News about health

Singer Joni Mitchell hospitalized in US Canadian singer Joni Mitchell, one of the symbols of the Woodstock generation, was in intensive care in a Los Angeles hospital, according to her website.

01 April 2015 16:29

'I eat fast food every day,' say 13% of Kazakhstani children The Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development has decided to take one of the biggest social problems - obesity among children - in Kazakhstan under a strict control.

01 April 2015 01:00

Drastic improvements in Kazakhstan oncology: increased financing and higher detection rates Chief Oncologist of the Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development Kuanysh Nurgaviyev has reported on positive trends in the oncological situation in Kazakhstan and explained the increase of new cancer cases.

21 March 2015 14:46

Britain's Zayn Malik quits One Direction tour with stress One Direction star Zayn Malik quit the world tour of the British-Irish pop phenomenon due to stress, a spokesman for the band said.

20 March 2015 09:56

Condition of Singapore's founding leader Lee worsens: PM The health of Singapore's founding leader Lee Kuan Yew has worsened due to an infection after nearly six weeks in hospital, the government said.

17 March 2015 16:06

Hong Kong leader forced to speak on daughter's health Hong Kong's leader Leung Chun-ying was forced to make an official statement about his daughter's health she posted a number of alarming messages on her Facebook page.

17 March 2015 16:04

Liberia leader hails Obama's 'extraordinary' Ebola efforts Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf praised President Barack Obama's "extraordinary" leadership in the fight against the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

28 February 2015 12:47

One billion young at risk of hearing loss from loud music: WHO More than one billion young people risk damaging their hearing through listening to loud music, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

28 February 2015 12:01

Measles vaccination in Kazakhstan: safe or not? Authorities in Kazakhstan and the WHO disagree on the safety of measles vaccination.

25 February 2015 22:57

Vaccination against measles in Kazakhstan puts teenagers into hospital beds Vaccination against measles in Kazakhstan went terribly wrong when dozens of teenagers were hospitalized in fever and unconscious to local hospitals.

24 February 2015 21:00

Red Cross denounces attacks on Ebola teams in Guinea The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement denounced a series of violent attacks on its volunteers battling the deadly Ebola epidemic in Guinea

12 February 2015 10:53

UN opens GDO in Almaty; More UN agencies want hub offices in Kazakhstan UN agencies are interested in opening hub offices in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

11 February 2015 21:30

Suicidal youth not taken seriously in Kazakhstan: UNICEF A quarter of Kazakhstani teenagers who committed suicide had talked about it before the actual act with their friends or family.

09 February 2015 15:41

Pentagon study claimed Putin has Asperger's syndrome A Pentagon study from 2008 claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has Asperger's syndrome, giving him a need to exert "extreme control".

06 February 2015 12:43

WHO names Ebola response chief The World Health Organization said it had appointed its assistant director-general Bruce Aylward to head its overall response to the deadly Ebola outbreak.

04 February 2015 10:05

Whitney Houston's daughter 'fighting for life' Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of late singing legend Whitney Houston, was fighting for her life after she was pulled unconscious from a bathtub.

03 February 2015 15:15

Obama hails 'boundless' promise of precision medicine President Barack Obama unveiled plans to plow $215 million into "precision medicine" research.

31 January 2015 14:54

Sole survivor in Kazakhstan's plane crash undergoes five surgeries The only survivor in the AN-2 plane crash in Zhambyl Oblast, Kazakhstan, Asem Shayakhmetova has had five surgeries from on January 27-29, 2015.

31 January 2015 01:51

Super Bowl alert after measles outbreak warning in Arizona Health authorities in Arizona are on alert after warning that 1,000 people may have been exposed to a measles outbreak as the US state prepares to host this weekend's Super Bowl.

30 January 2015 16:09

WHO pledges reforms as it admits Ebola mistakes The World Health Organization's chief admitted the UN agency had been caught napping on Ebola and pledged reforms to avoid similar mistakes in future.

26 January 2015 12:41

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