A health practitioner takes a blood sample from a patient for HIV testing. Photo Shutterstock By Daily Nation Kenya may lose HIV funding if the United States Congress does not resolve the current debate by next month. In June this year, a group of Kenyan Members of Parliament and religious leaders wrote a letter to

By Anadolu Agency BA.2.86 variant also found in US, UK and Denmark A new variant of COVID-19 named BA.2.86 has been identified in Israel for the first time, local media reported Sunday. The Israel Public Broadcasting Organization (KAN) confirmed the presence of the variant, marking the fourth known case worldwide following its identification in the

The Lib Dems said the figures revealed a ‘postcode lottery’ with delays more common in certain areas (Peter Byrne/PA) (PA Wire) The Independent By Holly Evans The number of patients waiting a year for NHS treatment in England has risen by 15% in the past year, new research has suggested. This comes despite Rishi Sunak’s

By Reuters Supermarket group Tesco (TSCO.L), Britain’s largest private-sector employer, is to offer its staff virtual appointments with a private family doctor, in another indication of the pressures engulfing the country’s National Health Service (NHS). The country’s biggest retailer told Reuters on Thursday the benefits package for its 310,000 UK workers would provide them and

NHS websites shared data with Facebook via the Meta Pixel tool. Illustration: Guardian Design The Guardian By Shanti Das NHS trusts are sharing intimate details about patients’ medical conditions, appointments and treatments with Facebook without consent and despite promising never to do so. An Observer investigation has uncovered a covert tracking tool in the websites

Private clinics are wooing customers by offering short-notice consultations. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA The Guardian By Sarah Marsh and Denis Campbell Signs that NHS’s inability to offer prompt care is creating surge in people resorting to private care Patients are paying up to £550 an hour to see private GPs amid frustration at the delays many

Jessica Tincopa and her husband, Rob Tran, stand for a portrait in Orange, Calif., Friday, May 5, 2023. Tincopa may leave the photography business she spent 14 years building for one reason: to find coverage for fertility treatment. After six miscarriages, Tincopa and her husband started saving for in vitro fertilization, which can cost well

File- A relative adjusts the oxygen mask of a tuberculosis patient at a TB hospital on World Tuberculosis Day in Hyderabad, India. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A., File) By The Associated Press Top U.N. officials, health industry leaders and activists demanded Monday that the world invest more to develop new vaccines and tackle a surge in

A woman washes mine dust in search of gold. Ethiopia’s nascent gold mining sector may be breeding rights violations after a lobby found workers were unprotected from potential health hazards By The East African Ethiopia’s nascent gold mining sector may be breeding rights violations after a lobby found workers were unprotected from potential health hazards.

By Voice of America Qamar Ali Haji has been using skin-lightening products for four years. Initially she liked the change in her appearance but now the exposure to the chemicals in the products is taking a toll. She says she regrets it. “I can’t sit too long in the school, I cannot bear the heat,