Health

Protein powerhouses

(HealthDay)—Cutting out fatty and fried sources of protein makes sense when you're trying to cut calories and eat healthy.

Health

Don't let burns mar your holidays

(HealthDay)—The risk of burns from fires and cooking accidents increases during the holidays, so you need to be extra cautious, an expert says.

Vaccination

Turkey to start administering Pfizer-BioNTech booster shots

Turkey's health minister announced Wednesday that the country will start administering booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to people who received their second doses at least six months ago.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Turkey reports lowest daily COVID-19 death in over a month

Turkey on Friday reported 48 new deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours—the lowest number of daily fatalities in more than a month. The country's total death toll now stands at 3,689.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Turkey's virus death toll crosses 5,000

Turkey's coronavirus death toll has crossed 5,000 and the number of infections have exceeded 190,000, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Tuesday.

Overweight & Obesity

Turkey fights back at ballooning weight gain

In Turkey, the land of kebabs and sweet lokum, expanding waistlines are the target of a new anti-obesity campaign by the government to help one million Turks slim down over the next year.

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