Currently, there are 11 vaccines which have reached the final stage of testing, this stage is critical because if the vaccine were to fail, it would be at this stage
MaltaToday exercise finds that on average 64% of pharmacies open on a Sunday sell the morning-after pill
[READ] Health and Fitness April 2013 edition online
Spring as just about broken through our not so cold winter, promising longer...
Spring as just about broken through our not so cold winter,...
Breast screening has resulted in earlier diagnosis - study
Compared to 10 years ago, breast cancer is being diagnosed at an earlier stage.
Compared to 10 years ago, breast cancer is being diagnosed...
5th annual awareness walk organized by Europa Donna Malta
Walk the Pink Road Together is the theme for the 5th annual awareness walk...
Walk the Pink Road Together is the theme for the 5th annual...
Maltese retain highest expectation of living healthy lives in old-age
In the EU27, both women and men could expect at birth to live 62 years in a...
In the EU27, both women and men could expect at birth to...
Tax fast foods, says doctor about Malta’s obesity problem
Tax foods that create our obesity epidemic and subsidise healthy food, says...
Tax foods that create our obesity epidemic and subsidise...
Overweight parents have overweight kids
The sugars of the fathers and mums live long after them, it seems…
The sugars of the fathers and mums live long after them, it...
Former health minister – parties’ health proposals ‘a recipe for bankruptcy’
Former health minister Louis Deguara gives candid view of party promises to pay for private sector provision of public health services that cannot be delivered...
Former health minister Louis Deguara gives candid view of...
EU set to ban animal testing for cosmetics forever
Campaign pioneers The Body Shop and Cruelty Free International celebrate after...
Campaign pioneers The Body Shop and Cruelty Free...
[READ] Health and Fitness January 2013 edition online
The merriment of the Christmas season seems nothing but a distant memory. It...
The merriment of the Christmas season seems nothing but a...
Girls born in 2000 to get free vaccine against cervical cancer
National vaccination campaign against cervical cancer to target all of Malta's...
National vaccination campaign against cervical cancer to...
Health Ministry launches colorectal screening service
Health Authorities plan to invite up to 1,300 people per month to take the test.
Health Authorities plan to invite up to 1,300 people per...
Government agrees to Labour’s amendment on Embryo Protection Authority's role
Embryo Protection Bill enters committee stage; MPs to meet on Friday morning to discuss amendments in the House of Representatives.
Embryo Protection Bill enters committee stage; MPs to meet...
'Let's not make a political issue out of mental health law', Galea urges MPs
Amendments to the law see the setting up of a Commissioner whose role will be to see that the patients’ rights are safeguarded.
Amendments to the law see the setting up of a Commissioner...
Regulating number of embryos per IVF cycle safeguards the baby, doctors say
Professors and doctors urge Parliament to ensure the law is restricted to a maximum of two embryos transferred per IVF cycle.
Professors and doctors urge Parliament to ensure the law is...
Sick with flu? Taking antibiotics is not the solution
Since most of the time flu is caused by a virus, and not bacteria, taking...
Since most of the time flu is caused by a virus, and not...
IVF twist: Poland to fund unregulated IVF services
Facing an impasse from conservatives calling the shots, Poland’s centre-right...
Facing an impasse from conservatives calling the shots,...
Open seminar on diabetes organised by Health Ministry
On the occasion of World Diabetes Day next Wednesday, the Ministry for Health...
On the occasion of World Diabetes Day next Wednesday, the...
Government buys 80,000 doses of vaccine, 16,000 people vaccinated
Parliamentary secretary Mario Galea urges public to take vaccine against...
Parliamentary secretary Mario Galea urges public to take...