Mass surge to sign up for ObamacareHundreds of thousands of Americans rushed to buy President Barack Obama's new health insurance plans Monday, prompting a victory lap from a White House that paid a steep political price for its greatest achievement.
01 April 2014
Careless surgery brings child to disabilityFor 10 y.o. Damira Esskendirova a simple surgery instead of brining relief turned into a constant pain and possible permanent disability due to the doctor’s carelessness.
31 March 2014
Guinea battles to contain Ebola as death toll risesGuinea raced to contain a spiralling Ebola epidemic spreading from its southern forests to the capital Conakry, as the death toll rose to 78 and neighbouring Senegal closed its border.
31 March 2014
Nurse charged over UK hospital poisoning deathsA male nurse has been charged with the murder of three patients who were poisoned with contaminated medical products at a British hospital, police said.
Australia to sell biggest health insurerThe conservative government of Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Wednesday said it would press ahead with the sale of Australia's largest health insurer Medibank Private via an initial public offering.
26 March 2014
Ebola epidemic spreads to Guinea's capital: UNICEFAn Ebola epidemic which has already killed dozens of people in Guinea's southern forests has spread to the capital Conakry, the United Nations Children's Fund said on Sunday.
Toshiba unveils disease-detecting breathalyserJapan's Toshiba on Tuesday unveiled a breathalyser which it says can detect a wide range of diseases just 30 seconds after users blow into the machine.
Five babies a day left at Chinese city's 'baby hatch'More than 260 unwanted children, most of them babies, have been abandoned in a Chinese "safe haven" in just over six weeks -- more than five a day -- since it opened in late January.
17 March 2014
Saudi MERS death toll rises to 63Saudi health authorities said Saturday a young man had died from the MERS coronavirus, bringing the death toll from the respiratory disease in the worst-hit country to 63.
15 March 2014
Syria foreign minister has heart op in BeirutSyrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, who led the regime's negotiating team at failed peace talks this year, underwent a successful heart operation in neighbouring Lebanon on Friday, Syrian television reported.
15 March 2014
What is the cause of sleep syndrome in Kalachi?A team of finest ecologists, virologists and toxicologists arrived to the Kalachi village of Akmola Oblast to determine the cause of the mysterious sleep syndrome that has affected more than 30 villagers.
Blood test can predict Alzheimer'sResearchers in the United States say they have developed a prototype blood test that can tell with 90-percent accuracy whether a healthy person will develop Alzheimer's disease within three years.