Health
Ebola crisis vastly underestimated, says WHO
The UN\'s health agency said the scale of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has been vastly underestimated and "extraordinary measures" were ...WHO declares Ebola an international health emergency
West Africa\'s Ebola epidemic constitutes an international health emergency and the virus, which has killed nearly 1,000 people, could continue spreading for ...Liberia declares state of emergency over Ebola virus
Liberia declared a state of emergency Wednesday due to the deadly Ebola outbreak as US President Barack Obama said it was premature ...Sierra Leone declares emergency as Ebola death toll hits 729
Sierra Leone has declared a state of emergency and called in troops to quarantine Ebola victims, joining neighbouring Liberia in imposing controls ...HIV infection rate in the US falls by a third in a decade
The rate of HIV infections diagnosed in the United States each year fell by one-third over the past decade, a government study ...More than 100 AIDS researchers killed on Malaysian jet
Scores of leading AIDS research experts were among those killed when a Malaysian passenger jet crashed in Ukraine after being allegedly shot ...Global refugee figures highest since Second World War, UN says
The number of refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced people has surged to more than 50 million people, the first time since ...Liberia reports seven new deaths linked to Ebola
A health official says seven people believed to have the Ebola virus have died in recent days in the Liberian capital, in ...Ebola death toll hits 208 in Guinea
Some 208 people have now died from the Ebola virus in Guinea after a deadly spike in recent days, the World Health ...Saudi MERS death toll surges to 282
A report by the official Saudi Press Agency said authorities have registered a total of 688 confirmed infections and 282 deaths as ...