Health News

AJ Impact16 Oct 2019 04:57 GMT

Johnson & Johnson and Teva Pharmaceuticals have also offered billions in settlements ahead of trials, Bloomberg reports.

AJ Impact15 Oct 2019 04:16 GMT

WeWork emailed tenants to say elevated levels of formaldehyde had been found in office phone booths in US and Canada.

AJ Impact11 Oct 2019 12:24 GMT

Uganda has heeded WHO's warning to keep its border with DRC open during the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak on record.

AJ Impact10 Oct 2019 20:10 GMT

A mysterious respiratory sickness related to e-cigarette use is spreading, and the epidemic shows no sign of abating.

Ebola10 Oct 2019 14:04 GMT

UN health agency says transmission rates in deadly epidemic have been slashed but warns danger is not over yet.

AJ Impact10 Oct 2019 12:00 GMT

One in four Nigerians suffers from mental illness, but help is hampered by tight budgets and a lack of skilled staff.

Health10 Oct 2019 05:13 GMT

Elderly volunteers at a German preschool, including one with Alzheimer's, read and talk to kids about tough life events.

Iran09 Oct 2019 10:58 GMT

The health ministry dismissed reports an alleged outbreak was caused by a contaminated syringe used by a local nurse.

AJ Impact09 Oct 2019 07:36 GMT

The Chinese e-commerce giant's move follows decisions by US firms to pull e-cigarettes from shelves as illnesses rise.

AJ Impact08 Oct 2019 19:16 GMT

Report says Humira and Rituxan topped list of drugs with highest spike in cost, despite doubt about research methods.

Health08 Oct 2019 16:59 GMT

The first-of-its-kind report claims that over 2.2 billion people globally live with vision impairment or blindness.

Rodrigo Duterte07 Oct 2019 13:09 GMT

President Rodrigo Duterte recently revealed that he has a rare disease that causes one of his eyelids to droop.