Health

Jerusalem, Dec 7 (EFE).- The death toll in the Gaza Strip has surpassed 17,000 since the start of the war between Hamas and Israel. Meanwhile, Israel continues its offensive, which began more than two months ago and is now focused on the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The number...

Tokyo, Dec 6 (EFE).- The Japanese Parliament (Diet) on Wednesday approved a legislation to legalize the medical use of cannabis-derived medicines. However, at the same time, it banned the consumption of recreational cannabis due to a surge in use among the younger population. Japanese patient groups have long been advocating...

Sydney, Australia, Nov 28 (EFE).- Australia announced Tuesday that it will prohibit the import of single-use vapes from January, the first of a series of measures that it plans to implement to tighten anti-vaping laws. Australian Health Minister Mark Butler said that the first stage of the country’s new vaping...

Geneva, Nov 22 (EFE).- Some 500 patients and doctors from the Indonesian Hospital in the north of Gaza were evacuated on Tuesday in a new operation coordinated by humanitarian agencies, the United Nations said Wednesday in its daily report on the conflict. The evacuation was carried out the day after...

Islamabad, Nov. 18 (EFE).- The government of Pakistan’s Punjab province has banned the production and sale of five “alcoholic” cough syrups after the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert following a complaint from the Maldives, officials said Saturday. The banned cough syrups, manufactured by Lahore-based Pharmix Laboratories (PVT) LTD,...

Dhaka, Nov 15 (EFE).- Dengue has claimed more than 1,500 lives so far this year in Bangladesh, marking the worst ever outbreak in the country, officials said Wednesday. At least 24 people died from the viral disease in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths in 2023...

Geneva, Nov. 2 (EFE) – The head of the World Health Organization’s emergency health program, Mike Ryan, expressed anger on Thursday over the lack of humanitarian access and security guarantees for health workers in Gaza, saying that the level of obstruction of these activities is unprecedented. «I have operated in...

Dhaka, Oct 26 (EFE).– Three specialist doctors that have been flown in from abroad are treating Bangladesh’s ailing former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia, who faces a ban on foreign travel from the government, her party said on Thursday. The doctors arrived in Dhaka this week and have...

Bangkok, Oct 10 (EFE).- A 2-year-old girl has become the third person to die after contracting bird flu in Cambodia this year. Tests confirmed that the girl had contracted H5N1, the Ministry of Health said in a statement about the death late Monday night. Dead chickens were found at the...