Health/Science

A BRITISH woman who allegedly posed as a registered nurse for four years, carrying out thousands of procedures including pap tests and child vaccinations, has been arrested on suspicion of fraud. As authorities contact hundreds […] […]

A drugs recall in Britain over fears thousands of anti-psychotic tablets could have been deliberately placed in packets of Nurofen Plus. The mix-up is believed to have happened at a wholesaler and thousands of packs […] […]

TWO slices of bacon, a hot dog or a serving of deli meat daily has been found to significantly boost the risk of getting type 2 diabetes, said a major US study. The research by […] […]

THE first human antibody that can knock out all influenza A viruses has been shown effective in lab mice, an exciting step forward in the hunt for a universal vaccine, researchers say. The broadly neutralising […] […]

A POTENTIAL saboteur was being hunted today at a hospital in northwestern England after three seriously-ill patients died from deliberately contaminated medication. Nurses at Stepping Hill Hospital, in Stockport, Greater Manchester, became suspicious when patients […] […]

GENEVA—United Nations officials say outbreaks of measles in Ethiopia and Kenya have killed dozens of children and sickened thousands of others. UNICEF spokeswoman Marixie Mercado said Friday at least 17,584 measles cases, including 114 deaths, […] […]

HEALTH officials have confirmed the first American death tied to the food-poisoning outbreak in Europe. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said overnight that lab tests show an Arizona man was infected with the same […] […]