Health
Madagascar plague outbreak kills 24, triggering WHO fears
The World Health Organisation said Sunday it was boosting its response to a plague outbreak in Madagascar that has killed 24 people, ...UN calls for aid to feed 320,000 refugees in Tanzania
The United Nations World Food Program says it has reduced food rations for 320,000 refugees living in northwest Tanzania as a result ...Dutch police make arrests in contaminated eggs case
Dutch police arrested two suspects on Thursday as part of an investigation into the illegal use of a potentially harmful insecticide in ...Three US senators balk at health bill, putting reform in jeopardy
US Republican efforts to reform health care hit a roadblock Thursday when three senators threatened to oppose a partial repeal of Obamacare ...Tunisians protest for right not to fast during Ramadan
Dozens of Tunisians demonstrated Sunday to demand the right to eat and drink in public during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan ...Trump celebrates health vote win with jubilant Republicans
Declaring it "an unbelievable victory," President Donald Trump delayed his first trip home to New York as president to celebrate House passage ...Suspected meningitis epidemic kills 745 in Nigeria
A meningitis outbreak in Nigeria has killed 745 people, an increase of more than 50 percent in barely a week, officials said ...Search for HIV vaccine resumes with test in South Africa
The latest attempt in the long, frustrating search for a vaccine against HIV began in South Africa on Wednesday, as scientists test ...More than 18 million on HIV treatment, a million more than 2015 -UNAIDS
More than 18 million people now have access to life-saving AIDS treatment, 1.2 million more than at the end of last year, ...Vitamin D deficiency is widely overestimated, doctors warn
Doctors are warning about vitamin D again, and it\'s not the "we need more" news you might expect. Instead, they say there\'s ...




