Health

Parents who refuse to vaccinate their children after being informed of the risks this entails could be fined and their children could be prevented from attending attend public nurseries, kindergartens or schools, according to the draft Vaccination Law which is to be approved by the Romanian government.

A man living in the southeastern province of Mardin's Derik district has been making walkers and prosthetic limbs with his own means from various materials to help disabled animals walk again. 

There is no limit to the type of animal that Hasan Kızıl, 22, creates the artificial legs for, from domestic animals such as cats and dogs to non-domestic animals such as chickens. 

Turkey's Food, Agriculture, and Livestock Ministry has prepared a labelling directory that explains the definitions and prohibitions that can be used on food labels, in a bid to minimize deceptive labels that mislead consumers.
 

Some 102 condoms filled with cannabis found in a Moroccan man's digestive tract were seized at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport during a police search on July 30.

Health Minister Andreas Xanthos has issued a circular allowing patients and doctors to request imports of pioneering drugs that are not on the EOPYY national health insurance organization's approved list when the medicines in question are for treating a life-threatening or debilitating illness.

A 27-year-old woman and her 19-year-old partner were remanded in custody on Thursday after defending themselves before an investigating magistrate in the western port city of Patra in connection with the alleged abuse of their 7-month-old daughter who was found with cuts, cigarette burns and bruises on her body.

The Cabinet approved a bill legalising the cultivation and commercial exploitation of medicinal cannabis in Cyprus during Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting.

The announcement was made by Health Minister George Pamboridis to reporters outside the Presidential Palace.

People living with HIV may one day be able to replace their daily pills with just a few injections a year, according to a new study. It comes amid reports that a South African girl has shown no signs of the virus rebounding despite being taken off drugs years ago.

Turkey's newly-appointed food, agriculture and livestock minister has called luxurious hotels to slash their food portions in a bid to avoid waste as more than 800 million people face hunger and malnutrition across the world.

Set on a gentle hill close to the beach in the most exclusive seaside suburb of Athens, this exquisite villa was built in 2008 with no expense spared, as the ad in Christie’s International Real Estate site reads, referring to a villa that is on sale for €17 million.