Atleast10peoplewerekilledand15otherswoundedonWednesdayinacrashbetweentwotrainsinBeheiraprovincenorthernthecapitalCairo,theEgyptianHealthMinistrysaidinastatement
Socialmediahasbeenabreedinggroundforarangeofdebates,fromtheserioustotheridiculous.DuringtheSpringFestival,China'ssocialnetworkstooktothetopicofdonkey-hidegelati
ThousandsofratshavethreatenedlocalpeopleanddevouredplantsinNgaPuTawtownshipinMyanmar'ssouth-westernAyeyarwadyregionsinceSunday,localmediareportedTuesday.Therats
NewDirector-GeneraloftheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO)TedrosAdhanomGhebreyesussaidonWednesdaythathewouldabidebytheone-ChinapolicyanddealwithissuesregardingTaiwanb
GENEVA, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Tedros Adhanom, 52-year-old former health minister and foreign minister of Ethiopia, was elected on Tuesday as new Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), UN's health agency.
TheChinesemainlandsaidparticipationoftheTaiwanregionintheactivitiesofinternationalorganizationsmustbedealtwithinaccordancewiththeone-Chinaprinciple.Themainlandd
TheWorldHealthOrganisation(WHO)saysthattheDemocraticRepublicofCongoisonceagainfacinganoutbreakofEbola.HealthexpertsidentifiedtwomoresuspectedcasesofthevirusinCo
Brazil has confirmed 1,709 cases of microcephaly among newborns potentially linked to the Zika virus, including 102 deaths, in the past nine months, said the Health Ministry.
Alibaba Health Information Technology Ltd (Ali Health), a healthcare subsidiary of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, announced it bought full ownership of Guangzhou Wuqiannian Medicine Co Ltd on Wednesday for 16.8 million yuan ($2.5 million), according to a report by techweb.com.cn.
Grameenphone, the Norwegian Telenor Group's concern in Bangladesh, has teamed up with the Bangladeshi government and launched "Tonic," a new digital health service, in collaboration with Telenor Health.
The World Health Organization on Thursday urged athletes and travelers planning to attend the Olympics in Brazil, the epicenter of the Zika epidemic, to take a series of steps to guard against infection, but the agency made it clear that it was not calling for the Summer Games in August to be canceled or postponed.
Tests by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) show controversial e-cigarettes pushing hard for admission into the Hong Kong market contain deadly chemicals.
Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Wednesday that it has introduced additional measures to reduce the risk of the Zika virus taking root in Singapore.
Asia has gone on Zika alert as Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines and Hong Kong stepped up their defences against the mosquito-borne virus, which has spread extensively in the Americas, where up to four million cases are expected this year.
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on Tuesday said it was ramping up measures to safeguard against the Zika virus, following the World Health Organization (WHO) designating the virus as a public health emergency of international concern.
Nine New Zealanders have contracted the mosquito-borne Zika virus and one man is in hospital with the illness, the Ministry of Health said Friday.
The Zika virus, a mosquito-borne virus which is suspected of causing birth defects, has reached Europe with reported cases found in Britain, Denmark and Portugal.
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