Health
El Salvador confirms first Zika-linked birth defect
El Salvador confirmed its first case of microcephaly in a baby that was linked to a Zika infection in the mother. Microcephaly ...Ukraine fire kills 16 in care home
Sixteen people have been killed and one is missing after a fire broke out in a residential building housing elderly people in ...WHO rejects call for Olympics to be moved due to Zika
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday rejected a call for the Rio Olympic Games to be moved or postponed due to ...New study confirms link between air pollution and increased cancer risk
According to a study by the University of Birmingham and the University of Hong Kong, long-term exposure to environmental pollutants, and more ...More than 30,000 displaced in Congo left without aid: agency
More than 30,000 people displaced by fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been cut off from aid because of ...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 ...




