Health

As Malaysians crowd Ramadan bazaars and get together to break their fast, the government is urging vigilance against tuberculosis as the number of cases climb. A total of 596 new TB infections were reported in the sixth epidemiological week of the year, bringing the cumulative total to 3,161 cases across Malaysia, the Health Ministry said in a statement Saturday. The ...

Despite strict surveillance by law enforcement agencies and extensive operations along the border, the illicit drug trade continues unabated. Transactions between dealers and buyers are ongoing in various parts of the country. Meanwhile, lured by higher profits, some traffickers have begun producing drugs themselves, creating fresh concerns about the domestic narcotics trade. According to sources at the Department of Narcotics ...

People who try to eat healthy, either to lose or gain weight, or stay in shape, often face unique challenges depending on what they are their goal is. An individual who is on the heavier side and wishes to cut may find himself unable to lose weight easily despite eating less. At the same time, the person on the slimmer ...

Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain on Friday said people will no longer have to run after doctors as the government aims to ensure that doctors reach out to patients at their doorsteps. “We will build the health ministry as a completely corruption- and syndicate-free ministry,” he said while addressing a civic reception accorded to him at ...

Iam 30ft below the surface of the Blue Grotto, a crystalline diving hole in central Florida. Between the water’s embrace and the restriction of my wetsuit, my blood pressure finally stabilizes. The long, deep breaths I pull from my respirator keep my heart rate nice and low. I feel lighter than I have since April 2022, when I first contracted ...

Illegal skin lightening products are being sold in an increasingly wide range of UK outlets, including butchers, specialist food shops and small grocery stores, trading standards officers have warned. The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) is warning that many of the products contain substances that are banned because of the serious risks they pose to health, including skin damage, infections ...

Children are at risk of measles because the NHS is “clearly failing” to ensure they get the MMR vaccine and its system needs an urgent overhaul, MPs and health experts have warned. Calls are growing for major reform of how MMR jabs are delivered as it emerged that vaccination rates in some parts of England are now on a par ...

At least 34 children have been infected by a “fast-spreading” measles outbreak in several north London schools, health officials have said. The cases from Enfield were confirmed in laboratory tests in January, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) reported. A local GP surgery said one in five children who contracted the illness had been admitted to hospital, all of whom ...

BHUBANESWAR, India – An Indian health worker who contracted the deadly Nipah virus in December has died, a senior health official from the eastern state of West Bengal said on Feb 12. The woman – a nurse – was one of two people in the state who were infected and was being treated at a local hospital, Reuters reported in ...

Scientists have discovered how to make people less selfish – at least temporarily – by stimulating two areas of their brain. In a new study carried out at the University of Zurich, 44 volunteers were asked to decide how to split an amount of money between themselves and an anonymous partner. During the experiment, an electrical current was applied to ...