Keywords: Healthcare


GE Healthcare patents advance diagnostic imaging across multiple technologies

GE Healthcare and its affiliated entities have filed a broad range of patents in diagnostic imaging, covering molecular imaging agents, patient positioning systems, ultrasound technologies, contrast media, and optical imaging. These filings reflect continued investment in improving image quality, patient......

WHO reports six hospitals evacuated in Iran, but health system holds steady

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Monday that six hospitals in Iran have been evacuated due to ongoing conflict, but the country’s health system is currently managing without requesting emergency aid, according to Reuters. Hanan Balkhy, WHO regional director, stated that Iran’s......

Morocco’s Human Rights Council warns of ongoing irregular practices in private clinics

Morocco’s National Human Rights Council has raised concerns about the persistence of questionable practices in several private clinics, including the demand for unrecorded medical payments often referred to as “under-the-table” fees. The warning appears in the council’s latest......

India adds 24 billionaires, reaching 308 in latest global rich list

India's billionaire population climbed to 308, an increase of 24 from the previous year. The Hurun Global Rich List 2026, released Saturday, places the country third worldwide behind the United States and China. This expansion reflects sustained wealth creation amid strong economic momentum and robust......

Sudan reports five attacks on medical facilities since the start of 2026

Sudan has already witnessed five attacks on medical facilities in the first weeks of 2026, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Saturday. The ongoing conflict between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), now approaching three years, has severely disrupted an already......

Mohammed VI Foundation drives medical fee reduction at Casablanca hospital

Access to healthcare in Morocco has received a significant boost following an initiative led by the Mohammed VI Foundation for Science and Health. An official amendment has been approved to reduce the cost of medical examinations at Sheikh Khalifa Hospital, located in the Al-Hassani district of Casablanca,......

Laayoune and Guelmim university hospitals transform healthcare in southern Morocco

Morocco is reinforcing its hospital network in the southern provinces with the construction of new university hospitals (CHU) in Laayoune and Guelmim, marking a key step in the country’s healthcare reform initiated under royal guidance in 2021. By the end of 2025, around 40 hospital projects were......

Striking doctors march in Paris and call on Prime Minister Lecornu

Liberal doctors on strike since earlier this week marched through Paris on Saturday to protest what they describe as an increasingly restrictive approach to medical practice. The demonstrators are calling on Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to engage in dialogue and present concrete proposals......

Breakdown in dialogue rekindles tensions between medical interns and health ministry

Tensions have resurfaced between medical interns and residents and the health authorities, following a breakdown in dialogue with the Ministry of Health. In a recent statement, the National Commission representing medical, pharmaceutical, and dental interns and residents criticized what it described......