Health
Russia suspends U.S. pig imports over virus fears
Russia said on Thursday it was suspending pig imports from the United States due to concern about outbreaks of the deadly Porcine ...Hospital fire in South Korea kills 21
A fire at a hospital annex housing elderly patients in the south-western county of Jangseong killed 21 people early on Wednesday, South ...Italy: Lazio offers €800 reward for home births
The president of Rome\'s Lazio region has signed a decree to pay €800 to mothers who choose to give birth at home, ...Global Fund and Munich Re in risk management partnership
The Global Fund is further strengthening risk management in health programs that it supports worldwide under an agreement signed with Munich Re, ...Putin urges Ukrainian militants to delay referendum on autonomy
President Vladimir Putin said Russia pulled back its troops from the Ukrainian border and called on separatists in the country\'s south and ...Young blood rejuvenates brains and muscles of old mice
A team of American researchers has been studying the effects of such experiments on mice. They found that an infusion of young ...WHO declares polio global health emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday declared the international spread of wild polio virus in 2014 a public health crisis and ...Deadly MERS virus still spreading in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, where MERS was discovered around two years ago and which remains the country most affected, has now had 339 confirmed ...Air strike kills 13 suspected militants in central Yemen
Thirteen people, including three civilians, were killed on Saturday in a U.S. drone attack on suspected al-Qaeda rebels in the central Yemeni ...US Health Secretary Sebelius resigns amid Obamacare row
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is resigning after overseeing the botched rollout of President Barack Obama\'s signature healthcare law, ...