The Latest Breaking News from The Health Ministry

Thailand has started banning the sale of cannabis to those without a prescription, three years after becoming the first country in Asia to decriminalize the plant

Thailand’s government has taken a further step to tighten control of cannabis sales after the health minister signed an order banning sales of the plant to those without prescriptions

As trucks carrying vital supplies pile up at border with Egypt, hungry children look through rubbish for food.

No aid has entered Gaza since March 2 as Israel’s war in the enclave continues to rage.

Health officials say 62 people killed in a day as tens of thousands face forced displacement under latest Israeli order.

France has taken a key step towards legalising medical cannabis with an administrative filing that revives the stalled process, following a successful three-year experiment on the prescription and distribution of the drug.

Nearly 4,000 doctors with qualifications from outside the European Union passed France’s medical licensing exam last year, according to the Health Ministry. While this marks an increase from the previous year, foreign doctors have voiced frustration over restrictive quotas and unequal treatment within the French healthcare system.

Seventeen people also wounded a day after Israeli forces killed 24 people in south Lebanon following delayed withdrawal.

Israeli troops stormed one of the last hospitals operating in the northernmost part of Gaza on Friday, forcing many of the staff and patients out of…