Health

The US Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an application to place a restriction on an abortion pill widely used in the United States for the purposes of terminating unwanted pregnancies. The anti-abortion groups and physicians challenging...

South Africa has become the first in Africa to give legal backing to the cultivation, possession and personal use of cannabis, part of efforts to reform the plant. With the recent signing of Cannabis for Private...

By Emmanuel Nduka On Tuesday, major London hospitals were forced to cancel some operations on Tuesday after a cyber-attack on a key service supplier had a “major impact”, particularly on blood transfusions, the National Health Service...

By John Ikani The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for a continent-wide ban on public smoking and the use of e-cigarettes and vaping products in Africa. The urgent plea, issued by WHO Regional Director Matshidiso...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna President of Kenya, William Ruto has reversed the controversial ban imposed on muguka in parts of the country, a variety of the popular stimulant known as khat or miraa that has been blamed...

By John Ikani Djibouti has launched a pilot program using a novel weapon in the fight against malaria: genetically modified mosquitoes. The "friendly" male mosquitoes, developed by Oxitec, a UK biotech company, are the male Anopheles...