News about disease

N. Korea army chief removed from all posts North Korea's army chief has been relieved of all his posts due to illness, state media said Monday, in a surprise development that removes one of new leader Kim Jong-Un's inner circle.

16 July 2012

WHO finds virus link to Cambodia mystery disease Health experts working to identify an illness that has killed dozens of children in Cambodia found a link to a virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease.

09 July 2012

Eight sick with Legionnaires' Disease at Spanish hotel Eight people, including three Belgians, have come down with Legionnaires' disease in a hotel on Spain's Mediterranean coast that was closed after an earlier outbreak killed three Britons this year.

05 July 2012

50 000 Kazakhstan citizens suffer strokes annually Over 49 thousand people in Kazakhstan suffer a stroke annually.

03 May 2012

WHO declared Kazakhstan malaria-free The World Health Organization has declared Kazakhstan malaria-free.

29 March 2012

Almost 1300 children had heart surgeries in 2011 in Kazakhstan Almost 1300 children underwent cardiac surgeries in 2011 in Kazakhstan.

21 February 2012

AIDS rate dropped 10% in Kazakhstan in 2011 AIDS rate dropped almost by 10% in Kazakhstan in 2011.

13 January 2012

Russia asked Kazakhstan to tighten control over US meat quality Such measures are related to discovery of E.ColiO157:H7 collibacillus in ground beef from Kansas, USA.

30 September 2011