United Nations agencies called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting ...

Large numbers of leading American scientists and doctors who work for the WHO in various regions and in Geneva will be fired and sent home. They are the leaders in fighting for pu ...

The UK Health Security Agency has urged people to be aware of the symptoms as new figures show a 13% rise in the number of ...

The current tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City metro area is among the largest in U.S. history, officials say.

As debate continues over the practice of water fluoridation, many dental experts and health bodies attest to its benefits.

Nigerian scientists have warned against the use of chemicals such as formalin, sodium benzoate in excessive amounts, and other unapproved preserva­tives, saying that the substances are unsafe and not ...

Dr Liz O'Riordan's brilliant new book aims to challenge misinformation about cancer. In an exclusive extract, she tackles ...

In highly staged ceremonies, Hamas freed three people held captive over the last 15 months. Keeping to its part of the ...

The hostage handovers appeared to go relatively smoothly, unlike the previous one, which descended into chaos.

DRY January is finally over. And if you decided to ban booze last month, your body and mind will be thanking you big time, especially if “silly season” was a little ­sillier than planned. But ...

Test results on the sick people are pending, and a top WHO official said the outbreak response is proceeding rapidly.

Hamas has handed over three Israeli hostages while dozens of Palestinians were released from Israeli prisons in exchange, in ...