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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan have a new lofty goal: to cure, manage or eradicate all disease by the end of this century. Jeff Chiu / AP Photo

The UN should focus on health

OpinionSeptember 24, 2016

The food festival in Zanzibar is designed to showcase the Tanzanian city’s unique culinary traditions and will take place in hotels, restaurants and street food carts across the city from October 13 to 16

Travel news: First Stone Town food festival in Zanzibar and more

September 15, 2016

Most vaping devices consist of an e-liquid tank, battery and atomiser, which has a coil on top that is used to vaporise the e-liquid. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images

Rise from the ashes: effective ways to quit smoking

WellbeingAugust 29, 2016

Iran’s cash-for-kidney programme mired in controversy

Iran’s cash-for-kidney programme mired in controversy

WorldAugust 25, 2016

Low health literacy can cause the overuse of health care due to a misunderstanding of services. Stephen Lock / The National

Health literacy training is the best prescription for everyone

OpinionAugust 13, 2016

People gather around the rubble of a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) near Maaret Al Numan, in Syria's northern province of Idlib, on Febrary 15, 2016, after the building was hit by suspected Russian air strikes. MSF confirmed that a hospital supported by the aid group in Idlib province was 'destroyed in air strikes'. Ghaith Omran/AFP

Nearly 1,000 killed in attacks on hospitals in 2 years

WorldMay 26, 2016

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer among men in the UAE, and the fourth most common overall, according to Ali Wahla, staff physician in the Pulmonology, Respiratory and Critical Care Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Pawan Singh / The National

Smoke alarm: the clock is ticking when it comes to tackling lung cancer in the UAE

WellbeingMay 23, 2016

WHO report notes increase in UAE residents’ life expectancy

UAEMay 19, 2016

UAE’s end-of-life care needs major improvements, nurse report says

UAEApril 19, 2016

‘Emergency meeting’ held on Zika as UAE takes preventative action

UAEMarch 03, 2016

Passengers arriving at South Korea's Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, walk past heat detectors set up at check points as the country strengthens monitoring against the Zika virus. EPA

Zika link to microcephaly and Guillain-Barre syndrome expected to be confirmed ‘within weeks’

WorldFebruary 12, 2016

Health authorities continue their efforts to eliminate the Aedes aegypti mosquito, vector of the Zika virus. Marvin Recinos / AFP

‘Brazil must share more Zika virus samples’

WorldFebruary 04, 2016

Self-care and self-love helped mother-of-two survive

HealthFebruary 03, 2016

Lama Riachi, of Blessed (together), is worried that many patients won’t be able to afford treatment. Reem Mohammed / The National

Middle East cancer rates expected to double in 20 years, says WHO

UAEFebruary 03, 2016

WHO concerned by report of sexual spread of Zika virus

WorldFebruary 03, 2016

Brazilian soldiers search for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and breeding grounds on a street in Recife, Brazil, yesterday. Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters

UN sounds worldwide alarm on Zika virus

WorldFebruary 02, 2016

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