fancy Bear" and North Korean groups dubbed "Zinc" and "Cerium" were implicated in recent cyber-attacks....

After a week of dauntingly high numbers in all parameters of the pandemic, the United States has reached another sobering mark: its highest number of new daily Covid-19 cases since the virus entered the country. On Saturday, there were 126,742 new coronavirus...

More than one-in-five people living in conflict-affected areas suffers from a mental illness, accord..

Maputo, 21 June 2019 – 94 health facilities damaged or destroyed by Cyclones Idai and Kenneth remain..

Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 24 June 2019 – “You cant take my son away because I know you..

Juba, 16 July 2019 – On 15 July 2019, a high-level delegation led by Dr Makur Matur Kariom, Undersec..