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Avoid Meat, Eggs and Lust, Pregnant Indians Told
Pregnant women in India are being advised to stay away from meat, eggs and lust -- drawing derision from health experts...
Yemen Cholera Deaths Up At 1,054
The death toll from cholera in war-torn Yemen has increased to 1,054 since April 27, with the total suspected cases...
NGO To Spearheads Sanitation and Hygiene Programme
The Voice for Change (V4C) programme has been launched at Kasoa in the Awutu-Senya East Municipality of the Central...
Health Experts Declare Extra Measures Against Abuse of Tobacco
Health experts and stakeholder organizations have declared a seven-point of action to be taken by government on tobacco...
Less Than 30% of Pledged Yemen Aid Delivered
Less than 30 percent of pledged international aid has been delivered to Yemen this year, a UN official said Wednesday,...
Less Than 30% of Pledged Yemen Aid Delivered
Less than 30 percent of pledged international aid has been delivered to Yemen this year, a UN official said Wednesday,...
Mine Blast Kills Saudi Soldier On Yemen Border
A Saudi border guard died Tuesday in a landmine blast along the frontier with Yemen, the interior ministry said. The...
Cholera Leaves Yemen Hospitals In Constant Code Black
At Yemen's Sabaeen Hospital, code black is an understatement: patients sleep three to a bed, on the bare floor or...
Weight-Related Deaths Can Affect Non-Obese Too
You don’t have to be diagnosed as obese to be at risk of dying from illnesses related to excess weight, a global...
WHO Adds New Drugs To 2017 Essential Medicines List
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released this year's Essential Medicines List (EML), adding new treatments for...
Soldier, 3 Assailants Dead In Qaeda Attack On Yemen Army
A soldier was killed and two others were wounded in an Al-Qaeda attack Monday on a checkpoint in Yemen's Hadramawt...
An Egg A Day Appears To Help Young Children Grow Taller
An egg a day might help undernourished young children grow to a healthy height, according to a six-month study in...
Syria Sees First Polio Cases In Three Years
Three new cases of polio have been recorded in Syria in the first outbreak of the virus in the country since 2014, the...
Health Care Under Attack In Syria Civil War
Health care workers, clinics and hospitals were attacked more than 400 times last year in Syria's civil war, according...
Zika Birth Defects In 5 Percent of Infected Women In US Islands
Five percent of women in the US territories who were infected with the Zika virus while pregnant had fetus or babies...
The Plague of the Poor
Cholera, which has hit war-ravaged Yemen with 100,000 suspected cases and 789 deaths, is a highly contagious waterborne...
Our Laws Should Protect the Elderly – Group Advocates
The Guardians of Gray Masters Foundation, a not-for-profit institution, is advocating early passage of Ghana’s...
100,000 Cholera Cases, 789 Deaths, In Yemen In Past Month
A cholera outbreak of more than 100,000 cases has erupted in war-ravaged Yemen, killing nearly 800 people, in just over...
Rural Thai City Emerges As Sporting Camelot
A 'godfather' of Thai politics is using cash and contacts to transform his once poor, forgotten rice-farming fiefdom...