Of all the little moments of joy and strife that fill the top-nominated Oscar film "Roma," the most gut-wrenching takes place in a Mexico City hospital room, where a doctor coolly tells a frightened...

Nearly a year in space put astronaut Scott Kelly's immune system on high alert and changed the activity of some of his genes compared to his Earth-bound identical twin, researchers said...

In his State of the Union speech, President Trump called for ending the HIV epidemic in the United States within 10 years. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and senior public health...

Phoenicia has named Junior Sous Chef Gary Grima as its Employee of the Year 2018. The coveted annual award has been established to highlight the outstanding contribution individual members of staff...

Doctors already are supposed to screen new mothers for depression, to find those who need prompt care. Now they're also being urged to identify women at risk — because counseling could prevent...

Professor Lilian M. Azzopardi, head of Department of Pharmacy at the University of Malta, was invited to participate as a panel member, during the annual reception organised by the European...

The Forensic Drug Analysis Laboratory at the Department of Chemistry, University of Malta has just launched a pamphlet titled Fentanyl ‒ Safety recommendations guide for first...

Think of it as decontaminating yourself. Hospitalized patients who harbor certain superbugs can cut their risk of developing full-blown infections if they swab medicated goo in their nose and use...

Anesthesia during a short surgery doesn't harm a baby's brain development, according to an experiment involving hundreds of infants in seven countries. While the study can't answer broader safety...

Cigarette smoking rates have stopped falling among U.S. kids, and health officials believe youth vaping is responsible. For decades, the percentage of high school and middle school students who...