Often viewed as safer than smoking, the products are a major cause of stroke, as well as head and neck cancer

The country is more reliant than ever on other countries for drugs taken by the vast majority of the population

More than 90 women were sent to Saudi Arabia on fake documents in an elaborate fraud to provide workers for short-staffed Gulf hospitals

Study reveals at least 2.3 million new cancer cases in 2024 were caused by common infections, almost all of which could have been prevented

Countries urged to adopt WHO backed strategy of testing samples from several patients at once

Experts deployed to the capital are on hand to assist with testing, infection control and awareness, in anticipation of imported cases

A new study suggests elephants prepare their own treatments from plants known to have medicinal properties

The UN agency unveiled guidelines for new products, as trials ramp up and stigma shifts

Between 1990 and 2023 the burden of non-communicable disease almost doubled, putting strain on health systems

Exclusive: Specialist teams are deployed to destroy larvae and trap the tropical insects, which are exploiting Britain’s mild temperatures

It is hoped the factory-bred mosquitoes will be a long-term solution to the rapid spread of the disease-carrying insects

A self-perpetuating violent cycle of cattle raiding, territorial disputes and revenge attacks creates a crisis in the world’s newest country

For female students, the move would spell the end of their careers and prospects under Taliban rule

Exclusive: The latest death was reported miles from the airport where the outbreak began

The organisation, which fights malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV in poor countries, said it had to quickly “adapt” amid a funding shortfall

It is hoped the move will galvanise action in the archipelago at the centre of the world’s fastest-growing HIV crisis

India, the ‘snakebite capital of the world’, has an antivenom problem. A trial in mice points to a potential solution

Announcing a $1bn investment, Gates says AIs will have to learn hundreds of new languages and customs if they are to serve the world equally

Higher temperatures mean more mosquitoes, and with them will come a new surge in “break-bone” fever, say experts

A skeletal maternity service is battling to keep mothers and babies alive in Afghanistan. It is running on borrowed time