Health
4 renal patients die in Singapore hospital from hepatitis C
A top public hospital in Singapore says four renal patients have died in one of its wards from hepatitis C and 18 ...3 scientists share Nobel Prize for medicine for work on parasitic diseases
The Nobel prize in medicine went Monday to three scientists hailed as "heroes in the truest sense of the word" for saving ...60 mn people in sub-Saharan Africa risk famine: Red Cross
Some 60 million people across sub-Saharan Africa are already going hungry and the situation could deteriorate dramatically as climate phenomena hike the ...7.5 million going hungry as Ethiopia crisis worsens
The number of hungry Ethiopians needing food aid has risen sharply due to poor rains and the El Nino weather phenomenon with ...UK fraudster who faked coma to avoid trial is jailed
A British fraudster who faked a coma to avoid prosecution has been jailed for obstructing justice.GFor fat loss, calories may matter more than fat or carbs
Want to lose body fat? At least initially, a diet low in fat may be better than one that limits carbohydrates, a ...11-year-old gives birth to girl in Paraguay
An 11-year-old girl who was denied an abortion has given birth in Paraguay.Chasing fair skin, Ivorians ignore whitening cream ban
At just 26, Fatou\'s skin is marbled from layer on layer of whitening cream. Some even call her a "salamander" woman after ...Chile takes first step towards legal abortion
Chile\'s Congress took its first step toward legalizing abortion in some cases, a practice that has been legally banned for decades in ...Ebola vaccine trial proves 100% successful in Guinea
An Ebola vaccine provided 100-percent protection in a field trial in hard-hit Guinea, researchers and officials said Friday, mooting "the beginning of ...