McCartney to make full recovery from virus in TokyoMusic legend Paul McCartney has been treated in a Tokyo hospital for an illness that forced him to cancel a tour of Japan but is expected to make a full recovery, his representatives said.
24 May 2014
Khmer Rouge 'First Lady' hospitalised in Thailand: sonThe former "First Lady" of Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge regime has been hospitalised in neighbouring Thailand and is relying on a feeding tube and oxygen to survive, her son said.
23 May 2014
Ex-Beatle McCartney cancels Japan tour over illnessFormer Beatle Paul McCartney has cancelled his Japan tour due to illness, organisers said Tuesday, days after apologising to fans for missing a pair of weekend concerts.
20 May 2014
13 new MERS deaths in Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia has announced 13 more deaths from the MERS coronavirus, as the World Health Organisation prepared for an emergency meeting over worries about the spread of the disease.
11 May 2014
Unusual new penguin flu found in AntarcticaA new kind of bird flu has been detected for the first time in Adelie penguins in Antarctica, though the virus does not seem to make them sick, researchers said.
07 May 2014
Deadly Middle East respiratory virus strikes in USThe first case of MERS, a dangerous respiratory virus that originated in the Middle East and has a high death rate, has been confirmed in the United States, officials said.
03 May 2014
US orange production hit by disease, juice prices soarA citrus disease spread by a tiny insect has devastated Florida's orange crop, which is expected to be the worst in nearly 30 years, and sent juice prices soaring on New York markets.
18 April 2014
Garcia Marquez, godfather of magic realism, dies at 87Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel-winning Colombian author who used magical realism to tell epic stories of love, family and dictatorship in Latin America, died Thursday at the age of 87.
18 April 2014
Goat to be cloned to treat rare genetic disorderScientists in Brazil have genetically modified a goat to produce milk with an enzyme to treat a rare genetic disorder, O Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper reported.
17 April 2014
Gambia bans flights from Ebola-hit nationsThe Gambia has banned flights from Ebola-hit west African countries from landing in its territory, airport officials told AFP.
16 April 2014
Garcia Marquez in 'very fragile' condition: familyColombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez is in "very fragile" condition and at risk of complications while recovering at his Mexico City home from a recent hospitalization, his family said.
16 April 2014
Japan culls 112,000 chickens after bird flu outbreakJapan has finished slaughtering 112,000 chickens after confirming its first bird flu infections for three years, with authorities stepping up efforts to swiftly contain the latest outbreak, officials said Tuesday.
15 April 2014
Sharon Stone kept overnight in Brazil hospital: mediaHollywood actress and producer Sharon Stone spent a night in a Sao Paulo hospital for treatment by an infectious diseases specialist, Brazilian media said Tuesday.
09 April 2014
Disease threatens flood-hit SolomonsThe flood-ravaged Solomon Islands was facing a new threat Monday as the first signs of disease emerged in camps sheltering thousands of displaced residents in the capital Honiara, aid workers said.
08 April 2014
Saudi MERS death toll rises to 66Saudi 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.
Nobel writer Garcia Marquez hospitalized in MexicoColombia's Nobel Prize-winning writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez was being treated at a Mexico City hospital Thursday for a lung infection but he was doing well, his son and officials said.