A total of 16,744 people died as a result of infectious diseases on the Chinese mainland in 2015, according to official data revealed on Thursday.

THE death toll from the earthquake that struck southern Taiwan on Saturday had climbed to 55 as of 7:30am on Thursday, with more than 80 people missing.

Babies born to mothers exposed to air pollution from traffic during pregnancy have an increased risk of developing asthma before the age of six, according to new research by scholars from Universit

Beijing recorded 46 days of heavy pollution during 2015, accounting for 12.6 percent of the year, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) announced on Tuesday.

Mexico has 37 cases of Zika virus infection in seven of the country's 32 states, the authorities said Wednesday.

Tonga has confirmed two zika cases and there are at least 259 suspected cases of zika virus in the Pacific island kingdom, local media reported Thursday.

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A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit waters close to northeast coast of Taiwan at a depth of 200 kilometers at 10:19 p.m.

CUTTING pollution from ships is the aim of a new pilot program being launched in the Yangtze River Delta, the Ministry of Transport said yesterday.

Vietnam's Health Ministry said on Monday that a total of 637 people were affected by food poisoning in January this year and one of them had died.