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Saudi Arabia: New case of infection

2013-05-19 08:50

Saudi Arabia has reported another case of infection in a concentrated outbreak of a new strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year and spread into Europe.

France: SARS-related virus cases suspected

2013-05-10 13:09

French health officials say they are investigating three suspected cases of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, while a man confirmed to have the virus remains hospitalised.

UN: Aid to N Korea hit by sanctions

2013-04-29 21:08

International sanctions against North Korea have hit humanitarian funding for the isolated country, five UN agencies say in an appeal for help.

Bird flu vaccine 'many months' away

2013-04-12 18:08

US public health experts say developing a vaccine for the H7N9 strain of bird flu could take "many months", as China seeks to control an outbreak which had killed 11 people.

UN experts waiting to enter Syria

2013-04-08 22:17

UN experts are ready to move into Syria immediately to investigate reported chemical weapons attacks, but President Bashar Assad's government still has not approved their entry.

China reports another H7N9 bird flu death

2013-04-03 15:01

A man in the Chinese province of Zhejiang has died of the H7N9 strain of bird flu, says state media, bringing the total deaths attributed to the virus to three since the first human cases.

SADC rallies to fight TB

2013-03-20 19:25

Southern African health officials and international agencies will sign an agreement in Swaziland to reduce TB and HIV in the region's mining sector.

Government set to review drinking age

2013-03-18 13:53
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Government is considering raising the legal age to consume alcohol from 18 to 21.

Road deaths in Africa on the rise

2013-03-14 16:07

Africa in particular is losing the fight against road accidents, which kill more than a million people worldwide each year, a UN World Health Organisation report has shown.

Typhoid outbreak hits eastern Syria

2013-02-19 15:06

Typhoid has broken out in an opposition-held region of Syria due to people drinking contaminated water from the Euphrates River, the World Health Organisation says.

Over 80 and still leading the way

2013-02-11 22:37

Benedict XVI's resignation has placed the spotlight on octogenarians at the forefront of politics and business, sometimes shouldering a workload that people 20 years their junior may shun.

Syria war causing great civilian strife

2013-02-05 16:26

The UN says that the humanitarian crisis in Syria has reached "catastrophic" proportions, with some 2.5 million people in the war-ravaged country lacking enough food.

Work resumes on bird flu studies

2013-01-24 15:53

Scientists around the world have declared an end to a moratorium on research into mutant forms of the deadly H5N1 bird flu that can be transmitted directly among mammals.

WHO, Unicef stop Pakistan polio drive

2012-12-19 11:30

The UN children's agency and the World Health Organisation have suspended work on campaigns against polio in Pakistan after a series of attacks left nine health workers dead in three days.

Six polio workers shot dead in Pakistan

2012-12-18 14:45

Gunmen in Pakistan have killed six health workers at the start of a nationwide polio vaccination drive, officials say, highlighting resistance to a campaign opposed by the Taliban.

India goes hi-tech against TB

2012-11-10 09:35

Private companies, aid groups and the government have embarked on a flurry of innovation to modernise India's archaic anti-tuberculosis campaign.

Ebola claims more lives in DRC

2012-09-27 18:46

An outbreak of Ebola fever in the DRC may have killed up to 33 people, while the number of suspected cases has risen, the health ministry says.

S Leone cholera death toll hits 244

2012-09-04 09:10

A cholera epidemic in Sierra Leone which was declared a national emergency in mid August has claimed 244 lives and affected 14 521 people, a statement says.

Alarming smoking habits in poorer countries

2012-08-17 22:16

Two fifths of men in developing countries still smoke or use tobacco, and women are increasingly starting to smoke at younger ages, according to a large international study.

Toll in Uganda's Ebola outbreak hits 16

2012-08-03 14:03

The latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has killed 16 people in Uganda, the World Health Organisation says, increasing the previous toll by one.

Female Aids focus must shift - experts

2012-07-27 07:34

The Aids epidemic increasingly is a female one and women are making the case at the world's largest Aids meeting that curbing it will require focusing on poverty and violence.

Cholera epidemic spreads to Niger

2012-07-19 19:46

A cholera epidemic in Niger has killed 58 people and spread to a refugee camp housing Malians who have fled the unrest in the north of their country.

Recalled HIV tests not giving false results: WHO

2012-07-17 13:14

The World Health Organisation says the 500 000 HIV test kits being recalled did not return false results but were plagued by inconclusive readings.

Cholera grows in Somali insurgent bastion: WHO

2012-07-13 13:28

Cholera is rising in the last major town held by Somalia's al-Qaeda linked Shabaab, with most of those stricken by the disease children, warns the World Health Organisation.

Mysterious disease kills children

2012-07-08 13:33

It's not bird flu or SARS, and nor does it appear to be contagious, but little more is known about a mysterious disease that has killed dozens of Cambodian children.

