GENEVA (AP) " The World Health Organization says at least 8,153 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Conakry — As the Ebola epidemic continues to ravage parts of West Africa, health officials are intensifying their efforts on the ground.

The mortality (death) rate of swine flu shot up last year though doctors say the H1N1 virus has become endemic.

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AIZAWL, Dec 1 – At least 9,637 people in Mizoram have been found to be HIV-positive while 587 AIDS patients died in the State in the last 24 years, according to Mizoram State AIDS Control Society.

India has initiated the process of formulating standardised clinical guidelines for managing extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, which occurs outside lungs.

Monrovia — The World Bank has signed an additional US$115M financing grant agreement of the Ebola Emergency Response Project with the Government of Liberia (GoL).

THE United States Government has launched a US$25million project towards HIV/AIDS prevention in Zambia.

The city may be fretting over a dengue outburst but malaria is not too far behind. This season it has claimed nine lives, which is one less from the year's official dengue casualty .

Environment undersecretary Christine Loh Kung-wai said the city needed to understand its long-term preparedness and where the risks lay as the earth's atmosphere changed.