health

June 5, 2024

According to the National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU), more than 25,000 cases of dengue infections have been recorded in the

Unprecedented Rise in Influenza Cases and Increasing Dengue Threat Amid Torrential Rains in Sri Lanka

May 28, 2024

With torrential rains sweeping across Sri Lanka, health experts are raising alarm bells over a spike in seasonal diseases, including

April 20, 2024

On April 12, the World Health Organization (WHO) granted prequalification status to a novel oral vaccine for cholera. The inactivated

April 19, 2024

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) has taken legal action by filing a fundamental rights (FR) petition before the Supreme Court,

April 15, 2024

According to hospital sources, a 62-year-old woman receiving treatment at Jaffna Hospital has succumbed to COVID-19. The woman, a resident

April 15, 2024

The Epidemiology Unit reports that the tally of dengue cases for 2024 has exceeded 21,000. As of April 13, a

April 13, 2024

Norway’s health minister resigned Friday, the second Norwegian government member to step down this year amid allegations they plagiarized academic

March 28, 2024

The Health Trade Union Alliance has declared that 72 trade unions in the health sector will commence an indefinite strike

March 23, 2024

Health Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana highlighted that 12 percent of the elderly population in Sri Lanka have lost all their

March 22, 2024

Dermatologists have issued a warning regarding the swift proliferation of Tinea infections, a skin disease, in Sri Lanka. Dr. Janaka