In a bid to curb the spread of Ebola, Guinea's President Alpha Conde has declared a 45-day "health emergency" in five regions of the epidemic-hit nation.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan ranks sixth among the 22 high tuberculosis (TB) affected countries, and has 43 per cent share of its patients in the Eastern-Mediterranean region of World Health Organization (W

State health officials confirmed 50 fresh cases and four deaths due to swine flu on Sunday.

Deadly swine flu continued to spread its wings, claiming the lives of 12 more people.

According to Dr. Abdou K.

Cameroonians in all the nooks and crannies of the country are receiving answers to these questions and many others as the world commemorates Tuberculosis Day under the theme "Reach, Treat and Cure

An experimental Ebola vaccine has been shown to effectively protect monkeys against the often-deadly virus, according to a study published Thursday.

Fears that the current Ebola epidemic, the deadliest in history, was caused by a more lethal, fast-moving or easily transmissible virus than in previous outbreaks appear to be unfounded, according

The swine flu death toll was six short of touching the 2,000-mark as 19 more persons succumbed to the disease on Thursday, while the number of affected persons crossed 33,000.

Ebola is more deadly for young children than adults, an analysis in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests.