UK’s King Charles admitted to hospital for prostate treatment | Health News

UK’s King Charles admitted to hospital for prostate treatment | Health News

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…

Seeking medical care, one family races anticipated US border restrictions | Migration News

Seeking medical care, one family races anticipated US border restrictions | Migration News

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…

Namibia’s president to undergo treatment after ‘cancerous cells’ found | Health News

Namibia’s president to undergo treatment after ‘cancerous cells’ found | Health News

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,…

Sierra Leone court allows ex-President Koroma to go abroad for medical care | Courts News

Sierra Leone court allows ex-President Koroma to go abroad for medical care | Courts News

The former leader is charged with treason for his alleged role in a failed coup in November. A Sierra Leone court has allowed former President Ernest Bai Koroma, who is charged with treason, to travel abroad on medical grounds. Koroma, 70, was charged early this month with four offences for…

US defence chief promises transparency amid secrecy around hospital stay | Military News

US defence chief promises transparency amid secrecy around hospital stay | Military News

Lloyd Austin went to hospital for elective surgery on January 1 but the White House was not notified. United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said he takes “full responsibility” for the secrecy after it emerged that he had been in hospital since last Monday and that many top White…

US opioid crisis: Hope for new approach as naloxone machines spread in 2023 | Drugs News

US opioid crisis: Hope for new approach as naloxone machines spread in 2023 | Drugs News

Washington, DC – It was a hot summer day in July when Shekita McBroom received a phone call from a local hair salon. The stylist on the other end of the line urgently needed a resupply — not of hair dye or shampoo, but of the overdose-reversal drug naloxone. Commonly…

What is the ‘zombie deer disease’ that experts warn may spread to humans? | Health News

What is the ‘zombie deer disease’ that experts warn may spread to humans? | Health News

In what scientists call a “slow-moving disaster”, a “zombie deer disease” is spreading across the United States after a case was detected in Yellowstone National Park. The lethal disease has no cure and is prevalent in deer and elk, but studies suggest that it may spread to humans. Here’s what…

Displaced Palestinian mother in Gaza gives birth to quadruplets | Israel-Palestine conflict

Displaced Palestinian mother in Gaza gives birth to quadruplets | Israel-Palestine conflict

Iman al-Masry is simply exhausted after giving birth to quadruplets in a hospital in southern Gaza, miles away from her home in the north of the war-torn Palestinian territory. In mid-October, days into the Israel-Hamas war, the young woman fled her family home in Beit Hanoon on foot with her…

China tries to ‘bury the memory’ and trauma of zero-COVID era | Coronavirus pandemic News

China tries to ‘bury the memory’ and trauma of zero-COVID era | Coronavirus pandemic News

When Evelyn Ma’s two-year-old daughter had a persistently high fever and a bad cough earlier this month, she and her husband began to worry. The couple decided to take their daughter to a nearby children’s hospital in the city of Jinan. But as Ma walked through the doors with her…