Seoul’s biggest hospitals reduce surgeries by a third as trainee doctors continue strike over health reforms. Hospitals in South Korea have been forced to cancel or postpone surgeries and medical procedures, including treatments for cancer, according to media reports, as more trainee doctors walked off the job in protest over…
Officials from the United Nations who conducted evacuation missions from Gaza’s Nasser Hospital have described “appalling” conditions at the enclave’s second-largest medical facility, saying an Israeli military operation there has transformed a “place of healing” into a “place of death”. The comments, in videos posted online on Wednesday, came amid…
The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a decision that has drawn criticism from the White House and the top US infertility association. Here is more about last week’s ruling and its implications for fertility treatment in Alabama. What has the…
Harare, Zimbabwe – In December 2021, Setfree Mafukidze, his wife and four children moved to Somerset in Northern Ireland, joining a long list of health workers who have fled Zimbabwe to escape economic and political turmoil. For four years, he had worked as the head nurse at the only clinic…
NewsFeed Buckingham Palace says King Charles is undergoing treatment for an unspecified form of cancer. In a statement, the palace said the diagnosis was confirmed while the king was being treated last month for a separate health issue. Published On 5 Feb 20245 Feb 2024 Check out our Latest News…
There were an estimated 20 million new cancer cases in 2022, with more than 35 million new cases predicted by 2050. The number of new cancer cases globally will reach 35 million in 2050, 77 percent higher than the figure in 2022, according to predictions from the World Health Organization’s…
Kayah State, Myanmar – When the military seized power in February 2021, Dr Ye was living a life many young people in Myanmar only dream of – working as a doctor in London. Hailing from a military-supporting family, he had given little thought to politics before then. “Before the coup,…
Royal officials said the 75-year-old monarch has an enlarged prostate but his condition is benign. The United Kingdom’s King Charles III has been admitted to a London hospital for scheduled surgery, Buckingham Palace said, joining his daughter-in-law Kate who is recovering from surgery. “The king was this morning admitted to…
Medellin, Colombia – Victor Hidalgo Lopez had already carried his three-year-old daughter through 10 countries by the time they reached Mexico. Along the way, they used long hours on the road to prepare for their destination, the United States. Hidalgo, a 37-year-old from Venezuela, quizzed Emiliannys on how to count to…
Hage Geingob, 82, will continue to carry out his presidential duties while seeking treatment, his office said. Namibian President Hage Geingob will start treatment for cancer after routine medical checkups led to the detection of “cancerous cells”, his office has said. In a statement from the Namibian Presidency on Friday,…
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