The government and the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) have launched the annual nursing recruitment drive as the current 3,150-strong workforce is simply not enough for the amount of...

The total number of foreign nurses working in public hospitals and with the Department of the Elderly is of 290, according to information presented by Minister for Health, Chris Fearne. This was said...

A pregnant woman shows up at a New York City bar and wants to go in and order a drink despite health warnings against consuming alcohol while expecting. Should the tavern serve her? It's against...

The government has introduced a National Minimum Standard for homes for the elderly and is planning to set up an evaluation board which will see if homes for the elderly are being kept with the limits...

Former football star Herschel Walker and former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes say they are all too aware of the toll that blows to the head can take on an athlete's brain. In remarks Tuesday...

The Marigold Foundation together with the Ministry for Health and the Ministry for Family presented a portable X-ray machine for the Medical Imaging Department. The machine is used during...

Prince's final days and unexpected death at age 57 raise questions among experts familiar with prescription painkiller overdoses. It's possible the innovative musician's demise represents one of the...

Transplants of insulin-producing pancreas cells are a long hoped-for treatment for diabetes - and a new study shows they can protect the most seriously ill patients from a life-threatening...

It happens every day to the most vulnerable infants in hospital intensive care units: fragile babies born way too soon are poked, prodded and jabbed as part of medical care meant to help...

Seven years after U.S. regulators slapped their strictest warning on two popular smoking-cessation medicines citing risks of suicidal behavior, a large international study found no such risk. Now...