A woman whose baby was too ill to be born is calling for better awareness of choosing a termination for medical reasons. Rosanna Brown, who lives near Waterlooville, Hampshire, was advised to end her pregnancy with son William in 2023 because he had a rare and life-threatening medical condition calledContinue Reading
A Kenyan citizen who had been living in Congo before returning to Nairobi over the weekend has become Kenya’s first confirmed case of Ebola and the country’s first death from the disease in the fast-moving outbreak, Read MoreContinue Reading
MedPage Today) — A low-calorie diet and exercise reversed early-onset type 2 diabetes for more than half of young adults, the randomized RESET for Remission trial showed. Among 96 participants, the intervention put diabetes into remission for…Read MoreContinue Reading
Kenyan authorities on Tuesday confirmed the country’s first imported Ebola case from Congo, Read MoreContinue Reading
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Zambia plans to sign a revised health agreement with the United States that excludes controversial clauses about sharing patient data and specimens, Read MoreContinue Reading
Kenya’s Health Ministry has confirmed the country’s first imported Ebola case from Congo, Read MoreContinue Reading
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances…Read MoreContinue Reading
Russian authorities say a staffer at a plague research institute in Siberia contracted pneumonia of an unknown cause, and local state TV reported the woman died last week, Read MoreContinue Reading
Doctors and health insurers have filed suit alleging Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature violated the law when they approved a healthcare tax that could substantially increase insurance premiums, Read MoreContinue Reading
Pressure to provide more GP appointments is making it harder to include checks for gynaecological cancers within the 10-minute slots, doctors have said. Dr Amara Naseem says her clinics always overrun as it takes about 20 minutes to sensitively take a detailed history and carry out internal examinations. A reducedContinue Reading
Think you can terrify us in 17 syllables? KFF Health News’ eighth annual Halloween haiku contest is now open. Send us your most haunting healthcare verses…Read MoreContinue Reading
Warning: This article contains details some readers may find distressing At about 3am one morning in May, Bamita Markam began convulsing. The three-year-old had spent days with a high fever and angry red sores on her body. Her mother, Koushila, had first taken her to a doctor, who prescribed anContinue Reading