An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter — the disease's highest death toll in at least four decades. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and...

When emergency tests showed the telltale right-sided pain in Heather VanDusen's abdomen was appendicitis, she figured she'd be quickly wheeled into surgery. But doctors offered her the option of...

Forty schools enrolled in the EkoSkola programme were awarded the prestigious international Green Flag award while other schools were bestowed the Silver and Bronze awards in a ceremony presided over...

A group of University of Malta undergraduate Engineering students and postgraduate students following the M.Sc. in Integrated Product Development course recently participated in an...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and to support this global cause, online lottery site Jackpot.com, are donating for every lottery subscription purchased this month! Breast Cancer...

Drinking too much alcohol killed more than 3 million people in 2016, mostly men, the World Health Organization said. The U.N. health agency also warned that current policy responses are not...

Missed the October issue of Taste&Flair last Sunday? Get it Friday 19th October with The Malta Independent Daily.   It's our colourful autumn inspired issue. Have a look at our...

In life, timing is everything.  Your body’s internal clock – the circadian rhythm – regulates an enormous variety of processes: when you sleep and wake, when you’re...

Early, partial results from a historic gene editing study give encouraging signs that the treatment may be safe and having at least some of its hoped-for effect, but it's too soon to know whether it...

The Faculty for Social Wellbeing has recently launched two animations that promote the over 35 courses being offered by the Faculty during this forthcoming academic year.   All 9...