Health

Iraqi health workers prepare doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in Mosul on July 29, 2021. (Photo: Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)

Iraq

COVID-19: As new case numbers soar, Iraq's parliament suggests reinstating full curfew

Sakfan Suleman, the Director of Duhok's Azadi General Hospital, speaks to reporters, Aug. 5, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region again dedicates much of Duhok's largest hospital to treating COVID-19

A medical worker unpacks a box of coronavirus vaccine vials from a refrigerator in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, July 19, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

COVID-19: Amid spike in cases, Iraq warns 'hospitals are almost losing control'

The Iraqi capital of Baghdad. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

Iraq

Angry relatives of COVID-19 patient attack Baghdad hospital after deadly power outage

The aftermath of Monday night's deadly blaze that overtook a COVID-19 ward of a hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah. (Photo: Reuters)

Kurdistan

Iraq's health ministry denies reports that over 90 died in hospital fire, puts official number at 60

Health workers at a Kurdistan Region coronavirus clinic. (Photo: Archive)

Kurdistan

COVID-19: Kurdistan Region announces highest daily cases of 2021, warns of Delta variant

Sulaimani city. (Photo: Archive)

Kurdistan

KRG earmarks over $1 million to build two hospitals in Sulaimani

Electric fans spraying a mixture of water and air cool down pedestrians amid a scorching heatwave in Baghdad, June 30, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

Iraq

Heatwave in Iraq causes mass power outages, brings local governments to standstill

Iraqi officials have often complained about the public's lack of commitment to health guidelines, including the wearing of masks. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

COVID-19: Iraq announces third, 'more deadly' wave of pandemic

Jamila Qadir holds her newly-adopted daughter in the garden of her Erbil home. (Photo: Kurdistan 24/Goran Sabah Ghafour)

Kurdistan

Adoption on the rise in Kurdistan Region

Kurdish-owned Medical World Company takes part in Dubai's Arab Health 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Erbil-based company represents Kurdistan at international healthcare exhibition in Dubai

Kurdistan Region officials say they have monitored a noticeable decline in the rate of coronavirus infections in recent days and weeks. (Photo: MtyUltimaHora)

Kurdistan

Coronavirus cases declining in Kurdistan Region; officials decry low vaccination rate

Photo: Kurdistan 24

Iraq

Strange disease plagues children in one Kirkuk village for almost 40 years

"Black fungus," or mucormycosis, primarily affects those with weakened immune systems caused by other medical conditions. (Photo: Archive)

Kurdistan

'Black fungus' infection kills elderly man in Sulaimani following cases in southern Iraq

Health officials in Baghdad say that roughly 22,000 coronavirus vaccinations are now being administered daily throughout the nation. (Photo: Reuters)

Kurdistan

COVID-19 infection numbers 'stable' in Kurdistan Region while Baghdad continues night curfew

The aftermath of a fire at Ibn al-Khatib hospital in Baghdad on Sunday. (Photo: Murtadha Lateef)

Iraq

Iraqi rights commission calls for accountability in deadly Baghdad hospital fire