Physical, social and psychological sufferings during old age are not uncommon. Be it at home, in the streets, or at old-age care facilities and hospitals, the elderly face various forms of emotional, physical, psychological and social abuse.
Congo has launched the second phase of vaccination against mpox.
Under the theme "Future investment for a healthy and secure decade," the World Bio Summit 2024 will kick off in Incheon, west of Seoul, on November 11-12, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Thalassemia is a severe inherited blood disorder, passed from parents to children.
From being the leading cause of blindness during the 1950s and 1960s, the World Health Organization (WHO) last week declared India “officially free from trachoma”.
According to a WHO scientist, the Chinese researchers agreed to include the lab-leak theory in the report "on the condition we didn't recommend any specific studies to further that hypothesis".
Following a steep increase in the mortality rate in the region, this is the first time in seven weeks that a decline in the number of new weekly deaths has been reported; a trend largely driven by declines in the Maldives and Myanmar this week.
Marburg is a highly infectious disease that causes hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola.
By the year 2022, 150,000 primary health care centres would be in place in rural as well as urban areas of the country, and these centres would be the hubs for primary health care.
The call to stop boosters is the strongest yet from the United Nations entity.
