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©REUTERS Epilepsy drug has long-term effect on child IQ: study A drug found to affect the cognitive ability of toddlers born to women who took the medication for epilepsy has a longer-term impact on their IQ.
25 января 2013
US flu epidemic worsens, 29 children dead A flu epidemic gripping the United States is more severe than usual, striking the elderly especially hard, health authorities said Friday as they also announced 29 child victims.
20 января 2013
Switch out of wood-burning stoves saves lives Reducing the use of wood-burning stoves in an Australian city led to a sharp fall in deaths from respiratory diseases and heart failure.
10 января 2013
Journal cautions on cannabis-based MS drug There is no strong evidence for the efficacy of a cannabis-based drug used in Britain to treat muscle spasms in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.
13 декабря 2012
©RIA Novosti Cows with virus diarrhea imported to Kazakhstan from Austria Cattle with virus diarrhea have been imported to North-Kazakhstan oblast from Austria: expert.
29 ноября 2012
Camilla highlights cause close to her heart Prince Charles's wife Camilla spoke Wednesday of her mother's death from osteoporosis as she used the royal couple's Australian tour to highlight a cause close to her heart.
07 ноября 2012
Israelis aim to 'fix world' with custom cannabis At the end of an unpaved road, in a quiet suburb of a sleepy town in northern Israel, horticultural revolutionaries are growing a strain of cannabis.
03 ноября 2012
Photo courtesy of knowabouthealth.com Criminal investigators at US pharmacy linked to outbreak Criminal investigators from the US Food and Drug Administration searched a Massachusetts pharmacy Tuesday which made tainted drugs tied to a meningitis outbreak that has killed 15 people.
17 октября 2012
US meningitis cases climb to 205 as outbreak worsens Fungal meningitis tied to a contaminated steroid has affected 205 people in a worsening outbreak of the infection that has killed 15 people in the United States.
16 октября 2012
Ground Zero cancer victims to get compensation About 50 types of cancer have been added to the list of diseases eligible for coverage in a compensation program for people who became sick after the World Trade Center collapse on September 11, 2001.
11 сентября 2012
©REUTERS/Sergio Moraes Dengue fever: Vaccine trial raises a muted cheer A prototype vaccine for dengue notched up the best success yet against the disease but failed to protect against all its viral strains.
11 сентября 2012
Map of West Nile virus activity in the US. Photo courtesy of examiner.com Third person dies from Yosemite park virus A third victim has died from a rare rodent-borne virus contracted in Yosemite National Park, out of eight cases now confirmed with the disease.
08 сентября 2012
©REUTERS/David Rae Morris US cases of West Nile virus soaring: CDC Infections and fatalities from West Nile virus have risen to new record levels in the United States in the first week of September.
06 сентября 2012
US sees record spike in West Nile virus cases The US is experiencing the worst outbreak of West Nile virus since the mosquito-borne disease was first detected in 1999, health officials said Wednesday.
25 августа 2012
A culture dish with colonies of legionella in a laboratory. ©REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol 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 августа 2012
©REUTERS/Tomas Bravo 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 августа 2012
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 июля 2012
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 июля 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 июля 2012
©REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol 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 июля 2012

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