Health
Seoul, Aug 9 (EFE).- South Korea has recorded its highest heat-related deaths this year since 2018, the country’s disease control agency said Wednesday. Until Tuesday, a total 27 people had lost their lives due to apparent heat-related illness, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. This is the...
Dhaka, Aug 3 (EFE).- Bangladesh recorded Thursday the highest number of deaths from dengue in a year following the death of 10 people in the last 24 hours, taking the total deaths from the disease to 283 so far in 2023. The Directorate General of Health Services reported 10 new...
Madrid/Rome/Geneva, Jul 18 (EFE).- A record-breaking heatwave battering southern Europe has sparked concern among healthcare professionals over the impact of soaring temperatures on people’s health. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Tuesday warned of the risks hot nights pose to people in regions where temperatures remain around 40C (104F) even...
Dhaka, July 14 (EFE).- Hospitals in Bangladesh are currently overwhelmed with patients, and long queues are forming at labs as the country grapples with a dengue outbreak. This comes amid a rising number of infections at the beginning of the monsoon season. The health services department reported five new deaths...
Washington, Jul 13 (EFE).- The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the United States’ first-ever over-the-counter birth control pill. In a statement, the FDA said it had given the green light for the Opill (norgestrel) tablet to be used without a prescription to prevent pregnancy. «Today’s approval marks the...
Madrid, July 5 (EFE).- Only 40 percent of Haiti’s 11.8 million inhabitants have access to health care and getting treatment for some illnesses depends on the ability to pay, the director of St. Damien Pediatric Hospital in Port-au-Prince told EFE here. Dr. Pascale Gassant and the hospital’s project coordinator, Marytza...
Kyiv, July 5 (EFE).- The Ukrainian military Friday reported a spike in intestinal infections carrying “signs of cholera” in Russia-occupied areas of the Kherson region in southern Ukraine where the destruction of a dam last month caused severe flooding and widespread human suffering. In a Facebook post, the General Staff...
New Delhi, Jun 18 (EFE).- At least 54 people have died in northern India in the last three days supposedly due to heat related issues, Indian health system officials said on Sunday. Most of those were over 60 years with chronic diseases that were complicated due to high temperatures, prolonged...
New Delhi, May 23 (EFE).- India will make it mandatory for exporters of cough syrups to analyze their samples in government laboratories before dispatch, authorities announced Tuesday. The move comes in the wake of the deaths of children in several countries linked to medicine from India. “The export of cough...
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, May 4 (EFE).- The upsurge in Covid-19 cases in recent weeks in several Southeast Asian countries is testing the response of hospital systems and forcing authorities to resume some preventive measures. The most worrying situation seemed to be in Malaysia, where almost 5,000 new cases...
Bangkok, Apr 19 (EFE).- An unprecedented heatwave is wreaking havoc in Asia with temperatures surging above 40 degrees and causing deaths and significant crop damage in India apart from scorching countries such as China, Thailand and Myanmar. Authorities in India’s western state of Maharashtra on Wednesday cautioned against outdoor activities...
Berlin, Apr 12 (EFE).- The German government on Wednesday unveiled a revised plan to legalize limited amounts of cannabis for personal consumption and possession. The left-wing coalition government had made full legalization of the drug one of the pillars of its successful election campaign, but has revised those plans –...
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