A team of Pakistani ophthalmologists examined a total of 3,764 Afghan patients at a four-day free eye clinic at Noor Hospital in Kabul this past week....
A new virus, which can be transmitted to humans from animals, has infected 35 people in Shandong and Henan provinces, according to a study by scientists...
Italy launched its vaccination campaign against monkeypox on Monday, as case numbers increased at a time when health authorities are reporting vaccine shortages worldwide, Reuters reported....
More than 400 people have been infected with cholera over the last 10 days in Spera district of Khost province, the site of a deadly earthquake...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that a new wave of dengue fever has been confirmed in Afghanistan with a total of 64 cases being...
South Koreans may soon be able to carry a device inside their own bodies in the form of a bespoke tattoo that automatically alerts them to...
The governor of the State of New York Kathy Hochul late on Friday declared an emergency in the state over the continued spread of monkeypox. “I...
Spain reported its first death related to monkeypox outbreak on Friday, in what is thought to be Europe’s first death from the disease and only the...
A germ that causes a rare and sometimes deadly disease — long thought to be confined to tropical climates — has been found in soil and...
The Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan says that in cooperation with relevant international institutions, the ministry has launched a polio vaccination campaign in 28...
Afghanistan’s Ministery of Industry and Commerce said Sunday talks have been held with representatives of the pharmaceutical and medical sectors, who have in turn called for...
The head of the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency on Saturday. UN health agency Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the announcement after...
Twelve people have died and more than 6,000 people have been infected with cholera outbreak in Jowzjan province, health officials said Friday. It is said that...
Uzbekistan has tightened its health controls at border crossing with Afghanistan amid a cholera outbreak in Helmand and Zabul provinces. According to Uzbek media reports, Uzbekistan’s...
A sore throat is now considered the most common COVID symptom, according to a new study in the UK. The study of 17,500 people who said...
Health officials in Helmand province said Sunday that 20 people died in the past 24 hours of cholera and a further 120 have been infected. Citing...
The World Health Organization on Thursday reported a 77 percent weekly increase in the number of lab-confirmed monkeypox cases, to more than 6,000 worldwide, and two...
Two people in Ghana who later died tested positive for Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on...
UK health officials have urged people to make sure they are vaccinated against polio, after several sewage samples in London tested positive for the poliovirus towards...
The United Arab Emirates has set up a 1,000-square meter field hospital in Paktika province to help treat injured earth-quake victims. The deadly 6.1-magnitude earthquake last...
