Bangladesh bans heartburn drug ranitidine over cancer fears
Bangladesh's drug regulatory authority on Sunday issued a ban on sales of popular heartburn drug ranitidine while it investigates a potential cancer-causing substance in...
Cancer overtakes heart disease as biggest rich-world killer
Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the leading cause of death in wealthy countries and could become the world's biggest killer within just a...
Water pollution an ‘invisible threat’ to global goals, economists warn
Water pollution threatens nearly all the globally agreed development goals to end environmental destruction, poverty and suffering by 2030, economists warned in a report...
Separated Bangladeshi twins stable: doctors
Conjoined Bangladeshi twins who were separated last week are in a stable condition, the team of Hungarian and Bangladeshi doctors who carried out the...
Bangladesh ‘Tree Man’ wants hands amputated to relieve pain
A Bangladeshi known as the "Tree Man" because of bark-like growths on his body said Monday he wanted his hands amputated to relieve him...
France has lowest levels of trust in vaccines globally: poll
France has the lowest levels of trust in vaccines globally, according to the world's biggest survey on public attitudes toward health and science, which...
World’s rivers loaded with antibiotics waste: study
Rivers worldwide are polluted with antibiotics that exceed environmental safety thresholds by up to 300 times, according to research unveiled at a conference Monday.
Scientists...
DRC must unite in Ebola fight amid ‘high’ risk of spread: WHO chief
The World Health Organization chief on Monday urged different political factions in the Democratic Republic of Congo to unite in the battle against Ebola,...
One in seven babies born with low birthweight: study
More than 20 million newborns in 2015 -- one in seven -- came into the world weighing too little, according to a global assessment...
Awakening from decades-long coma ‘very rare’: experts
The case of a woman from the United Arab Emirates who regained consciousness after a 27-year coma-like state provoked by a brain injury has...
