Health

Almost all people who suffer from a heart attack have at least one risk factor beforehand that exceeds healthy levels,...

TOAMASINA, Madagascar - This World Sight Day, the world unites around the theme 'People at the heart of eye health'....

Poor sleep accelerates brain ageing and making it appear older than it actually is, researchers have found. Sleep helps to...

Cheap generic versions of a groundbreaking HIV-prevention jab should be available in more than 100 countries from 2027, potentially transforming...

A drug that provides near-perfect protection against H.I.V. with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40...

The Mpox patient that sticks most clearly in Dr Elin Hoffman Dahl’s mind had lesions all over his body: in...

A $10 million stockpile of contraceptives meant for poor countries has been destroyed on orders from Donald Trump’s administration, the...

Mpox is no longer an international health emergency,the World Health Organization (WHO) chief has said after experts reported a decline...

Health officials have declared an Ebola outbreak in a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization...

A new system to detect prostate cancer could help men avoid needless biopsies and pave the way for the introduction...

Twenty-two-year-old Amon Kipruto Mely thought that by selling his kidney, he would start a new, better life. Life in a...

The “worst cholera outbreak in years” has killed at least 40 people in the last week in Sudan, according to...

The drug company behind a revolutionary new anti-HIV jab has signed a deal to supply the costly injection at a...

A new male contraceptive pill tested on British men in a world first is safe for use, a study has...

Bereaved people who suffer intense and prolonged grief symptoms are nearly twice as likely to die within a decade of...