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President-elect Donald Trump has indicated a change of heart on the issue of Obama Healthcare Law, saying his administration might retain parts of the measure, including provisions letting parents keep adult children up to age 26...

A new analysis by World Health Organization has found that negative or ageist attitudes towards older people are widespread, and negatively affect their physical and mental health. The release of the study coincides with the International...

The exact extent of correlation between pollution and cancer may not be known at this point but the two deadly menaces share one similarity in terms of their devastating effects on human beings. A UN official...

A new study has revealed that Zika virus, until recently considered a threat to developing babies, could also damage adult brains. Hongda Li of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and The Rockefeller University in New York...

The Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APPNA) and the US Agency For International Development (USAID) on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at collaborating and sharing expertise and resources to address health challenges...

Seeking to inject a raft of pressing scientific, climate, health and technological challenges into the 2016 election debate, a coalition of more than 50 nonpartisan science and technology organizations has posed 20 high-stakes questions, asking candidates...

Harnessing latest advances in biology and technology, a new medicinal research seeks to read electrical communication between the nervous system and organs that controls process of the human body. If successful, the new study will unlock...

Scientists working on a World Health Organization project have found no conclusive evidence that drinking coffee can cause cancer, although drinking very hot beverages probably causes cancer of the oesophagus, commonly known as food pipe. “These...

An investigation into the Flint contaminated water crisis – which prosecutors say has endangered lives of thousands of people – have led to filing of criminal charges against three officials as initial action. Michigan Attorney General Bill...

Global action is required to combat malnutrition that kills millions of children every year and robs millions more of the opportunity to reach their full potential, says a latest report by the World Bank that has...