Health

South Korea 'concerned' doctors' strike could escalate

South Korea's health minister warned of a threat to the lives of patients on Tuesday after medical professors said they might join striking junior doctors engaged in a three-week-long standoff that has plunged health care ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Czechs see record spread of whooping cough

More than 3,000 Czechs have caught whooping cough so far this year, the highest figure since the 1960s, with teenagers the worst hit, health authorities said Friday.