The number of daily smokers in France dropped by 1 million in 2017 compared to 2016, according to a new report from France’s health ministry. The ministry attributed the decline
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The Mediterranean diet has been touted as an example of healthy eating for years. However, new data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows that southern European countries have the
As the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to spread, health officials are considering deploying experimental drugs in addition to an experimental vaccine in order to
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners including Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are working alongside national health authorities to stop a new outbreak of Ebola virus from spreading in the
Researchers have recovered hepatitis B virus DNA from human remains up to 7,000-years-old, making it the oldest virus ever directly sequenced. Two separate teams of researchers discovered DNA from the
After a two-day meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended extra safety precautions for Sanofi’s dengue fever vaccine, Dengvaxia. WHO said on Thursday that the vaccine should
Scientists in Sweden have discovered a type of moss that is capable of removing arsenic from contaminated water in as little as an hour. The researchers say their findings not
Scientists at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany have developed a new blood test for Alzheimer’s disease that is capable of detecting early indicators well before patients begin to exhibit symptoms.
A man in the United Kingdom has developed what may be the ‘worst-ever’ case of gonorrhoea. Health officials have said it is the first time a gonorrhoea infection could not
The Philippines’ Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) filed a lawsuit against Sanofi on Monday demanding compensation from the French pharmaceutical company for the parents of Anjelica Pestilos, a 10-year-old-girl who died