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Health Care

Health Minister chairs taskforce meeting

Health Minister Dr. Jaleela bint Al Sayyed Jawad Hassan the second meeting of the national taskforce to combat chronic (non-communicable) diseases.The minister stressed the importance of continuing preventive plans and health projects aimed at preservi…

Philippines evacuates thousands as rumbling volcano spews ash

Philippine authorities on Sunday began to evacuate more than 12,000 people around Mount Mayon, one of the most active volcanoes in the Southeast Asian archipelago, as it began to erupt and spew an ash cloud in the area.Citing gave “health concerns” as …

Syria, Cuba to boost health, medicine cooperation

Health Minister, Dr. Hasan Ghabbash discussed Wednesday with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba in Damascus, Luis Mariano Fernandez Rodriguez, means of boosting cooperation and coordination in the domain of health bet…

EU report: Mental health is silent epidemic in Europe

Mental health problems affect one in six people in the EU and mental health is Europe’s silent epidemic, Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President of the European Commission told a press conference in Brussels Wednesday.Presenting an EU initiative to deal wit…

Two wounded in Ukrainian shelling on Belgorod and Donetsk

Two people were injured and a number of buildings and facilities were damaged as a result of shelling by Ukrainian forces on Belgorod and Donetsk.“A woman was injured in a shelling by the Ukrainian forces on parts of the republic, while 19 houses and i…

India train crash kills 300, injures over 800

At least 300 people were killed and more than 850 others were injured in an accident caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train in the Indian state of Odisha, Associat…