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Reading Time: < 1 minuteState health officials have been told to prepare for more human cases of bird flu, amid fears the virus could jump to people. …

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThree children are facing the death penalty in China for beating their 13-year-old classmate to death leaving him ‘disfigured beyond recognition’.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a major breakthrough for global health, Nigeria has become the first country to receive a groundbreaking new vaccine aimed at combating…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNew figures show more than 150,000 patients waited more than 24 hours in A&E departments before getting a hospital bed last year. …

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn Indian student has died in Cleveland, Ohio – the latest in a string of deaths among students visiting from the country, and the Indian-American community,…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteItalian officials have revealed that in a day and a half more than 1,500 migrants reached Lampedusa island, with 333 arriving on…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt least 94 people, including children, have died after a makeshift ferry sank off the northern coast of Mozambique, according to reports…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe World Health Organisation (WHO) says though the HIV epidemic in Africa isn’t raging as fiercely as before, transmission is still prevalent.  Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhile pregnant with her son in 2015, Chipiliro Kalebe-Nyamongo’s pregnancy was generally smooth – until she reached about 33 weeks.   Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBritons are being targeted by disreputable Turkish medics through pop-up hotel clinics offering cut-price cosmetic surgery as well as offering special deals if…