Doctors and nurses hope to lower the city's high infant mortality rate by distributing baby boxes that encourage safe sleeping habits for newborns and their caregivers. Temple University Hospital...

Staring at a screen all day strains your eyes, dries them out, and blurs your vision. You're not imagining things. It really does happen and the medical world's got a name for it - Computer Vision...

Cameroon midfielder Patrick Ekeng had an enlarged heart but more tests are needed to determine the cause of death, Romanian doctors said Monday after an autopsy. Ekeng, who played for Dinamo...

Picture this situation: a peaceful home, a child watching his favourite TV programme, his elder sister chatting on her tablet while the parents are busy continuing some work they brought home from the...

A study in Brazil found nearly 90 percent of people with a rare paralyzing condition said they had symptoms of Zika earlier - contributing to mounting evidence that Zika may be a cause. But there...

An inter-ministerial committee and a clinical task force on diabetes have been set up by virtue of the newly enacted diabetes law and will start meeting in the coming weeks, Health Minister Chris...

More than 58,000 operations were performed in 2015 at Mater Dei and also at private hospitals in agreement with the health authorities, Health Minister Chris Fearne said this evening.  Replying...

For those mired in the eternal quest for health and happiness, there's some good news. Harvard is on the case. With the help of a $21 million donation, the Ivy League school is rounding up top...

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...