Drugmaker Merck says it's bought a Swiss biotech company developing cancer drugs as part of its strategy to be a top player in cancer, one of the hottest pharmaceutical research areas. Merck...

Two miniature horses trotted into a hospital. Doctors and patients did double-takes when the equine visitors ambled down long corridors in the pediatric unit at Chicago's Rush University Medical...

The Malta Medical Students Association, with the support of the Malta Transplant Support Group, has started an online petition calling for changes to regulations regarding on organ donations and donor...

The European Court of Justice says obesity can be a disability, a ruling that could have consequences for employers across the continent. The court ruled Thursday in the case of a Danish...

Introducing taxes on unhealthy foods may be premature, but it may be time to restrict kiosks from selling it in the vicinity of places frequented by the young and sports centres, according to the...

Organ transplantation may not be carried even if the individual has filled in a donor card, if relatives do not give the required consent. The government, thus, needs to establish who the corpse...

Women aged 25-35 will start being invited to undergo free screening for cervical cancer as from next year, Parliamentary Secretary Chris Fearne said in parliament this evening. Mr Fearne...

Europe's drug regulator says there is no proof that a flu vaccine for the elderly was linked to side effects, including deaths in Italy. Last week, Italy pulled two batches of Fluad, made by...

The major issues which are leading to a substantial number of cancellations of operations in Mater Dei Hospital is not only a matter of nurses’ shortage as was said in Parliament, yesterday, by...

Winter sometimes seem to be an endless round of colds and flu, especially if there are young children in the household. As the saying goes, prevention is better than cure.  The best way to...