MOSCOW (Agencies): The COVID-19 pandemic remains dynamic as new variants like EG.5, FL.1.5.1, and BA.2.86 arise. Understanding their prevalence and potential impact is vital in our ongoing efforts to stay…
MANILA (Agencies): Iraq wants to send its nursing students for training at Philippine medical schools, Baghdad’s envoy to Manila told Arab News, as an Iraqi health ministry delegation wrapped up…
DUBAI (Agencies): Abu Dhabi-based PureHealth has signed an agreement to buy British hospital operator Circle Health Group for 4.41 billion UAE dirhams ($1.2 billion), Emirates News Agency reported. PureHealth is…
Moscow (Agencies): Russia has implemented stricter health checks for individuals arriving from Egypt, following reports of an outbreak of an unidentified illness in the traditionally popular tourist destination. The Russian…
Amsterdam (Agencies): The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is reviewing several weight-loss jabs for reported risks of inducing suicidal thoughts and self-harm among users. A potential problem with the drugs was…
NEW DELHI (Agencies): The Indian pharmaceutical firm Marion Biotech, whose cough syrups fatally poisoned 19 children in Uzbekistan last year, used a toxic industrial-grade ingredient in the medicine, Reuters has…
LONDON (Agencies): UK Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has called for British students to be able to decide their own gender pronouns and to “socially transition” with parental consent, promising long-awaited…
Tokyo (Agencies): A Japanese woman in her 70s who lived in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, died of myocarditis after contracting the Oz virus, making her death the world’s first…
