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Mosquitos are a carrier of the disease. Photo: CDC / Wikimedia Commons

Hopes high new malaria vaccine will 'significantly reduce' deaths

Children under the age of five accounted for about 80 per cent of all fatal cases in Africa

Dubai authorities urge residents to report inflated health insurance policy prices

US health insurers accused of using AI to deny claims in bulk

E. coli vaccines could cut risk of cancer

British MPs vote in support of assisted dying

In focus

Technological change is the biggest determinant of economic cycles, says Ray Dalio. Antonie Robertson / The National

InterviewRay Dalio: AI could be world's greatest invention and most complex challenge

Johnny Depp attended the regional premiere of his film Modi: Three Days on The Wing of Madness at the Red Sea International Film Festival. AFP

Johnny Depp on creating paintings with Saudi artist Ahmed Mater

Eminem was the star of Riyadh's Soundstorm festival on Thursday night. Photo: MDL Beast

Soundstorm review: Linkin Park blaze and Eminem gets his mojo back

The Dubai International Financial Centre Grand Mosque reframes traditional religious architecture. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Mosques of the UAE: Modern take on Islamic design in DIFC

Carme Artiga Brugal, co-chair of the AI High Level Advisory Body of the UN, at Abu Dhabi Finance Week. Salim A. Essaid / The National

How is AI bias impacting the Global South?

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has struggled for goals of late. Reuters

Premier League talking points: City's struggles, Salah can't stop scoring

Auditions are open to all nationalities and musicians proficient in both western and regional instruments, as well as vocalists. Victor Besa / The National

UAE National Orchestra is launching – here's how to audition

Sole DXB is returning to Dubai Design District this weekend. Ruel Pableo for The National

Sole DXB 2024: The coolest brands and pop-ups not to miss

Headlines

It is hoped injections may prove a far more effective treatment for chronic respiratory issues, rather than inhaler use, in future. Photo: Getty Images

Breakthrough asthma drug could be held up by high costs

Benralizumab injections hailed as a 'game changer' but steroids likely to remain primary treatment

First new asthma attack treatment in 50 years could be 'game-changing'

Atlanta United defender Noah Cobb leaps above Inter Miami's David Martinez to head the ball clear. Reuters

Heading a football really can cause brain damage

British MPs faced with emotional decision on assisted dying

Robert F Kennedy Jr has been nominated as president-elect Donald Trump's health secretary. AP

What would RFK as health secretary mean for US pandemic plans?

Sitting down on the job increases risk of early death

Weight-loss drug offers health benefits and fewer side effects in trials

ExclusiveFuture-proofing Emirati talent at London's Great Ormond St Hospital

Vaccines can bolster health security and boost economies, conference told

Buying Health

An optometrist examines a patient at the Moorfields eye hospital in Abu Dhabi. Cash-rich investment funds in the GCC are looking to life sciences, pharmaceutical and healthcare assets in the UK, the US and Europe. Pawan Singh / The National

Arab Health 2024 to showcase UK investment potential for Gulf boom

Dubai event to see UK healthcare and medical tech companies seek greater partnerships in the GCC

Private medical insurance inquiries soar as NHS waits grow

Patients face 'dire situation' as many opt for private health care

'Great resignation' of women raises pressure on global health sector

GoFundMe health care: Americans look to strangers to help pay bills

Early-stage lung cancer screenings can lift stigma

A last hope? More Americans travelling to Mexico for cancer treatment

Medical research

Nick Donaldson / Getty

Weekend EssayWhat happens to our bodies when antibiotics don't work?

Drug-resistant infections kill 1.3 million people a year, adding significantly to global healthcare costs

Weight-loss drug offers health benefits and fewer side effects in trials

Will we ever see an end to animal testing?

Mubadala’s Kelix bio acquires GHH’s pharma assets

Nobel Prize for medicine awarded for 'worm' gene breakthrough

One million who never smoked cigarettes start vaping in England

Britain looks to become 'garbage man' of space

Medicine

Fawaz Akhras with his daughter Asma Al Assad. AFP

'In-law is not a political position', says Asma Al Assad's sanctioned father

Fawaz Akhras is the first member of the Assad family to speak after collapse of what he acknowledges is the 'former regime'

Weight-loss drug offers health benefits and fewer side effects in trials

Will we ever see an end to animal testing?

UAE evacuates 210 patients and relatives from Gaza

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