Health
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 ...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, ...




