News about disease
6 dead in Quebec Legionnaire's disease outbreak
Legionnaire's disease, which hit Quebec in mid-July, has infected 65 people and killed six, health authorities of the French-speaking Canadian province said.
24 August 2012 14:14
Syphilis scare prompts call to halt US porn shoots
Reports of several cases of syphilis among porn actors in California has prompted a trade group to call for a temporary halt to shooting in the lucrative US adult film industry.
23 August 2012 17:43
Ghana president dies after illness, successor sworn in
Ghana President John Atta Mills died suddenly Tuesday, hours after being taken ill and months before he was to seek re-election in a country seen as a bastion of democracy in west Africa.
25 July 2012 17:48
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 10:09
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 13:44
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 13:10
50 000 Kazakhstan citizens suffer strokes annually
Over 49 thousand people in Kazakhstan suffer a stroke annually.
03 May 2012 18:20
WHO declared Kazakhstan malaria-free
The World Health Organization has declared Kazakhstan malaria-free.
29 March 2012 15:47
Almost 1300 children had heart surgeries in 2011 in Kazakhstan
Almost 1300 children underwent cardiac surgeries in 2011 in Kazakhstan.
21 February 2012 12:04
AIDS rate dropped 10% in Kazakhstan in 2011
AIDS rate dropped almost by 10% in Kazakhstan in 2011.
13 January 2012 17:18
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 15:20
Flu epidemy expected in Kazakhstan in December
Kazakhstan expects to be hit by a surge of ARVI diseases in October and flu epidemy in December.
28 September 2011 13:08