LAHORE, Pakistan — A Pakistani province declared a health emergency Friday due to smog and imposed a shutdown in two major cities. Smog has choked Punjab for weeks, sickening nearly …
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting a man whose views …
President-elect Donald Trump ‘s plan to appoint Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to lead the Health and Human Services Department will put a prominent vaccine skeptic at the helm of the …
A major change for cigarette packaging is set to come into effect, just over a decade on from Australia’s world-first plain packaging changes. Under new regulations, health warnings must be …
A terminally ill Perth mum who travelled across the country with her son to hear Coldplay perform a song sentimental to them both is stranded 4000km from home after she …
ISLAMABAD — The U.N. children’s agency on Monday warned that the health of 11 million children in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is in danger because of air pollution that experts …
In a long-sought move, the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday formally began the process of abandoning oral doses of a common over-the-counter decongestant that the agency concluded last …
Pregnant women and babies will have greater protection against a condition known as respiratory syncytial virus as part of an expanded vaccination program. The federal government will spend more than …
Australia is in the grips of its worst whooping cough outbreak since the introduction of vaccines as people continue to fall behind on immunisations. More than 41,000 cases of the …
Asthma and hay fever sufferers across Victoria are being urged to stay vigilant and take precautions as potential thunderstorms and high pollen levels on Wednesday pose an increased risk of …