Archive: 20/11/2015
Three new confirmed cases in previously Ebola-free Liberia: WHO (Update)
Three new cases of the deadly Ebola virus have been confirmed in Liberia, the country's health ministry and World Health Organization said Friday, after the nation was declared Ebola free in September.
Nov 20, 2015
Nepal facing 'medical crisis' as supplies run short
Bindu Ghimire's chemotherapy appointment is approaching, but supplies of the drugs the 61-year-old desperately needs are in short supply as a political crisis in her native Nepal deepens.
Nov 20, 2015
British hospitals face serious shortage of liver specialists
Fewer than one in three hospitals employ a full-time doctor who specialises in liver medicine, according to a survey of 144 hospitals in the UK. The results - published as part of a new report examining progress since The ...
Nov 20, 2015
Artificial pancreas therapy performs well in pilot study
Researchers are reporting a breakthrough toward developing an artificial pancreas as a treatment for diabetes and other conditions by combining mechanical artificial pancreas technology with transplantation of islet cells, ...
Nov 20, 2015