Doctors Without Borders pulled its staff from Gaza City as the medical system buckled. The U.N. has warned that more hospitals may have to close.
Category: Medicine and Health
Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.
Low- and middle-income countries will be able to purchase an effective preventative at a reduced price. The arrangements may help stem the epidemic 40 years after it began.
Ebola Outbreak Is Declared in Kasai Province of Congo
Health officials have recorded 28 suspected cases and 15 fatalities so far in the latest outbreak of the deadly virus, which has claimed thousands of lives in previous outbreaks in the Central African country.
Ebola Outbreak Is Declared in Kasai Province of Congo
Health officials have recorded 28 suspected cases and 15 fatalities so far in the latest outbreak of the deadly virus, which has claimed thousands of lives in previous outbreaks in the Central African country.
UK Moves to Ban Sale of Energy Drinks to Children Under 16
The legislation, which would affect sales to anyone under 16, mirrors regulations in a number of other European countries.
South Korea Doctors’ Strike Begins to Wind Down
Thousands of residents and interns were protesting a government proposal that would have dramatically increased the number of medical students in the country.
Trump Budget Office Is Withholding H.I.V. Funds That Congress Appropriated
Lawmakers allocated $6 billion this fiscal year for PEPFAR, the H.I.V. prevention and treatment program, but the administration has indicated it will release less than half of that.
South African AIDS Activist Pushes for H.I.V. Treatment Access After U.S.-Aid Cuts
Zackie Achmat, once at the center of South Africa’s push for lifesaving H.I.V. treatment, has come out of retirement as U.S. funding cuts and his own government’s inertia revive old fears.
Cancer Curtailed British Royal Family’s Public Engagements
Members of the monarchy took part in fewer public engagements in the year leading to March, a sovereign grant report said, reflecting the illnesses of King Charles III and Catherine.
New Zealand Approved Psychedelic Therapy. He’s the Only Doctor Who Can Do It.
The government has permitted Dr. Cameron Lacey, a psychiatrist, to prescribe psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound found in “magic mushrooms,” for depression.
RFK Jr. Accuses Gavi, Global Vaccine Agency, of Ignoring Science
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed that Gavi had “ignored the science” in immunizing children around the world.
Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support
A new drug that gives almost complete protection against the virus was to be administered across Africa this year. Now, much of the funding for that effort is gone.
4 Missing After Medical Helicopter Crashes in Quebec Lake
The helicopter was carrying four crew members and a patient when it crashed on Friday night, officials said.
South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It.
The budget cuts threaten global progress on everything from heart disease to H.I.V. — and could affect American drug companies, too.
Mpox Surges in Sierra Leone
West African nations are struggling to track and treat infections, and experts warn the outbreak is rapidly spreading, while the United States is cutting global vaccination efforts.
Could the French Pedophile Doctor Joël Le Scouarnec Have Been Stopped Earlier?
Years before Joël Le Scouarnec was charged with abusing 299 former patients, he was convicted of downloading child sexual abuse imagery.
They Inhaled a Gas and Scaled Everest in Days. Is It the Future of Mountaineering?
A group of British men went from London to the summit of Everest and back in less than a week with the help of xenon gas. Mountaineers and the Nepalese government weren’t pleased.
Gunfire in Gaza as Israel Says Its Troops Are Mobilizing
The shots were heard in central Gaza early Saturday, hours after the Israeli military said its troops were preparing for a major advance into the territory.
Israel’s Total Blockade of Gaza Has Created ‘Catastrophic’ Conditions, Doctors Say
The effect of Israel’s total siege has become “catastrophic,” doctors say. Food, water and medicine shortages are prompting a surge of preventable illnesses, and deaths.
Europe’s Pharma Industry Braces for Pain as Trump Tariff Threat Looms
Medicines and chemicals are huge exports for European Union countries. That makes the sector a weak spot as trade tensions drag on.
