Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf is to undergo a planned surgery “in the heart area”, the Swedish royal court, called Kungahuset, has announced. The head of state, who is not known to have had any surgery aimed at tackling a serious ailment
Tom Brady, Serena Williams, Shaun White Roger Federer, Sue Bird and Albert Pujols were among the superstar athletes who have walked away from the sports they dominated for over a generation. Among them, they have countless championships and accolades that even the
Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff walked off the job in the U.K. on Monday in what unions called the biggest strike in the history of the country’s public health system. The walkout is the latest in a wave of
Experts have issued a stark warning over a looming rise in bird flu cases in the UK this year. A significant wave of avian flu, which has already killed millions of birds in Britain, is poised to grow worse in the spring.
WWE legend “Superstar” Billy Graham has been battling health issues over the last several weeks and his family revealed that the former wrestler lost 45 pounds in three weeks. The 79-year-old’s health update was given on a GoFundMe page set up by
A World Health Organization employee was released in northern Mali after being abducted by unidentified assailants, a spokesperson said Friday. Dr. Mahamadou Diawara was freed Thursday afternoon and is in Gao town, Abdoulaye Cisse, communication officer for the WHO in Mali told
The Met Office is warning all regions of England will see temperatures plunge, prompting an alert from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) to look out for those most at risk from cold weather. Low temperatures and widespread overnight frosts are forecast
In April 2021, Garry Cogan felt a slow, burning pain move steadily higher through his right arm. It was the start of a major heart attack that doctors warned could shave decades off his life without timely triple-bypass surgery. Nearly two years
African health officials say countries with cholera outbreaks have no 'immediate access' to vaccines
Africa’s public health agency says countries with deadly cholera outbreaks on the continent have no “immediate access” to vaccines amid a global supply shortage. The acting director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ahmed Ogwell, told journalists on Thursday
“Severe dog attacks” are experiencing a worrying trend in Britain as an academic warns they are on the rise. Dr John Tulloch, a specialist in veterinary public health, said the past 20 years have seen dog attack cases “creeping up and up”