UK hospital wrongful prescription of painkillers responsible for 456 deaths

More than 450 patients died after being given powerful painkillers inappropriately at Gosport War Memorial Hospital, a report has found.An independent panel said, taking into account missing records,…

Germany recalls contaminated Dutch eggs in fipronil scare

Six German states have been told to pull some 73,000 eggs from sale after residue was detected from an insecticide called fipronil.Agriculture officials in Lower Saxony said the eggs had come from an…

DR Congo's Ebola outbreak could end soon - WHO

The director general of the World Health Organisation said Sunday he believed a swift end could be put to the outbreak of Ebola in northwestern DR Congo, some 21 days which has left 27 people dead ov…

Blood test may predict premature birth

US and Danish researchers said on Thursday they have developed an inexpensive blood test that may predict with up to 80 percent accuracy whether a pregnant woman will give birth prematurely.While mor…

Britain's Supreme Court rejects Northern Ireland abortion law case

Human rights campaigners have lost a Supreme Court appeal over the legality of Northern Ireland's abortion law.The court dismissed an appeal brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (N…

World Health Organisation warns smoking responsible for millions of heart attacks and strokes

While the link between smoking and a range of cancers is well known, the World Health Organization warned Thursday there was too little awareness of tobacco's impact on the human heart.On the occasio…

Uganda denies Ebola outbreak reports

Uganda's Ministry of Health has denied reports of an Ebola outbreak in the country, privately-owned Daily Monitor reports, quoting the minister in charge.Sarah Opendi said: "We would like to inform t…

Indian child dies from mother's 'snake bite' breast milk

An Indian woman who was bitten by a snake in her sleep and unknowingly breastfed poisoned milk to her daughter has died along with the child, police said Friday.The 35-year-old woman from Uttar Prade…

Catholic priest 'infected with Ebola' in DR Congo

A Catholic priest has been quarantined after being infected with the Ebola virus in the town of Mbandaka in the Democratic Republic of Congo, medical sources said on Thursday."We have quarantined a p…

12 dead following Cholera outbreak In Adamawa

About 12 people have been killed and 134 others affected following a Cholera outbreak in Adamawa, Nigeria's northeast.The Medical Director, General Hospital Mubi, Ezra Sakawa confirmed the news to Re…

Nipah virus death toll rises in India

At least 10 people have died in the Nipah virus outbreak in the southern Indian state of Kerala, doctors say.Two others who have tested positive for the virus are critically ill. Some 40 people have …

Deadly Nipah virus claims victims in India

Health officials in the south Indian state of Kerala say nine people have died in confirmed and suspected cases of the deadly Nipah virus.Three victims tested positive for the virus in the last fortn…

Ebola-hit DR Congo to begin vaccination

Health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are to begin an immunisation campaign in an attempt to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.The experimental vaccine proved effective when used…

Ebola toll: 45 cases with 14 confirmed and 25 dead says WHO

The number of suspected, probable and confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 45, with 25 people dead, the World Health Organization said Friday.WHO spokesman Tarik Jas…

Child killing virus hits Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's health officials on Thursday warned that a new virus affecting children was spreading in the island's south and five deaths had already been reported.The Government Information Department…

Ebola outbreak spreads to DR Congo's city of Mbandaka

The recent Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached a major city in the country, intensifying fears that the outbreak is slowly getting out of control.DR Congo's Health Mi…

WHO says 19 dead, 39 infected so far in Congo Ebola outbreak

Democratic Republic of Congo reported 39 suspected, probable or confirmed cases of Ebola between April 4 and May 13, including 19 deaths, the World Health Organization said on Monday.It said 393 peop…

Lassa Fever outbreak in Nigeria contained - WHO

The World Health Organisation says that with declining numbers and only a handful of confirmed cases reported in recent weeks, the critical phase of Nigeria's largest Lassa fever outbreak is under co…

WHO plans for Ebola 'worst case scenario'

The World Health Organization is planning to send Ebola vaccines to the town of Bikoro in north-western Democratic Republic of Congo, which is grappling with an outbreak of the deadly virus, news age…

DR Congo reports four more Ebola cases

Four more cases of Ebola have been detected in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo, doctors said Thursday, two days after DRC reported a fresh outbreak of the disease.Of the four affected people, …