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African nurse leaders say poorer nations face severe shortages despite rules intended to stop wealthy countries poaching staffThe UK and other wealthy countries have been accused of adopting a “new form of colonialism” in recruiting huge numbers of nurses from poorer nations to fill their own staffing gaps.International nursing leaders said the trend was leading to worse patient care in developing nations, which were...

UN agency calls for ‘urgent vaccination efforts’ in region to prevent further spread of diseaseThe World Health Organization has issued an urgent warning over measles after an “alarming” 30-fold rise in cases across Europe.The UN agency reported an enormous increase in numbers affected by the disease, which it said had accelerated in recent months. More than 30,000 cases were reported between January and October...

Singulair, now a generic, is still used by millions of people in the United States even after thousands of patients and dozens of studies have described harm.