Ministry of Health - Saudi Arabia

Tiny percentage of more than 500,000 arrivals in kingdom found to be infected.

Health officials says two schools where students attended are to be temporarily shut.

Health ministry says latest fatalities bring the number of deaths in Kingdom to 36.

Fears of massive outbreak prove wide of the mark, according to ministry update.

Latest fatalities bring to 26 the total number of deaths according to Saudi Health Ministry.

Ministry of health confirms two further cases of H1N1 virus in Riyadh and Abha.

Woman is the eighth person to die from H1N1 virus in kingdom, fears over umrah pilgrimage.

Health chiefs in kingdom announce new clampdown to tackle swine flu threat.

Health Ministry confirms H1N1 death and announces one suspected death, both in Riyadh.

Thermal cameras to be used and more medics to be placed on stand-by to limit H1N1 spread.

The woman, who had a pre-existing heart ailment, was on umra pilgrimage, officials say.

Health officials say the new H1N1 cases bring the official number in the kingdom to 253.

International school in Riyadh is closed after as many as 20 cases of H1N1 virus diagnosed.

Health chiefs confirm 11 new cases, including two Saudis and nine expatriates.

Some 23,000 Saudis unhappy with Kingdom's healthcare seek medical treatment in Jordan.

Officials confirm three more H1N1 cases, officials urge people to stop visiting sufferers in hospital.

Total cases in kingdom rises to 39 while Bahrain declares itself H1N1 flu free.

UPDATE 1: Kuwait increases its confirmed cases to five, Qatar diagnoses 17 year-old boy with H1N1 virus.

Seven students in Bahrain are infected while Saudi has three more cases.

Health minister says Filipina nurse is in quarantine after arriving in kingdom on Gulf Air flight.

All healthcare workers at state-run hospitals to move to standardised salary scale.

Salam Home Healthcare offers examination, treatment, follow-up - cutting hospital visits.

20 health regions in Kingdom on alert, quarantine officials will operate cameras.

More than half of responders say they will continue to travel abroad for treatment.

Private healthcare firms cancel projects despite need for thousands of acute beds.

The Ministry of Health is opening 43 new hospitals in the coming year - official.

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has instructed public and private Hajj agencies to organize all their resources to make this week’s Hajj a success.

Health officials file $10bn lawsuit against international firms to cover cost of care.

This month, MED talks to the director general of dentistry at Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health, Dr Mohammed Al-Rafee, about tackling the Kingdom's caries crisis and coaxing dental graduates into rural clinics.

It’s been nearly a year since Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health [MoH] pledged to increase the level of water fluoridation to international standards but 11 months down the line the Kingdom is still no nearer to getting the scheme off the ground.

Work-related problems have sparked a spate of suicides among mainly Indian expatriates in the kingdom, according to police.

New mothers in Saudi Arabia will no longer be offered promotional samples of baby formula, following a rule barring hospitals from handing out starter packs of the controversial powder.

King Abdullah orders reconstruction of all buildings demolished during deadly Israeli incursions.

Hospitals are calling for tighter regulation of health insurance companies, accusing firms of underselling policies and leaving hospitals to pick up the tab.

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MoH) has blamed picky graduates for a suggested shortage of vacancies for newly qualified dentists.

Dentists in the GCC have vented their frustration at the lack of clarity in the legal system of GCC countries. High profile cases have not yet become commonplace in the Middle East, but dentists and experts believe it is only a matter of time, and are looking to regulatory bodies to provide clarity now.

Saudi Arabia latest nation to restrict food and drink to stop disease spreading.

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health has pledged to increase the lever of water fluoridation to the international standard of 6.0 to 0.8 parts per million.

Unnamed companies fail to attend first hearing in lawsuit brought by Saudi's Health Ministry.

Thousands of family doctors are needed as KSA strives to overhaul its healthcare system.

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health has closed down more than 90 private hospitals, polyclinics, laboratories and pharmacies for violating licensing regulations.

GCC health officials will meet to discuss solutions to the diabetes pandemic sweeping the Gulf.

KSA hospitals will be managed commercially in an aim to improve services.