Doctors who have returned from volunteering at besieged hospitals to tell officials aid is meaningless without a ceasefire

A member of a clandestine group of doctors working with the resistance describes the harrowing situation in Yangon.

Gaza is “a world of devastation” and still in the grip of war after nearly nine months of conflict, UN humanitarians just back from the enclave reported on Friday, as they described widespread...

IDF says it ‘completely rejects’ charge that its soldiers deliberately fired on any of the thousands of civilians killed in Israeli offensive

Gaza's more than 54,500 war-wounded include a growing number of amputees who face hard choices and challenges as they try to survive in a war zone. Health officials say overwhelmed hospitals that now...

The council’s inaction stands in sharp contrast to national responses.

A quarter of its Gaza’s population could die within a year due to outbreaks caused by this unprecedented conflict, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

Military charges 19 doctors for opposing coup as activists throw red paint to remember those killed in protests.

Some 44 people have been infected in the central city of Wuhan, officials say.

Doctors and nurses say death toll is more than 92,000, describe gruesome injuries and a sick and traumatized people

Healthcare workers have set up mobile clinics to treat protesters but say their biggest challenge is ‘not to get shot’ .

Gaza is on the brink of famine. If the US and UK fail to use every possible lever to stop the catastrophe, they will be complicit

The military said the public had requested that the generals take more control “for the benefit of the people.” At least three protesters were killed in further crackdowns.

Testimonies of MSF staff indicate that Israel carried out strike on 5-car convoy of vehicles 'clearly identified by MSF logos,' says humanitarian group - Anadolu Ajansı

Junta has also threatened to revoke doctors’ passports and bar them from medical practice

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar careened deeper into crisis, as police occupied hospitals and universities and reportedly arrested hundreds of people involved in protesting last month’s military...

The following medical doctors have been charged under Section 505-A of the Penal Code for inciting State service personnel and health staff to participate in

Casualties reported after raids on complex, where hundreds are reportedly sheltering and IDF claims is being used by Hamas

I have more than 20 years of experience working with trauma patients in the United States. What I saw in Gaza will haunt me forever.

Skin diseases are running rampant in Gaza, health officials say, from appalling conditions in overcrowded tent camps housing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians driven from their homes.

The ICC should prosecute Israelis responsible for bombing hospitals, denying access to medicines and vaccines, and causing excessive civilian harm.

Rights groups say repeated attacks on medical facilities, doctors and ambulances must be investigated for war crimes.

Palestinian health officials say the first case of polio has been recorded in an unvaccinated 10-month old-child in the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah.

Bad advice based on false information led to fatal mistakes.

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A cumbersome process of Israeli inspections and other hurdles are slowing the entry of aid into Gaza.

Women such as Hanan face labour at home without medical help or pain relief, with only neighbours and relatives to help

Human rights experts say attack was violation of international law, and that US supplying of weapon defies 1997 Leahy law

The destruction of Palestinian hospitals adds to the trauma for the medics – whose life’s purpose is to heal, says Ghada Ageel, a third-generation Palestinian refugee

It said it will prosecute Dr. Aye Nyein Thu, who has been providing medical care for those displaced by clashes in Mindat, for allegedly aiding civilian resistance units.

The country’s unvaccinated ultra-Orthodox population is at risk of contracting the disease, unless Netanyahu agrees to a prolonged cease-fire to allow mass vaccination.

Prof Ghassan Abu-Sittah claims destruction of Palestinian health system was an Israeli objective

Swiss food firm’s infant formula and cereal sold in global south ignore WHO anti-obesity guidelines for Europe, says Public Eye

Bad advice based on false information led to fatal mistakes.

For the besieged residents of Gaza who have so far survived Israel's bombs and bullets, a silent, invisible killer is now stalking them: disease.

Medical staff at Nasser hospital say they were blindfolded, detained, and forced to strip by Israeli soldiers.

Nurses recall horror of Israeli raid and interrogations, saying they were beaten and humiliated.

Medical staff must be able to provide lifesaving care without fear of violence, detention, or intimidation

Mothers are so malnourished they cannot breastfeed, so their babies are dying - literally starving to death - because they cannot get the vital nutrition they desperately need.

Authorities claim recent Omicron case in Beijing came from package sent from Canada

Gaza ministry warns thousands of people displaced by the Israel-Gaza war are at risk of contracting the disease which can cause deformities and paralysis

By deliberately destroying and degrading public health infrastructure, the Syrian regime is reviving long-eradicated diseases and killing civilians.

On cars, restaurant walls and buildings reduced to rubble, Bashar al-Assad’s face is plastered across the country, a decade after he crushed the first protests against his rule. By photographer Rami...

As a surgeon, I volunteered at a Gaza hospital. The conditions were unthinkable. With a ground offensive in Rafah, people have nowhere to go.

Bad advice based on false information led to fatal mistakes.

To add to the devastation of war and the complete breakdown of law and order, Gazans now have to contend with the threat of highly infectious polio disease linked to the disastrous sanitation...

By denying Palestinians safe water, Israel has created an unparalleled health crisis and risks causing irreversible ecological damage.

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The threat of polio is rising fast in Gaza, prompting aid groups to call for an urgent pause in the war so they can ramp up vaccinations and head off a full-blown outbreak.

Report demands accountability for war crimes and singles out Russia for ‘mind-boggling’ targeting of hospitals in Ukraine

Why have sanctions been so unsuccessful at stopping Assad’s killing machine? A big part of the blame lies with the UN-led humanitarian effort in Syria.

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British broadcaster says it will continue to provide impartial news after being accused by Bashar al-Assad’s government of politicised coverage

Israeli bombardments and raids have put many of Gaza’s hospitals out of operation and only a few remain even partially functional.

Bad advice based on false information led to fatal mistakes.