Medical admission season is on, but DME post remains vacant

Chennai: The post of director of medical education (DME) remains vacant amidst a busy admission season. After former DME Dr J Sangumani retired on June 30, Dr E Theranirajan, who managed medical education, hospitals, and dispensaries, was asked to...

Health workers in West still waiting for COVID-19 allowance

Health professionals, nurses, and frontline workers are still waiting for their outstanding COVID-19 allowance, estimated at around $6 million, according to the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS). Although Parliament sat last week,...

HEALTH MINUTE: HOW TO COPE WITH EMPTY NEST SYNDROME

Back to school can not only be stressful for students but also parents! And, if your child is leaving home for college or to start a job, there can be feelings of sadness, loss, even depression. In today’s Health Minute, Mandy Gaither talks to a...

Healthy Eating For Kids: How To Say No To Junk Food

Affinity Health, a leading provider of high-quality health cover, encourages parents to take a stand against junk food and help their children develop healthy, lifelong eating habits, starting with small but powerful changes at home. “Children...

Hospital Installs Modern Medical Waste Incinerator for Safer, Sustainable Healthcare

The Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre (SLBMC) has taken a major step toward safer, more sustainable healthcare with the installation of a state-of-the-art medical waste incinerator. This initiative was funded by the Government through the Caribbean...

Health and wellness trends in 2025 and beyond

Discover 5 key health trends shaping 2025 — from proven supplements to AI, women’s health, fitness personalisation & weight care. Consumers today think differently about 5 key health and wellness than they did between 2010 and 2020. The 2010s were...

Medical professors urge junior doctors to resume training, pledge full support

As the deadline for the second-half recruitment approaches, medical school professors urged trainee doctors to “stop hesitating and return to their training hospitals as soon as possible.” The professors also called for the government and National...

Health Minister probes ambulance delays after newborn’s death

Shane Superville Minister of Health Dr Lackram Bodoe has requested a full report into ambulance response times following the death of a newborn at the Mt Hope Women’s Hospital. Police said the child’s mother went into labour at the Centre of...

Health tips as kids head back to school

Kids all across Delaware will be heading back to school soon, and Bayhealth wants everyone to keep a few health tips in mind. According to Bayhealth, the return to the classroom is often accompanied by an increase in flu, COVID-19, RSV, strep...

Health NZ Lakes training cardiac specialists to fill workforce gap

It comes as a new Otago University report, commissioned by cardiac advocacy charity Kia Manawanui Trust, revealed Health NZ Lakes had one of the highest death rates for heart disease in the country. Patients in the Lakes region – alongside...

MEDIC: 1 hurt in southwest Charlotte stabbing

CHARLOTTE — A person has been hurt following a stabbing in southwest Charlotte Monday night. It happened just before 8 p.m. on the 4200 block of Branch Bend Lane. MEDIC said the victim was taken to an area hospital with serious injuries. No...

Medication takeback events scheduled in Holdrege and Minden

KEARNEY, Neb. — The Two Rivers Public Health Department (TRPHD) is organizing two medication takeback events aimed at safely disposing of unused medications. The first event will take place at the Holdrege City Auditorium, located at 421 Grant...

Health officials confirm two West Nile virus-related deaths in Fremont County

FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - The Fremont County Department of Public Health and Environment is urging the community to protect themselves after they confirmed two West Nile virus-related deaths in the county. Health officials confirmed the two...

Health issues force senator to resign just months after election

Just months after claiming a seat in parliament in an election upset, One Nation senator Warwick Stacey has resigned from the upper house due to health issues. The senator announced he will vacate his seat after just two sitting weeks and before...

Health fair to be held at Mable Trepagnier Brown Senior Center in Kenner

People's Health and the Jefferson Council on Aging are organizing a health fair scheduled for Wednesday, September 10, 2025. The event will be held at the Mable Trepagnier Brown Senior Center, located at 641 Compromise St in Kenner, Louisiana. For...

Health dept. issues alert against amoebic meningoencephalitis in Kozhikode

Risk alert:During earlier outbreaks, some local bodies in Kerala had installed boards near ponds to caution the public. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN The Health department in Kozhikode has issued an alert against primary amoebic...

Health of Pacific meat workers at heart of HRC project

The workplace hazards thousands of Pacific meatworkers face each day will be at the centre of a new University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led project. The first of its kind study will take a Pacific approach to investigate the connection...

Health Check: CSL turns to a vaccines demerger in an ‘urgent’ get-fit drive

CSL has launched an "urgent" get-fit drive, but it looks like some investors prefer the dad-bod look. Pic via Getty CSL shares tumble 12% on the back of a multi-pronged transformation drive and a perceived weak result The company is paring 3000...

Medical records shed new light on man's death in Baltimore police custody

Dontae Melton Jr.'s mother has waited for answers about the death of her son while in Baltimore police custody for nearly two months. Melton was restrained while having a mental health crisis on June 24 in West Baltimore. His family has yet to see...

Healthcare providers sue Amgen for alleged trade restraint