Britain’s public health service at 75: on life support?
By Jitendra JOSHI LONDON, July 4, 2023 (AFP) - Deeply loved but wracked by crisis, Britain's National Health Service (NHS)…
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Diabetes cases to double to 1.3 billion by 2050: study
PARIS, June 22, 2023 (AFP) -- The number of people suffering from diabetes worldwide will more than double to 1.3…
11 months ago
Night owls die earlier due to drinking and smoking: study
PARIS, June 16, 2023 (AFP) - People who tend to stay up late are not more likely to die younger…
11 months ago
Positive results for potential first chikungunya vaccine
PARIS, June 12, 2023 (AFP) -- French-Austrian drugmaker Valneva's vaccine candidate against chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus which causes occasional outbreaks…
11 months ago
Cheap diabetes drug reduces risk of long Covid: study
By Daniel Lawler Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- People who took a cheap diabetes drug after testing positive for…
12 months ago
EU approves first vaccine against common respiratory virus
LONDON (AFP) -- The European Commission has followed the United States in approving the world's first vaccine for the Respiratory…
12 months ago
Treatment found to reduce progression of rare blood cancer by 74%
WASHINGTON, June 5, 2023 (AFP) - A treatment that involves genetically modifying the body's own immune cells has been found…
12 months ago
Pill halves risk of death in type of lung cancer
WASHINGTON, June 4, 2023 (AFP) - A pill has been shown to halve the risk of death from a certain…
12 months ago
WHO members approve nearly $7 bn budget
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization on Monday won basic approval for a $6.83-billion budget over the next…
12 months ago
Covid returns to strike peloton ahead of Giro
By Jacques KLOPP Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Two days before the start of the Giro d'Italia, Covid-19 has…
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