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Egypt
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Health
9/21/2023 7:01:16 PM
The Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) has launched the Egyptian-African Health Alliance to expand cooperation with African countries, as well as strengthen Egypt’s medical diplomacy.
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World
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International
9/14/2023 10:09:51 PM
US President Joe Biden's son Hunter was indicted Thursday for illegally buying a gun when he was using drugs, casting a new shadow over his father's campaign for reelection next year.
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World
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International
9/10/2023 11:42:53 AM
Afghanistan is the world’s fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, a report from the United Nations drug agency said Sunday. The country is also a major opium producer and heroin source, even though the Taliban declared a war on narcotics after they returned to power in August 2021.
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World
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Region
8/31/2023 3:07:55 PM
Iraqi security forces said Thursday they had seized 15 tonnes of illegal drugs, contraband pharmaceuticals and precursor chemicals and made two arrests.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/29/2023 3:52:00 PM
Zambia’s Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) charged five Egyptian nationals and six Zambians with "espionage" on Monday in connection with the incident of seizing a private jet - reportedly laden with gold and dollars - in Keneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka two weeks ago.
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Egypt
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Society
8/21/2023 2:32:57 PM
Nearly all Egyptian students (99.3 percent) surveyed after taking a drug prevention programme organized by the government said they had become more aware of the substantial danger of drug use.
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World
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Region
8/16/2023 7:25:13 PM
Jordan's army said it shot down a drone Wednesday loaded with TNT explosives trying to enter its airspace from Syria, in the latest incident of trafficking of arms or drugs.
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Life & Style
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Health
8/13/2023 7:31:47 PM
Patients who take blockbuster drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic for weight loss may face life-threatening complications if they need surgery or other procedures that require empty stomachs for anesthesia.
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World
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International
8/10/2023 5:56:33 PM
The gang-driven violence afflicting Ecuador over the last two years reached an unprecedented level when a presidential candidate known for speaking up against drug cartels and corruption was shot and killed at a political rally in the South American country’s capital.
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World
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Region
8/9/2023 2:34:50 PM
The Syrian government decided to increase prices of drugs by 50%, the head of the pharmacies syndicate in Damascus said Tuesday, as the Syrian lira hit new a low in recent days.
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Egypt
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Health
8/8/2023 5:24:59 PM
The Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) celebrated on Monday the export of locally manufactured pharmaceutical products to Zimbabwe for the first time ever, according to a statement by EDA.
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Egypt
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Health
8/2/2023 6:28:48 PM
The Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) issued a warning to the public on Wednesday about counterfeit packages of the Human Albumin vial drug, which is mainly used to treat patients with liver conditions.
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World
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Region
7/24/2023 6:42:50 PM
Iraqi security forces on Monday announced the seizure of nearly a million captagon pills in the possession of a "foreign trafficker", as the country grapples with the ballooning drug trade.
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Life & Style
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Health
7/24/2023 12:21:00 PM
Dr. Alfonso Sabater pulled up two photos of Antonio Vento Carvajal’s eyes. One showed cloudy scars covering both eyeballs. The other, taken after months of gene therapy given through eyedrops, revealed no scarring on either eye.
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World
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Region
7/23/2023 10:49:13 PM
A new forum to combat drug smuggling from war-ravaged Syria through Jordan to the wealthy Gulf states held its first meeting in Amman on Sunday, the Jordanian foreign ministry said.
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Life & Style
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Health
7/22/2023 11:10:16 AM
Europe's drug watchdog on Friday approved the world's first vaccine for infants against the Respiratory Syncytial Virus, a major cause of child hospitalisation on the continent, the Amsterdam-based agency said.
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Life & Style
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Health
7/17/2023 7:59:43 PM
Another experimental Alzheimer’s drug can modestly slow patients’ inevitable worsening — by about four to seven months, researchers reported Monday.
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World
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Region
7/16/2023 8:41:52 PM
Iraq said Sunday it has found a site in a province bordering Saudi Arabia where captagon is produced, a rare discovery in a country that has become a transit route for the illicit drug.
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Egypt
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Health
7/11/2023 7:06:40 PM
The Ministry of Health in Egypt has re-launched its 'You Can, Without It' campaign for the fifth year to aid recovered drug users in avoiding relapse, given the reported decrease in drug abuse in the country.
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Sports
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Omni sports
7/11/2023 2:20:28 PM
Double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya on Tuesday won her appeal to the European Court of Human Rights to challenge whether her rights had been infringed in terms of requiring women with high testosterone to reduce those levels through drugs.
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