UK cut health aid to vulnerable nations while hiring their nurses, research finds
Royal College of Nursing says Labour has a duty to fix health ‘double whammy’ by raising aid and funding for UK nursing The UK cut...
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Havana syndrome patients reportedly promised healthcare that never came
Letter allegedly written by US official shows contradictions in how government handled mysterious health incidents A leaked letter purportedly written by a senior US military...
Latin America’s rise in tuberculosis linked to imprisonment rates
Study warns region’s exponential rise in incarceration is fuelling the disease, with cases increasing by 19% between 2015 and 2022 High incarceration rates in Latin...
International court rules against El Salvador in key abortion rights case
Court finds Central American country violated rights of a pregnant woman who was denied an abortion in 2013 The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR)...
Women’s rights groups fear FGM is rife among Sudanese refugees in Chad
Practice banned in both countries but widespread among those displaced by Sudan’s civil war, say aid workers Women’s rights campaigners have spoken of their concern...
First known US case of person infected with new mpox strain reported
Person acquired clade Ib while traveling to east Africa and treated in California for mild illness, said health officials US health officials reported Saturday the...
New Brunswick premier calls on Canadian government to investigate mysterious brain illness
Previous provincial government said most patients were misdiagnosed and instead had dementia or cancer The newly elected premier of New Brunswick has called on Canada’s...
Fears for spread of malaria in Africa as study finds resistance to frontline drug
Signs of resistance to artemisinin in tenth of children with severe malaria similar to situation in Asia, say researchers Researchers have found “troubling” evidence for...
Canada judge halts medically assisted death of woman in rare injunction
Court order blocks Vancouver physician Ellen Wiebe from euthanizing Alberta resident due to lack of physical ailment A British Columbia judge has issued a rare,...
Race to combat mpox misinformation as vaccine rollout in DRC begins
Poll suggests half of Congolese have not heard of deadly disease, as conspiracy theories and rumours spread For doctors and nurses fighting mpox in the...
