Obama: chances of US Ebola outbreak 'extraordinarily low'
Barack Obama said the chances of a US Ebola outbreak were "extraordinarily low" but vowed to press world leaders to step up the global fight against the epidemic.
Birth rate goes 25% up in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan has had an increase in birth rate and decease in mortality rate.
US doctor cleared of Ebola virus
US health officials said that a doctor who returned to a hospital after being treated for the Ebola virus did not have a new case of the infectious disease.
Survivors bring shocking realism to Ebola treatment boot camp
Trainers are using survivors of the Ebola virus to give frighteningly realistic courses to medical staff fighting the disease in Liberia.
Ebola casts heavy shadow over Sierra Leone's Eid celebrations
Don't pray too close to each other, observe strict hygiene rules and don't shake the imam's hand. For Muslims in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone, this was an Eid festival.
US readies 4,000 troops for Ebola mission
The US military expects to increase the number of troops deployed to Liberia to fight the Ebola outbreak to nearly 4,000.
'Vaccinated' mosquitos released in Rio to combat dengue
Thousand mosquitos immunized against dengue fever have been released in Brazil as part of an innovative attempt to curb the spread of the tropical sickness.
'We are either bad at treating or bad at diagnosing' - state oncological aid in Kazakhstan
Oncologist Nasrulla Shanazarov reported on the state of oncological help in Kazakhstan at the recent International Oncological Symposium.
New UN Ebola chief vows swift response to crisis
The new head of the UN Ebola response team vowed to take swift action on the crisis.
Deaf baby boy hears for first time
A 7-week-old baby boy named Lachlan diagnosed with hearing loss at birth has heard his parents’ voice for the first time using hearing aids.
Kazakh doctors support methodone therapy inspite opposition
Opioid substitution therapy (OST) is back on the agenda in Kazakhstan.
Beds scarce, staff scarcer, in Liberia's overrun Ebola wards
What the families idling at the gate of this Ebola centre in Monrovia lack is news of the fate of their sick loved ones inside.
Swiss voters reject shift to state-run health insurance
Swiss voters rejected a plan to ditch the country's all-private health insurance system and create a state-run scheme, exit polls showed.
Kazakhstan and Turkey show highest suicide rates among 15-19 y.o. youth
Kazakhstan and Turkey have the highest suicide level among 15 to 19 year olds in the world.
UNICEF research denies connection between of Unified National Testing and suicide rates among Kazakhstani teens
The UNICEF research of suicide among teens in Kazakhstan refutes negative effect of the Unified National Testing.
Kazakhstani village youth more prone to suicide than city teens
The Prosecutor General’s Office reported higher level of suicides among village teens in comparison to their city peers.
Idris Elba joins fight against Ebola
Actor Idris Elba joined the United Nations campaign to ramp up the response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa.
Alarming tendencies and suicidal behaviour among Kazakhstani teens: UNICEF Youth Health Development
A committee on social and cultural development discussed results of their suicide survey among teenagers in Kazakhstan.
Sierra Leone quarantines more than one million people
Sierra Leone has ordered the quarantine "with immediate effect" of three districts and 12 tribal chiefdoms -- affecting more than one million people.
Doctors say Nepal PM free of cancer: minister
Doctors have given a clean bill of health to Nepal's Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, following successful radiotherapy for lung cancer.