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Medical device maker Medtronic to buy Covidien for $42.9 bn US medical-device maker Medtronic will buy its Irish-based competitor Covidien for $42.9 billion, the company said.

16 June 2014

Doctors of East Kazakhstan Oblast get new helicopter An ambulance station in Semey, East Kazakhstan Oblast has received a helicopter on the eve of their professional holiday.

15 June 2014

Over 50% of school children diagnosed with nearsightedness in Kazakhstan According to Kazakhstan Ministry of Health, almost half of the Kazakhstani school kids develop nearsightedness (myopia) during studies.

14 June 2014

Obama in 'excellent' health: doctor US President Barack Obama is in "excellent" health and has given up cigarettes, but still resorts to nicotine gum every now and again, his doctor said.

13 June 2014

S.Africa president Zuma discharged from hospital South Africa's President Jacob Zuma left hospital late Sunday, the day after he was admitted for routine tests following a bout of exhaustion, this office said.

09 June 2014

Infected food blamed for British baby's hospital death A likely contamination of liquid food was on Wednesday blamed for the death in Britain of one baby and the poisoning of 14 more, regulators said.

05 June 2014

Immunotherapy is new revolution in cancer fight Immunotherapy has made great strides against cancers like melanoma that were once believed incurable, though scientists still do not understand why it works well in some cases but not others.

04 June 2014

Series of minimally invasive surgeries held by Israeli surgeons in Almaty Israeli surgeons came of Almaty to make several low-traumatic surgeries using minimally invasive laparoscopy and conduct master classes for local doctors.

03 June 2014

After 8,000 cholera deaths, Haiti faces new epidemic Hard-hit by a cholera epidemic that started in 2010, Haiti now faces a new threat in the expanding chikungunya virus, authorities said

29 May 2014

Brazil seizes spoiled food from World Cup hotels Brazilian health officials have raided hotels that will host visiting World Cup teams, including England and Italy, and confiscated expired food such as shrimp and salmon from their kitchens.

28 May 2014

S. Korea hospice fire kills 21, patient detained A fire swept through a South Korean hospice for elderly, infirm patients early Wednesday, killing 21 people in what police said appeared to be an act of arson by an 81-year-old Alzheimer's sufferer.

28 May 2014

Rare Australian conjoined twins die Australian conjoined twins Hope and Faith, who shared a body and skull but had separate brains and identical faces, have died almost three weeks after they were born in Sydney, medical officials said.

27 May 2014

Mexican man, once world's heaviest, dies at 48 A Mexican man who was once the world's heaviest human when he weighed, weighing 597 kilos (1,316 pounds) at one point, has died at the age of 48, medical officials said.

27 May 2014

Atyrau besieged by mosquitoes Population of mosquitoes in and around Atyrau has increased significantly making the mosquito problem more tangible then ever.

26 May 2014

China father beat daughter to death for copying An 11-year-old girl in China was beaten to death by her father for copying a classmate's homework, state-run media said.

21 May 2014

Ex-Beatle McCartney cancels Japan tour over illness Former 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

Study lists dangerous chemicals linked to breast cancer Certain chemicals that are common in everyday life have been shown to cause breast cancer in lab rats and are likely to do the same in women, US researchers said.

13 May 2014

Malaria mosquitoes spotted in Astana Anopheles claviger, a malaria mosquito species uncommon for Kazakhstan, has been spotted in the wetlands near Astana.

12 May 2014

Sudan's Bashir has knee operation Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir underwent a knee operation on Sunday, his press secretary said, amid uncertainty over whether the leader will seek to extend his 25 years in power.

12 May 2014

13 new MERS deaths in Saudi Arabia Saudi 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

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