Health

Pakistan polio cases hit record high in 14 years

Polio cases in Pakistan have hit the highest number in 14 years, with health officials blaming the rise on attacks…

10 years ago

Ebola in US: Thomas Eric Duncan’s family moved out of Dallas flat

The occupants of the Dallas flat where Thomas Eric Duncan lay sick for days with Ebola have been moved from…

10 years ago

World’s first womb-transplant baby born in Sweden

A Swedish woman with a transplanted womb has given birth to a baby boy, in a medical first, doctors reported.…

10 years ago

Origins of AIDS pandemic traced to 1920’s in Kinshasa

According to an international team of scientists said, the origin of the AIDS pandemic has been traced to the 1920s…

10 years ago

Early HIV treatment is not a cure

Doctors treating a HIV-infected baby in Milan, Italy, say that giving drugs within hours of infection is not a cure.…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: NBC cameraman tests positive for virus in Liberia

An American cameraman working in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola. The 33-year-old freelancer is to be flown home to…

10 years ago

Thomas Eric Duncan: Dallas Ebola patient to be prosecuted in Liberia

Liberia will prosecute Thomas Eric Duncan, the first man diagnosed with Ebola in the US, accusing him of lying over…

10 years ago

Five reasons you’re tired all the time

If you find yourself counting down the minutes to bedtime as soon as you wake, yawning your way through the…

10 years ago

Sierra Leone: Five new Ebola cases per hour

Leading charity Save the Children has warned that a rate of five new Ebola cases an hour in Sierra Leone…

10 years ago

Texas school children monitored for Ebola

Texas school children have come into contact with the first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola on US soil, Governor…

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