Health

KAMPALA Uganda’s president has banned all physical contact after a victim of a deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus was – Read More...

The Ebola virus plaguing Uganda is one of the deadliest known to man, claiming the lives of two-thirds of the – Read More...

Resistance to AIDS drugs, a problem that has been widely feared over the last decade, is growing in parts of – Read More...

SYDNEY An Australian woman born without arms and legs after her mother took thalidomide during pregnancy, has won a landmark – Read More...

Contraceptive use saves the lives of more than a quarter of million women each year, either from death in childbirth – Read More...

The authorities in China’s remote northwestern region of Xinjiang have culled more than 150,000 chickens following an outbreak of bird – Read More...

The Mexican government declared a national animal health emergency this week in the face of an aggressive bird flu epidemic – Read More...

British charity Save the Children has said it is a “global scandal” that 50,000 teenagers die each year due to – Read More...

If the human race keeps growing fatter at American rates, the Earth may face a rise in food demand equal – Read More...

The World Health Organisation’s cancer research agency has classified diesel engine exhaust as cancer-causing, and urged action to reduce human – Read More...