Temporary hospitals have been erected to treat victims as medical facilities are damaged and overwhelmed following the ...

At least three hospitals in the country are out of service, according to the World Health Organisation, three days after a ...

The UN has made an urgent appeal for $8m (£6.2m), as aid groups warn of a worsening humanitarian crisis in the war-torn ...

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Patients had to lie on cardboard or directly on the concrete outside the main hospital in Mandalay. Even before the earthquake, the health care system in Myanmar was under stress.

Death toll crosses 2,000 as health officials warn of a grim situation; bodies trapped in rubble are decomposing due to ...

Myanmar's ostracised leader Min Aung Hlaing will leave his disaster-stricken country for a rare trip to a regional summit, as ...

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Search teams have pulled more bodies from the ruins of buildings a week after a massive earthquake rocked Myanmar killing more than 3,100 people.

More than 2,000 people have died in Myanmar following Friday's powerful earthquake, the country's military leadership says, as it declares a week of national mourning The UN has made an urgent ...

Rescue efforts are continuing in Myanmar, three days after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit the country. The military government there says the number of people killed has now risen to 2,056, with ...