Health

Muscat: Oman's Ministry of Health is gearing up for the second phase of a national immunisation campaign to tackle measles, and has released numbers of...

Muscat: A new National Plan to combat the spread of cholera from neighbouring Yemen is working, the Ministry of Health has revealed. With 5,000 new cases...

Muscat: A team of plastic surgeons at the craniofacial unit at Khoula Hospital have successfully removed a metal stake from the skull of a 14-year-old...

Geneva: Efforts made by the Sultanate to reduce non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as heart and lung disease, cancer and diabetes have been hailed by...

Muscat: Sun-starved people in Oman are being urged to top up their vitamin D levels to avoid various kinds of diseases, a health expert said. “Sunlight is...

Muscat: Residents in Oman have been warned not to leave plastic water bottles out in the sun, as this could cause cancer. “For your health, avoid keeping...

Muscat: Monday might have been Oman’s busiest food awareness day of the year. Municipalities in Batinah, Sharqiya, Dahira, Dakhilia, Wusta, Buraimi and...

Muscat: A quarter of all hospital deaths are caused by heart disease and circulatory problems, according to the Ministry of Health. Lifestyle choices, fatty...

Muscat: The Ministry of Health organised a workshop entitled "Promoting Community Education and Support to Raise Awareness of Mental Health" today...

Muscat: A report released by NCSI has said that "100% of children under one year old were vaccinated in the year 2015". It also said, “5.8% of...