Health
Up to 400,000 in Sudan may need food aid due to El Nino: WFP
Some 400,000 people in Sudan could need food aid because of poor rains caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon, a UN ...World’s obese population hits 641 million, global study finds
Over one in eight adults are now obese -- a ratio that has more than doubled since 1975 and will swell to ...More than 150,000 Syrian babies born in Turkey
More than 150,000 Syrian babies have been born in Turkey since Syria\'s crisis began, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Lutfi Elvan said Monday, ...Cambodia probes new village HIV outbreak
Cambodia health officials on Monday were screening hundreds of villagers for HIV after 14 locals tested positive for the virus, sparking fears ...UN, US condemn air strikes on hospitals in north Syria
The United Nations and Washington on Monday condemned air strikes on medical facilities and schools in Syria that the world body said ...Girl falls victim to rare Australian case of deadly snakebite
A young girl has died in Australia after being bitten by a feared brown snake, officials said on Monday, a rare fatality ...First U.S. Zika virus transmission reported, attributed to sex
The first known case of Zika virus transmission in the United States was reported in Texas on Tuesday by local health officials, ...WHO declares global health emergency over Zika situation
The World Health Organization on Monday declared that a surge in serious birth defects in South America was "strongly suspected" of being ...Birth defects in Latin America spark Zika virus panic
Alarm over thousands of birth defects blamed on the mosquito-borne Zika virus spread Friday, as the United States expanded a travel warning ...WHO confirms second new Ebola case in Sierra Leone
A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in Sierra Leone, officials said Thursday, the second since west Africa celebrated the end ...