DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Doctor: Maradona's 'self-harming behaviour' should've ruled out home care

death of diego maradona

Maradona death trial: Diego was not fit for home care, says doctor

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona's daughter says doctors could have prevented star's death

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

‘I’m not well,’ Maradona told a doctor, weeks before death

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona's former doctor bemoans 'neglect of care' before star's death

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona ‘sometimes resisted’ medical treatment, admits sister

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pope Francis returns home from hospital, thanks faithful

At Ella Ide & Clément Melki, AFP

death of diego maradona

No 'medical items' around Maradona deathbed, policeman tells court

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Hospitalised Pope Francis says he is 'facing period of trial'

At Alexandria Sage, AFP

POPE FRANCIS

'Too soon' to discuss pope's return home

At Ella Ide and Toni Cerdà

HEALTH & ECONOMY

Milei government eliminates Argentina's national cancer institute

POPE FRANCIS

Weak-sounding pope releases audio from hospital

At Ella Ide and Toni Cerdà / AFP

public health crisis

Doctors resign from Health Ministry scheme over ‘dismantling’ of programmes

POPE FRANCIS

Pope not out of danger, doctors say

At Ella Ide and Clément Melki, AFP

Catholic Church

Fresh health fears as Pope Francis is hospitalised with bronchitis

REACTION TO PULL-OUT

Experts voice criticism of Milei’s decision to quit WHO

At Zella Milfred

CAPTURING HISTORY

Presidential photographer hangs up camera after 47 years

MULTILATERALISM

Milei pulls Argentina out of World Health Organization

Multilateral Exodus

WHO, Paris climate accords, Mercosur – Milei mulls multilateral retreat

Endangered Livestock

Uruguay alert shows potentially toxic cyanobacteria

Global Health

WHO 'regrets' Trump decision to pull US from organisation

HUMAN RIGHTS

IACHR condemns El Salvador for denying abortion to sick woman

BRAZILIAN POLITICS

Geraldo Alckmin, Lula’s rival-turned-vice-president, finds himself in unwanted limelight

At Simone Iglesias & Daniel Carvalho, Bloomberg

BRAZIL IN FOCUS

Lula’s age and health leave Brazil on edge about what comes next

At Simone Iglesias, Giovanna Bellotti Azevedo & Leda Alvim, Bloomberg

HEALTH & ECONOMY

Government: Prepaid health schemes face probe for alleged ‘cartel practices’

SOCIETY

Pensioners the biggest losers of Milei’s first year in office

At Sonia Avalos, AFP

HEALTH & SOCIETY

‘Growing public health problem’ – Syphilis infections hit three-decade high

POLLS & SURVEYS

Chile overwhelmingly scorns immigration, poll shows

At Matthew Malinowski, Bloomberg

OBITUARY

Former Health minister Ginés González García dies aged 79

HEALTHCARE & ECONOMY

Workers launch vigil to save mental health hospital from cutbacks

HEALTH & ECONOMY

New health minister fires management of top children’s hospital

POLITICS

Lugones to head Health Ministry after Russo steps down

MPOX VIRUS FEARS

Health authorities in Argentina order quarantine ship over mpox virus fears

World Organisation for Animal Health

Argentine veterinarian looks to conquer French multilateral bastion

At Toni Cerdá, AFP

HEALTH & ECONOMY

Government intervenes to halt private health scheme price surge

HEALTH & ECONOMY

Argentina is running out of bug spray amid record dengue surge

At Manuela Tobias, Bloomberg

HEALTHCARE & ECONOMY

Private health firms: Caputo complains of 'war on middle class'

HEALTH & SOCIETY

Desperate to dodge dengue, citizens struggle to find mosquito repellent

HEALTH

Latin America, Caribbean set for record dengue season

HEALTH & SOCIETY

Government rules out free dengue vaccine despite record deaths

HEALTH & SOCIETY

Dengue fever cases in Argentina up 2,153% so far in 2024

Abortion rights

Abortion protection in French Constitution is 'message of hope' for other nations

At Joëlle Garrus, AFP

Abortion rights

France enshrines abortion as constitutional right in world first

At Toni Cerda & Alice Hackman, AFP

COST OF CRISIS

Food or medicine? Stark choice for the sick

At Daniel Merolla & Sonia Avalos, AFP

POLITICS

Milei U-turns on Health Ministry and names Florencia Mizrahi to head AFIP

Election 2023

Milei, telepathic conversations with dogs and mental health

At Agustino Fontevecchia

HEALTHCARE & SOCIETY

Briana: six-year-old’s tragic death highlights inequality in Argentina

At Sabrina Chemen

HEALTHCARE

In vaccination champ Brazil, many have stopped getting shots

At Joshua Howat Berger & Louis Genot, AFP

CHILE HEALTH

Chile government says private health insurers owe US$1.4 billion in overcharges

At Matthew Malinowski, Bloomberg