President Donald Trump’s order seeks major changes to U.S. childhood vaccine policy, including separating the MMR vaccine and spreading shots across visits.

Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency is investigating an alleged network accused of collecting human placentas from hospitals and illegally processing them…

The controversy surrounding India’s medical school entrance examination has highlighted the severe psychological pressure faced by students competing for limited…

Italy and France will hold an international addiction summit on October 23. As Europe expands cooperation, how is Türkiye addressing prevention, treatment and rehabilitation?

A new analysis by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) highlights persistent inequalities in access to innovative…

CMS has finalized a 2.3% payment increase for hospitals treating Medicare inpatients in fiscal year 2027 and introduced a mandatory…

France has formally approved legislation allowing assisted dying under strictly defined circumstances. The law is intended to provide eligible patients…

Following independent estimates linking Europe’s recent extreme heat to around 16,000 excess deaths, the European Union’s Health Security Committee is urging governments to shift from emergency response to long-term planning for increasingly frequent and severe heat waves.

The World Health Organization is reviewing investigational Ebola vaccine candidates in response to the escalating Ebola outbreak in the Democratic…

A new European study has found that approximately one in three health and social care workers is exposed to at…

Turkish Health Minister Kemal Memişoğlu has highlighted the importance of breastfeeding during World Breastfeeding Week, describing breast milk as “the healthiest start to life.” The Ministry of Health also announced that more than 300,000 expectant mothers, mothers, and family members received breastfeeding education across Türkiye in 2025.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a free online training program designed to help parliamentarians strengthen health emergency preparedness and support global health security. Available through the OpenWHO learning platform, the course provides practical guidance on legislation, oversight, budgeting, and implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005).

Turkey could face a significant shortage of pediatric subspecialists, including neonatal, pediatric intensive care, oncology and nephrology physicians, if declining…

Nearly 180 public, private, and university healthcare facilities have submitted new applications for accreditation, reflecting growing interest in quality assurance and patient safety, according to the Turkish Institute for Health Services Quality and Accreditation (TÜSKA).

Türkiye’s Social Security Institution (SGK) reimbursed more than TL 3.1 billion in 2025 for specialized medical formula prescribed to infants aged 0–2 with cow’s milk protein allergy and multiple food allergies, Labor and Social Security Minister Vedat Işıkhan announced.

Türkiye’s nationwide cancer screening program identified 2,800 cases through early cancer diagnosis in just five months, Health Minister Kemal Memişoğlu said, highlighting the role of early detection in improving treatment outcomes.

Türkiye’s Supreme Court has ruled that a physician was not at fault in the case of a premature infant who was declared dead but later showed signs of life, finding that the incident was consistent with the rare medical condition known as the Lazarus phenomenon.

Türkiye’s Ministry of Health has launched Adolescent Smoking Cessation Clinics to help children and teenagers quit tobacco use. The specialized clinics are currently operating in seven centers across six provinces, with plans for further expansion.