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Guinea offers $10,000 to families of health workers killed by Ebola The families of every Guinean health worker who has died in the Ebola outbreak will be compensated for their loss with $10,000.

23 October 2014

WHO advises Kazakhs against drinking tea The World Health Organization has recommended Kazakhstanis to abstain from drinking tea during mealtime.

22 October 2014

Pollution in pregnancy linked to lung damage in child Women exposed to high levels of traffic pollution during the second trimester of pregnancy are at higher risk of giving birth to a child with weak lungs.

21 October 2014

Canada to double UN contribution to fight Ebola Canada has promised to double its financial contribution to the United Nations' fight against Ebola in West Africa.

18 October 2014

Anti-tobacco conference struggles to stub out lobbyists A major conference aimed at cutting global smoking rates in Moscow found itself grappling with another issue.

18 October 2014

Travel ban may not help prevent Ebola spread: Obama US President Barack Obama said that closing US borders to citizens of three West African countries hardest hit by the Ebola epidemic would be counter-productive.

17 October 2014

Anthrax case in western Kazakhstan A 65-year-old woman from Zhanybek region of West Kazakhstan Oblast has been hospitalised with anthrax.

17 October 2014

Ebola 'most serious' health emergency in years: leaders The Ebola epidemic is "the most serious international public health emergency in recent years," British, US, French, German and Italian leaders agreed.

16 October 2014

Ebola might reach Kazakhstan in near future The deadly virus might reach Kazakhstan in the near future both by air and ground transport.

14 October 2014

Online care center Friend opens in Kazakhstan to prevent teen suicides An online support center Friend aimed at decreasing the number of suicides among children and teens in Kazakhstan has opened in Almaty.

13 October 2014

Ebola toll passes 4,000 as fears grow worldwide The death toll from Ebola has passed 4,000, the World Health Organization said.

11 October 2014

Gorbachev hospitalised, 'determined to fight for life' Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, 83, has been hospitalised but is determined to fight for his life.

10 October 2014

First kidney transplantation in Kyzylorda For the firs time, a kidney transplantation has been conducted in Kyzylorda.

09 October 2014

France to go for plain cigarette packets in 2016 France will introduce plain cigarette packaging in 2016, Health Minister Marisol Touraine said.

08 October 2014

Kazakh MP points to ineffectiveness of healthcare projects Chairman of the Committee for Finance and Budget in Parliament’s Lower Chamber Karagusova pointed to the discrepancy between the costs and payoff of state-sponsored healthcare projects.

08 October 2014

Obama: chances of US Ebola outbreak 'extraordinarily low' Barack Obama said the chances of a US Ebola outbreak were "extraordinarily low" but vowed to press world leaders to step up the global fight against the epidemic.

07 October 2014

Controversial methadone therapy may become nationwide in Kazakhstan by 2016 According to the head of the National Scientific and Practical Center on Medical and Social Problems of Drug Abuse, methadone therapy also known as opioid substitution therapy (OST) may become nationwide in Kazakhstan in 2016.

06 October 2014

Birth rate goes 25% up in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan has had an increase in birth rate and decease in mortality rate.

06 October 2014

US doctor cleared of Ebola virus US health officials said that a doctor who returned to a hospital after being treated for the Ebola virus did not have a new case of the infectious disease.

06 October 2014

Survivors bring shocking realism to Ebola treatment boot camp Trainers are using survivors of the Ebola virus to give frighteningly realistic courses to medical staff fighting the disease in Liberia.

05 October 2014

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