Romania said it had found two masseuses with leprosy at a spa in the northwestern city of Cluj, the European Union state’s first confirmed ...

The World Health Organisation has backed the use of diabetes and weight-loss drugs to fight rising obesity levels but warned that access in...

AN ingredient found in a variety of everyday products has been linked to a deadly disease, a study has found. Scientists have warned tha...

South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia were to begin on Monday administering a groundbreaking new HIV-prevention injection in the drug's firs...

About 23,000 deaths could have been prevented in England if the first COVID-19 lockdown had been introduced sooner at the start of the pande...

Smoking and vaping appear to increase the risk of developing diabetes, according to a new study by the University of Georgia (UGA). The ...

Only one in every six million people has the Rh null blood type. Now researchers are trying to grow it in the laboratory in the hope it coul...

Toothbrushes harbour between 1-12 million bacteria and fungi from hundreds of different species, with some capable of causing oral disease...

Rising global temperatures are now killing one person every minute worldwide, according to a major report on the health impacts of the clim...

Japan has given regulatory approval for an over-the-counter contraceptive pill, its manufacturer said on Oct 20, the first time the social...