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Ebola toll hits 2,400 as Cuba pledges medics

The worst-ever Ebola outbreak has killed more than 2,400 people, as Cuba pledged the largest foreign medical team.

Ebola toll hits 2,400 as Cuba pledges medics
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British national fails suicide in Western Kazakhstan

A British national has attempted to commit suicide in Aksai, Western Kazakhstan Oblast.

British national fails suicide in Western Kazakhstan
Sierra Leone to visit every home to track down Ebola dead

Sierra Leone announced plans to visit every home in the country of six million to track down people with Ebola and remove dead bodies.

Sierra Leone to visit every home to track down Ebola dead
Damel Mektepbayeva. Screenshot from the team's project video
Kazakhstani invents device to diagnose sexually transmitted diseases

Damel Mektepbayeva, junior researcher at Nazarbayev University, has developed a device that rapidly diagnoses sexually transmitted diseases.

Kazakhstani invents device to diagnose sexually transmitted diseases
Barack Obama. ©RIA Novosti
Obama warns stopping Ebola 'will not be easy'

Barack Obama told West Africans that Ebola could be beaten but cautioned that it would not be easy to stem the spread of the deadly disease.

Obama warns stopping Ebola 'will not be easy'
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Only 20% of infants with heart diseases get help in Kazakhstan

Only 20 percent of infants with heart diseases receive medical aid in Kazakhstan.

Only 20% of infants with heart diseases get help in Kazakhstan
Tengrinews file photo
Kazakhstan makes first brain tumor surgery

National Center for Neurosurgery in Astana has successfully remove a brain tumor located close to motor cortex - the first such surgery in Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan makes first brain tumor surgery
Ebola zone countries isolated as airlines stop flights

The three nations at the centre of the west African Ebola outbreak were left isolated as more airlines suspended flights to the crisis zone.

Ebola zone countries isolated as airlines stop flights
©RIA Novosti
ADHD study flags pre-natal use of antidepressants

Children born to women who took antidepressants during pregnancy are statistically likelier to develop the mental disorder called ADHD.

ADHD study flags pre-natal use of antidepressants
India doctors remove foetus left inside mother for 36 years

Doctors in India have removed the foetus that had been inside a woman for 36 years in what is believed to be the world's longest ectopic pregnancy.

India doctors remove foetus left inside mother for 36 years
Air France staff refuse to fly to Ebola-hit nations

Some Air France flight crews are refusing to board planes bound for Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria over fears of the Ebola outbreak.

Air France staff refuse to fly to Ebola-hit nations
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Over 2000 people need new organs in Kazakhstan

Over 2 thousand people require organ transplantation in Kazakhstan.

Over 2000 people need new organs in Kazakhstan
Gaza death toll rises above 2,000: health ministry

The death toll in the war-torn Gaza Strip rose above 2,000, the health ministry said as more people injured in over a month of fighting.

Gaza death toll rises above 2,000: health ministry
Ambassador of Canada in Kazakhstan Shawn Steil and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Yerzhan Ashikbayev. Photo courtesy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kazakhstan and Canada agree on peaceful use of nuclear power

Kazakhstan and Canada have exchanged documents on peaceful use of nuclear power.

Kazakhstan and Canada agree on peaceful use of nuclear power
Chikungunya test vaccine shows promise: makers

A candidate vaccine against the joint disease chikungunya showed promise by provoking an immune response in human trials.

Chikungunya test vaccine shows promise: makers
Older people should get high dose flu shot: study

Older people are likely to benefit from a high-dose flu vaccine to ward off the seasonal malaise.

Older people should get high dose flu shot: study
Vice Minister of Education and Science Takir Balykbayev. Photo © Turar Kazangapov
2 applicants per university scholarship in Kazakhstan: Ministry of Education

For the upcoming 2014-2015 school year, there are a little over 2 applicants per a scholarship.

2 applicants per university scholarship in Kazakhstan: Ministry of Education
New breast cancer gene mutation found to raise risk

A newly discovered gene mutation raises a woman's risk of breast cancer and may be considered the third such inherited gene

New breast cancer gene mutation found to raise risk
©Reuters
Aspirin reduces risk from some cancers, says study

Daily, long-term doses of aspirin can slash the risk of cancer of the digestive tract.

Aspirin reduces risk from some cancers, says study
Photo © Yaroslav Radlovsky
Teen infected with CCHF in South Kazakhstan

A teen from South Kazakhstan oblast has been diagnosed with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF).

Teen infected with CCHF in South Kazakhstan