medical treatment
Fighting in Ethiopia’s Afar region displaces 300,000, aid blocked to Tigray
Middle East
February 8, 2022
Fighting in Ethiopia’s Afar region displaces 300,000, aid blocked to Tigray
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 8 (Reuters) – The government of Ethiopia’s Afar region says more than 300,000 people have been displaced…
Jailed Chinese activist’s life in ‘immediate’ danger: rights groups
World
November 5, 2018
Jailed Chinese activist’s life in ‘immediate’ danger: rights groups
China’s first “cyber-dissident” Huang Qi is in danger of dying under police custody if he does not receive medical treatment…
Egypt’s Military Prosecution refers Geneina to prison hospital
Egypt
February 17, 2018
Egypt’s Military Prosecution refers Geneina to prison hospital
Egypt’s Military Prosecution approved a request that Hisham Geneina, former top auditor and a member of former presidential hopeful Sami…
Nigeria says ailing president to return today after 3 months
World
August 19, 2017
Nigeria says ailing president to return today after 3 months
Nigeria’s government says President Muhammadu Buhari will return to the country today after more than three months in London for…
Thirty-million people to be screened for Hepatitis C by end of 2018: Health Minister
Health & Fitness
August 3, 2017
Thirty-million people to be screened for Hepatitis C by end of 2018: Health Minister
Egypt’s Health Minister Ahmed Emad Eddin said on Thursday that 30 million people are to be screened for the Hepatitis…
Israeli hospitals demand funds to continue treating Syrians
Middle East
February 27, 2017
Israeli hospitals demand funds to continue treating Syrians
An Israeli health official says Israel's hospitals will stop treating Syrian patients in non-emergency cases beginning next week unless the…
Serious abuses in Egypt’s Scorpion Prison: HWR
Egypt
September 29, 2016
Serious abuses in Egypt’s Scorpion Prison: HWR
Human Rights Watch has called on the Interior Ministry to end violations committed against prisoners in Al-Aqrab maximum security prison,…
Sliver of hope seen in Alzheimer’s drug trial
Science
July 30, 2016
Sliver of hope seen in Alzheimer’s drug trial
Efforts to find a drug that may slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease saw a glimmer of hope this week…
Doctors return from West to help Libyan rebels at front
World
July 10, 2011
Doctors return from West to help Libyan rebels at front
The Bir Ayad field hospital is in a single room with no electricity in a former roadside cafe near the…
Pope Shenouda III returns to Egypt after medical checkup
Egypt
June 13, 2011
Pope Shenouda III returns to Egypt after medical checkup
Pope Shenouda III arrived in Alexandria on Monday following a three-week therapeutic trip to the US. His plane, which left…