ECOWAS trains health workers to fight EbolaWest Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS said on Sunday it will train 150 health workers this week to help tackle the deadly Ebola disease in the worst hit countries.
Boost in quest for TB breath testA simple breath test may one day show whether someone has a strain of tuberculosis that will respond to a frontline antibiotic, or a drug-resistant type.
Joan Rivers 'serious' in New York hospitalJoan Rivers, the acerbic US stand-up comic and octogenarian television presenter, remained seriously ill in a New York hospital for a second day.
30 August 2014
'Ice Bucket Challenge' passes $100 mn markThe "Ice Bucket Challenge" viral craze has raised more than $100 million after sweeping the globe since its launch last month.
30 August 2014
Kazakhstan makes first brain tumor surgeryNational Center for Neurosurgery in Astana has successfully remove a brain tumor located close to motor cortex - the first such surgery in Kazakhstan.
28 August 2014
US diplomats banned from Ice Bucket ChallengeIt is the charity stunt that has got everyone from billionaires to pop stars and even former US presidents drenched by buckets of freezing water