Fri 15 March 2024: Doctors across Kenya left patients stranded when they chose to stay away from public hospitals Thursday, despite a court order to prevent a nationwide strike. The strike affiliated with the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU), the largest medical professional organization in Kenya, with more than 8,000 members, has […]
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Fri 15 March 2024: Dog owners find it amusing when their pets lick their faces. Some people actively enjoy their pets’ affection, while others actively push their dogs away. Although that’s a touching scene, the dog owner shouldn’t do it. Jacqueline Boyd, a senior lecturer in animal science at Nottingham Trent University, explains in an […]
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Tue 12 March 2024: Ramadan is the month in the Islamic calendar when the Qur’an was revealed to the prophet Muhammad (PBUH). During the month, Muslims abstain from all sensory pleasures (like food and drink, sex, TV and music) from dawn to dusk. The time is centred on prayer, the Qur’an, deep mindfulness and spiritual reflection. […]
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Gonococci (or Neisseria gonorrhoeae) in an uretral pus. This bacterium is reponsible for Gonorrhea (blennorrhagia or clap), urethritis, vaginitis (sexually transmitted disease). Fri 08 March 2024: Europe has seen a worrying spike in sexually transmitted infections (STIs), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said on Thursday. The ECDC said that this […]
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Mon 04 March 2024: World Obesity Day is observed on March 4 every year. Obesity Day tries to raise awareness about this medical condition. The theme for this year’s campaign is “Let’s Talk About Obesity And…” According to the World Health Organisation, in 2022, overweight affect around 37 million children under 5 globally, and over […]
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Thu 28 February 2024: A deadly type of bird flu has been confirmed on the mainland of Antarctica for the first time, scientists said, a potential risk for the southern region’s huge penguin colonies. “This discovery demonstrates for the first time that the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus has reached Antarctica despite the distance and […]
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Sun 25 February 2024: On Tuesday, the first case of measles in seven years was reported in Northern Ireland. Outbreaks of measles have sprung up in parts of Britain in recent months amid concerns of what Dr Vanessa Saliba from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), has called a “worryingly low MMR [measles, mumps and […]
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Citizens are passing by the ‘SOS Life Phone’ installed on Mapo Bridge in Yeouido, Seoul. Fri 23 February 2024: Based on the most recent data, South Korea has the highest suicide rate among the main advanced nations, with around 13,000 suicides in 2022. The suicide rate among the major developed nations decreased slightly in […]
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Wed 21 February 2024: Hitting patient care, thousands of trainee medics Tuesday resigned from duty in South Korea to protest the government’s move to increase the number of medical student seats. However, President Yoon Suk Yeol called on the protesting doctors to “not hold people’s lives and health hostage.” Some 6,415 trainee doctors at 100 […]
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Tue 20 February 2024: The Department of Health has hit back at a misleading voice note making the rounds on social media platforms claiming that people who vaccinated against COVID-19 are dying due to the vaccine. The voice note, which is also circulating on WhatsApp, promotes the use of an unregistered over-the-counter product called Nature’s […]
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