A Florida mother is home and tending to her new infant less than a month after surviving without a pulse for 45 minutes following complications from a routine cesarean section. A spokesman for...

The fiance of Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan is struggling to recover after losing her future husband along with most of her personal belongings, and she says she is effectively homeless due to the...

As the biggest-ever outbreak of Ebola continues to ravage West Africa, here are a few key numbers to get a handle on the epidemic: 13,042 and 4,818: According to an update this week from the...

A large scale drill, aimed at testing Malta's preparedness in the event an Ebola case surfaces here, has just ended. The 'patient' was assessed by health care workers and was transferred to Mater...

Elderly patients in Gozo General Hospital are being left in beds and not placed in armchairs since the hospital is still short of 22 carers which MUMN had been requesting for these last months, the...

The Dallas nurse who flew on a commercial jet before being diagnosed with Ebola says she wasn't careless or reckless. In an interview Thursday on NBC's "Today" show, Amber Vinson also said she...

Philanthropist Bill Gates says he wants to end malaria in his lifetime and will give more money toward that goal, part of his broader fight against tropical diseases that are getting unusual public...

There are standard jokes about older people, usually involving lost teeth and dentures. The cruel thing is that most people laugh out loud at these jokes, but in reality, losing one's teeth is...

It all started when Maria Caruana de Brincat was still at university. She felt several different symptoms, variously diagnosed as colds, vertigo, tinnitus (a constant ringing in the ears), and...

  Pomegranates contain plenty of antioxidants and nutrients that should be part of a healthy diet. They are very low in saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium, are a good source of vitamin C...