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'Game-changing' cancer service approved for rollout
Last year, Laraine Chung discovered she had a tumour behind her left eye. Tests failed to identify its type so she faced losing her eye through complex surgery which could also affect her brain and face. But the 63-ye…
'We travel 530 miles so our son can have a haircut'
Why would you travel 530 miles for a haircut? For Al Nicolau and his wife, Ramona, the answer is simple. Seven-year-old Alex, who is autistic, dreaded a trip to the hairdressers, "shaking and jerking" whenever he need…
Fears mount aid cuts could lead to return of child-led households
HIV/AIDS medications are harder to get due to aid cuts, raising concerns of a return to child-headed households that were prevalent before the U.S. tackled the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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Dear Leaders of the G7, the G20, BRICS and of all nations, We write to you together, from Geneva and from Brasília, with one shared conviction: that the world…
Imagine it's the 1980s or early '90s, and there's a queue for the pay phone in a college dorm hallway. Students line up, waiting their turn for the once-a-week…
Many women may not be using the most effective pain medication for period cramps, according to a big study of supermarket till receipts. A decade of loyalty c…
Resident doctors in England have called off strikes which were scheduled to begin on Monday. The British Medical Association (BMA) said the government had "ma…
Some of the 18 cruise ship passengers in quarantine after a deadly hantavirus outbreak have had a tough time in isolation.
Adama Faye (right), a community health worker, weighs the son of Ndiolle Diouf at the health clinic in the village of Keur Mbar to determine if he is malnouris…
These ten women from a working-class neighborhood in Mumbai were completely new to film-making. They got smart phones and started filming their lives. Here the…
Of all extreme weather conditions, heat is the deadliest. Human bodies have a natural cooling system — sweat — but that system can do only so much in high temp…
New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) show sustained progress towards safer blood supplies globally but also highlight persistent inequalities in a…
People in favor of healthcare for transgender youth march outside NYU Langone hospital in New York City in February 2025. Heather Khalifa/AP hide caption Stay…
I own at least 10 skin care products. Of those, I use four regularly, and one or two I apply occasionally. And the others? Honestly, they're just gathering dus…
