Health

A health worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stands at a Covid-19 coronavirus testing site outside a shopping mall in Beijing on May 5, 2022. Jade GAO / AFP Fresh …

Photo: CNA European Union health agencies on Monday recommended a second COVID-19 booster for everyone over 60, as well as medically vulnerable people, amid a new rise in infections and …

Drugmaker Merck & Co (MRK.N) is in advanced talks to buy cancer-focused biotech company Seagen Inc (SGEN.O) in a deal that could be worth roughly $40 billion or more, the …

Pictures showing Examples of rashes and lesions caused by the monkeypox virus More than 6,000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported from 58 countries in the current outbreak, the …

This handout photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was taken in 1997 during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic …

Amazon.com Inc has placed a temporary purchase limit on emergency contraceptive pills days after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling Amazon.com Inc has placed …

The company logo for pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca displayed on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange AstraZeneca (AZN.L) said on Monday two of its existing therapies were recommended for …

Cannabis has long been the world’s most widely used drug and its use is increasing Places including U.S. states that have legalized cannabis appear to have increased its regular use, …

This handout picture depicts the dorsal surfaces of a monkeypox case in a patient who was displaying the appearance of the characteristic rash during its recuperative stage. Photo: AFP The …

File photo More than 3,200 confirmed monkeypox cases and one death were reported to the World Health Organization as part of the current outbreak. There is need for intensified surveillance …