More than 1,600 doctors went on strike in South Korea on Tuesday, causing delays in surgeries and hospitals refusing to accept patients. Young doctors are protesting against government plans to…
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Cape Verde: World Health Organization announces national malaria-free milestone
Cape Verde has been declared malaria-free for the first time in 50 years. Cape Verde was given the status by the World Health Organization (WHO) as it has not reported…
Zambia: President Hakainde Hichilema urges people to move to villages
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has urged people to relocate from towns to villages following the deaths of about 300 people in a cholera outbreak. Poor sanitation in some densely populated…
Zambia: Schools shut for three more weeks due to cholera
Children across Zambia will return to school three weeks late from their festive holidays due to a cholera outbreak. Both primary and secondary students were meant to return next Monday…
USA: Mother with rare double womb gives birth to two babies in two days
A US woman with a rare double uterus has given birth twice in two days – after a “one in a million” pregnancy and a total of 20 hours in…
China: Doctor punches patient during surgery
Chinese authorities are investigating a hospital over an incident where a surgeon allegedly punched the patient he was operating on at the time. It was captured in a clip that…
Ireland: Selling of vapes to under-18s outlawed
A new law banning the sale of vapes to under-18s will come into effect in the Republic of Ireland on Friday. The order signed by Irish Health Minister Stephen Donnelly…
India: Authorities ban anti-cold drug combination for children below four
India’s top drug controller has banned the use of a combination of drugs in children below the age of four to treat common cold. The ban comes in the wake…
Gambia: Authorities issue health alert over blowing dust
Health authorities in The Gambia have issued a public alert following days of widespread dust in many parts of the country, including the capital Banjul. In a statement, the health…
Uganda: Beef products banned to curb anthrax outbreak
The Ugandan authorities have banned the sale of beef products in an effort to stop an anthrax outbreak spreading from Kyotera district in the central region. At least 17 people…