'Kangaroo care' trumps incubators for Colombian babies
At Bogota's San Ignacio hospital, Cesar Algeciras often spends five hours straight in the neonatal intensive care unit, lovingly clutching his premature son to his bare chest.
Toddler dies after swallowing battery in Aktobe
A toddler in Aktobe has died from swallowed battery.
Saudi MERS death toll rises to 66
Saudi health authorities have reported the deaths of another two men from the MERS coronavirus, bringing the death toll from the respiratory disease in the worst hit country to 66.
Spring in Japan: beautiful blossoms and hayfever misery
Spring in Japan brings explosions of pink and white cherry blossoms that provide a beautiful backdrop for picnics across this nature-loving country.
UN warns of health crisis brewing in west Myanmar
More than 800,000 people lack adequate healthcare in strife-torn western Myanmar after aid workers fled the region, the UN has warned, with children deprived of life-saving treatment.
Sleep syndrome: No relocation for Kalachi villagers
Akim (Governor) of Akmola Oblast Kosman Aitmkhambetov has dispelled rumours of plans to relocate Kalachi villagers.
Guinea battles to contain Ebola as death toll rises
Guinea raced to contain a spiralling Ebola epidemic spreading from its southern forests to the capital Conakry, as the death toll rose to 78 and neighbouring Senegal closed its border.
Nurse charged over UK hospital poisoning deaths
A male nurse has been charged with the murder of three patients who were poisoned with contaminated medical products at a British hospital, police said.
Smoking ban reduces pre-term births, childhood asthma
Bans on smoking in public and the workplace led to a 10 percent drop in premature births and in emergency asthma treatment for children.
'Green Revolutionary' Borlaug honored in US Capitol
Norman Borlaug, whose work on disease-resistant wheat is credited with saving up to one billion lives, on Tuesday received his latest posthumous honor -- a statue in the US Capitol.
Ebola epidemic spreads to Guinea's capital: UNICEF
An Ebola epidemic which has already killed dozens of people in Guinea's southern forests has spread to the capital Conakry, the United Nations Children's Fund said on Sunday.
14 yo Kazakhstani finally discharged from hospital in India with help of Embassy of Kazakhstan
14 y.o Timofey Verevkin’s story has a happy ending thanks to the Embassy of Kazakhstan in India.
7 thousand tests cannot explain sleep syndrome
7 thousands tests have been made in Kalachi village in Akmola Oblast over the past year.
700 samples of stem cells collected in Astana blood bank
The Astana blood bank has collected around 700 samples of stem cells from umbilical blood and placenta.
Young Kazakh anemia patient trapped in Indian clinic eyes his way home
Timofey Verevkin, 14 y.o. will be finally discharged from the Fortis Memorial Research Institute in India thanks to the Embassy of Kazakhstan in India intervention.
One more Kalachi native falls asleep to wake up in Kokshetau
While the team or doctors and scientist is working in Kalachi village to determine what is causing the mysterious sleep syndrome, one more patient has fallen asleep.
Medical blunder: baby girl almost buried alive
Medical blunder of the Mendykary Central Hospital led sorrowful parents to almost bury their baby girl alive.
China hit by new flood of dead pigs in river
Chinese authorities have found 157 dead pigs in a river, state media said Wednesday, a year after 16,000 carcasses were discovered in Shanghai's main waterway, underscoring the country's food safety problems.
Heart attacks misdiagnosed as anxiety in women: study
Women are more likely to die of heart attacks because their symptoms are often misdiagnosed as anxiety so they do not get vital swift treatment.
Five babies a day left at Chinese city's 'baby hatch'
More than 260 unwanted children, most of them babies, have been abandoned in a Chinese "safe haven" in just over six weeks -- more than five a day -- since it opened in late January.