Category: Health News

In a world first, scientists say an 8cm (3in) worm has been found alive in the brain of an Australian woman. The “string-like structure” was pulled from the patient’s damaged…

Japan will start releasing treated radioactive water from the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, despite opposition from its neighbours. The decision comes weeks after the…

Sudan’s health ministry says it will immunise children against measles across the country, where more than three million people have been forced from their homes since fighting began in April.…

Reuters reports that the Gambia has hired a US law firm to consider legal action, after a government-funded investigation found that contaminated medicine imported from India were “very likely” to…

Pope Francis spent a calm night in hospital after being admitted for a respiratory infection and is expected to remain there for a few days for treatment, a Vatican source…

The Gambia authorities have said that a ferry which was stranded in the northern coastal region of Barra for 12 hours has been disentangled from a fishing net. The vessel…

Marburg virus has killed five people in Tanzania’s north-western Kagera region, the health ministry has said. High fever is a common symptom of the deadly Ebola-like virus, often followed by…

Malaysia’s former prime minister who led during the height of the pandemic has been charged with corruption – a move that ratchets up already bitter political tensions. Muhyiddin Yassin, 75,…

Matt Hancock suggested to an aide that they “frighten the pants off everyone” messages published by the Sunday Telegraph show. It appears the former health secretary discussed when to reveal…

A woman in the southern Indian state of Kerala who suffered through years of excruciating pain because of a botched surgery says she is still waiting for the doctors responsible…