 

Panic over SARS-like virus grips Saudis

2013-05-14 11:01

Panic has gripped Saudis in the country's east, where most cases of the deadly coronavirus have been detected, witnesses say, as the death toll from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom hits 15.

Sars-like virus kills 5 Saudis

2013-05-02 10:10

Five Saudis have died of a new Sars-like virus during the past few days and two more are being treated in an intensive care unit, the health ministry says.

Experts stumped by bird flu infections

2013-04-18 18:26

Almost three weeks after China reported finding a new strain of bird flu in humans, experts are still stumped by how people are becoming infected.

Vietnam boy first H5N1 fatality this year

2013-04-09 11:04

A 4-year-old boy has been reported to have died of the bird flu strain H5N1 in the Mekong Delta, authorities say, the country's first fatality from the virus this year.

'No bird flu transmission between people'

2013-04-08 08:05

There has been no proof that the H7N9 bird flu virus is being transmitted between people in China, the World Health Organisation says.

UN to probe chemical weapon use in Syria

2013-03-22 09:01

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said the United Nations will investigate the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria, which would amount to a crime against humanity.

32 killed in western India bus crash

2013-03-19 09:05

A bus crash has left 32 people dead and another 13 injured after the vehicle careered off a bridge over a river in India's western state of Maharashtra, police say.

Iraq war killed 120 000, cost $800bn

2013-03-15 12:02

At least 116 000 Iraqi civilians and more than 4 800 coalition troops have died in Iraq between the outbreak of war in 2003 and the US withdrawal in 2011, researchers estimate.

HIV 'cure' in infancy, caution experts

2013-03-04 22:16

Aids experts have cautioned against hype of a cure, after doctors in the US suppressed HIV in a child born with the virus by administering a potent drug cocktail shortly after birth.

Chinese woman dies of bird flu

2013-02-13 16:54

A woman in southwestern China has died of bird flu, state media says, a rare case in the country of a fatality from the H5N1 virus since a major outbreak a decade ago.

Nigeria nabs polio naysayers

2013-02-11 21:32

Three Nigerian journalists have been arrested for inciting violence by saying on a radio show that polio immunisations were an anti-Islam Western conspiracy.

One in five infected by pandemic flu

2013-01-26 10:04

More than a fifth of the world's population has been infected by the H1N1 virus in the 2009-2010 flu pandemic, according to new estimates.

SA signs anti-tobacco smuggling treaty

2013-01-11 20:14

South Africa has signed a new international treaty that aims to stop the smuggling of tobacco, the National Council Against Smoking.

Nearly 700 killed on SA roads

2012-12-18 22:01

Nearly 700 people have been killed in road accidents since the beginning of December, the Road Traffic Management Corporation has said.

3.6m to get yellow fever vaccine in Darfur

2012-11-13 19:25

More than 3.6 million people in Sudan's conflict-plagued Darfur region will be vaccinated against yellow fever which is suspected of killing 100 people in the past seven weeks, officials say.

Mystery virus not contagious - WHO

2012-09-28 21:05

A new mysterious respiratory virus that has killed at least one person and left another in critical condition does not appear very contagious, the World Health Organisation has said.

Old natural antibiotic works for TB

2012-09-17 19:35

Lab-dish tests have raised hopes that a soil bacterium identified nearly 60 years ago could be a "very selective killer" of the germ that causes tuberculosis.

Cholera outbreak worsens in Guinea

2012-08-19 13:43

An outbreak of cholera in Guinea has killed 82 people since February and is showing no signs of letting up.

Cholera crisis in Sierra Leone

2012-08-16 22:16

Sierra Leone has declared the latest cholera outbreak a national emergency after 176 deaths and 10 800 reported cases since January.

Target on track of 15m on Aids drugs

2012-07-30 13:12

The World Health Organisation says the global target of 15 million people taking life-saving Aids drugs by 2015 is just a first step.

WHO endorses HIV medicines for prevention

2012-07-20 22:13

The World Health Organisation has endorsed using HIV medicines among people who do not have the infection but are at high risk of getting it.

Sierra Leone cholera outbreak kills 62

2012-07-18 22:05

Sierra Leone's health ministry says an outbreak of cholera in the west African country has killed 62 people in less than a month.

Drugs 'arsenal' could help end Aids: WHO

2012-07-15 18:24

Thirty years into the Aids epidemic, a cure remains elusive but a growing arsenal of drugs could someday help end new infections, the World Health Organisation's HIV/Aids chief says.

SA stops suspect HIV testing kits

2012-07-09 22:21

South Africa has stopped the distribution of SD Bioline HIV testing kits after reports that they had been blacklisted by the World Health Organisation.

New malaria fight: Test, treat, track

2012-04-24 20:08

The World Health Organisation has heralded major gains in the fight against malaria, one of the developing world's biggest killers, but warned universal access to treatment remains elusive.

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