


IVF success rates at Mater Dei should be submitted for audit, MP says
Shadow health minister Stephen Spiteri says MaltaToday report on Mater Dei...
Shadow health minister Stephen Spiteri says MaltaToday...

Private company paid for Mater Dei IVF, given shorter licence term
FULL STORY • Dismal pregnancy rates, a lucrative contract that...
FULL STORY • Dismal pregnancy rates, a lucrative...

IVF: what reform are Maltese specialists expecting?
Government has pledged to reform IVF legislation within the first 100 days of...
Government has pledged to reform IVF legislation within the...

EU strategy on COVID helped Malta fight health crisis
Ing. Karl Farrugia, responsible for all of Malta’s COVID-related projects...
Ing. Karl Farrugia, responsible for all of Malta’s...

Doctors question low uptake of epidural in Malta
A Malta Medical Journal study finds that only one in four women giving birth in...
A Malta Medical Journal study finds that only one in four...

Lead, cadmium warning over children’s iron feeding set
The Environmental Health Directorate says a children’s feeding set risks...
The Environmental Health Directorate says a...

Discover your microbial self, with the BioArte gut microbiota test
The phrase ‘you are what you eat’ couldn’t be more...
The phrase ‘you are what you...

Malta has third lowest death rate from preventable diseases
But deaths from diabetes and ischaemic heart disease higher than in EU average...
But deaths from diabetes and ischaemic heart disease higher...

It could take 12 hours of walking to burn off your Christmas dinner
Christmas is a time when many people put on a few extra pounds
Christmas is a time when many people put on a few extra...

Men’s mental health: what affects it, and how to improve support
Men everywhere find it difficult to open up about mental health. Amanda...
Men everywhere find it difficult to open up about mental...

Pfizer vaccine available for children across EU from mid-December
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announces that the COVID-19...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen...

‘Viking’ link to Maltese ALS patient found in DNA study
DNA variant common in Scandinavia found in Maltese ALS patient could be genetic...
DNA variant common in Scandinavia found in Maltese ALS...

Growing cannabis at home: is accidental poisoning of children possible?
Among the phalanx of opposition to the legalisation of home-growing cannabis, is the Richmond Foundation which suggested that home-growing cannabis could...
Among the phalanx of opposition to the legalisation of...

What do we know about the Omicron COVID-19 variant so far?
As scientists scramble to learn more about the latest COVID-19 variant listed...
As scientists scramble to learn more about the latest...

Our experience: fertility struggles are emotionally taxing and we must talk about them
There seems to be an unspoken consensus that such matters ought be kept secret. Yet we believe that the benefits from not suffering in silence outweigh these...
There seems to be an unspoken consensus that such matters...

Malta’s soft drinks bottlers reduce sugar by 10%
Malta Beverage Producers Association are among European soft drinks...
Malta Beverage Producers Association are...

New blood testing system at Mater Dei Hospital could diagnose patients in minutes
Health Minister Chris Fearne says that the new system at Mater Dei Hospital can carry out 600 tests per hour, instead of the previous single test
Health Minister Chris Fearne says that the new system at...

600 patients have been waiting for knee replacement surgery more than 18 months
Health Minister says 610 patients have been waiting for more than a year and a half to get a knee replacement operation, while 127 patients need a hip...
Health Minister says 610 patients have been waiting for...