A novel, minimally invasive way to treat severe breathing problems caused by lung disease showed modest but promising benefits in a small French study. The technique involves inserting several...

The ambulance service from the Paola Health Centre was re-introduced on the 17 November after not being available for a number of years. However, it turns out that it is not being offered as an...

Celebrate a child's scribbles. A novel experiment shows that even before learning their ABCs, youngsters start to recognize that a written word symbolizes language in a way a drawing doesn't - a...

Following Government’s commitment to provide a higher quality of health service for the public at the Gozo General Hospital, the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) has carried out a...

Pregnant women should avoid traveling to Latin America and Caribbean countries that have outbreaks of a tropical illness linked to birth defects, health officials said Friday. The illness is...

As from this week, the management at Mater Dei Hospital is further enhancing strict compliance with infection prevention and control measures within the hospital environment, the hospital said in...

The World Health Organization announced Thursday that the world's biggest-ever Ebola epidemic is over after two years. Here is a closer look: ___ THE GRIM STATISTICS: At least 11,315 people...

Harking back to America's triumphant race into space, the Obama administration is launching what it calls a "moonshot" effort to cure cancer. Don't expect miracles in the administration's lasts...

Mammograms do the most good later in life, a U.S. government task force declared Monday in recommending that women get one every other year starting at age 50. It said 40-somethings should make their...

Giving the blood of Ebola survivors to patients didn't seem to make a difference, doctors found in the biggest study so far on the approach, prompting some scientists to say it's time to abandon the...