Healthcare News

Two Saudi health workers have contracted the deadly coronavirus from patients, marking the first evidence of transmission in a hospital setting, the World Health More »

Doctors carried out life-saving surgery Wednesday on an Indian baby suffering from a rare disorder that caused her head to swell to nearly double its size, in a More »

Angelina Jolie was up and working with "bountiful energy" on her next film project just four days after having her double mastectomy, her surgeon said. More »

A US abortion doctor could face the death penalty after being found guilty of murdering three babies with scissors after they were born alive in his filthy More »

Liberal-minded Vermont has become the third US state to allow doctor-assisted suicide, letting terminally ill patients request lethal medication from physicians. More »

US authorities announced Monday a $500 million dollar fine against Indian generic pharmaceutical manufacturer Ranbaxy after it pleaded guilty to selling adulterated More »

Ten of 40 mentally ill patients who escaped from a psychiatric hospital in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, have been returned to the facility, officials said Monday. More »

By Alexander Dziadosz CAIRO (Reuters) - The doctor who discovered a new SARS-like virus says it will probably trigger an epidemic at some point, but not necessarily More »

By Angus McDowall RIYADH (Reuters) - World Health Organisation (WHO) officials said on Sunday it seemed likely a new coronavirus that has killed at least 18 people More »

A man who contracted a deadly new SARS-like virus after sharing a hospital ward with France's first victim was moved to intensive care on Sunday following a More »

LILLE, France (Reuters) - Three people who came into contact with France's only confirmed case of coronavirus have tested negative for the SARS-like disease, with More »

LILLE/DUBAI (Reuters) - A nurse in a hospital that held France's only confirmed case of the SARS-like coronavirus that has killed 18 people has been admitted to More »

A young Brazilian woman was accidentally shot in the mouth with a spear gun, with the projectile punching out the back of her neck but she survived, a doctor said. More »

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan injured his head after falling off a mechanical lift raising him onto a stage at a More »

Five Saudis who died after contracting a new SARS-like virus last week had not travelled abroad, a health ministry doctor said on Saturday. More »

By Ashok Pahalwan JAMMU, India (Reuters) - A Pakistani prisoner was badly beaten in an Indian jail on Friday in apparent revenge for a fatal attack on an Indian More »

Not yet named but much loved by watchful parents, a newly born baby boy is a small symbol of change: a birth, not a death for Somalia's key war hospital. More »

A US doctor has created a website to make it easier for sick people to connect with research that could potentially save their lives. More »

Breast implants may delay cancer diagnosis in women, said a study Wednesday that urged a thorough probe into the potential health risks of this type of cosmetic More »

Despite the age of its recipes, Chinese medicine -- which continues to thrive among Hong Kong's seven million residents -- is not standing still. More »

Australian academics are calling for a Chinese surgeon accused of harvesting organs from prisoners to be stripped of a University of Sydney honorary professorship. More »