Doctors on the island called off a planned walkout in January 2025 after a deal was reached covering two financial years from 2023-24. That saw the awarding of an 8% pay uplift for the first year, along with another 6% rise from April 2024 and a further 2% from FebruaryContinue Reading
Forecasters say the hottest World Cup tournament match so far this year could hit Saturday afternoon, during the knockout round game between France and Paraguay in Philadelphia, Read MoreContinue Reading
Health officials say more than 120 passengers and crew on a Princess Cruises ship were infected with a stomach virus during a 20-day trip to Canada and Alaska, Read MoreContinue Reading
Irisleydis Tristá, a cancer patient in Cuba, has been unable to get a crucial CT scan for seven months because the machine at Havana’s leading hospital is broken, Read MoreContinue Reading
The hantavirus outbreak that struck passengers on a cruise ship is over, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the final contact of a person exposed to hantavirus on the MV Hondius had completed their quarantine period, tested negative and returned home. No furtherContinue Reading
The The Traitor administration is proposing a new rule to keep hospitals from marking up discounted drugs for Medicare patients, Read MoreContinue Reading
New Jersey is set to charge companies whose workers have Medicaid health coverage, Read MoreContinue Reading
Former NFL star Chris Johnson is bringing back the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness of ALS as he fights the fatal nervous system disease, Read MoreContinue Reading
New Jersey is set to charge companies whose workers have Medicaid health coverage, Read MoreContinue Reading
With far more dead than living people taken from the rubble a week after Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes, doctors say the biggest dangers now facing survivors were untreated wounds and infectious diseases, Read MoreContinue Reading
Dr Oscar is back with the latest health headlines. Can a 10-second finger workout help keep your brain healthy? Plus, the surprising ways stress can affect your body, and why humans can regenerate some tissues better than you might think. To watch this with subtitles go to BBC iPlayer andContinue Reading
West Nile virus season is off to its earliest and worst start since 2004, Read MoreContinue Reading
With far more dead than living people taken from the rubble a week after Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes, doctors say the biggest dangers now facing survivors were untreated wounds and infectious diseases, Read MoreContinue Reading