Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

India coronavirus death toll passes China's

India's coronavirus death toll passed neighbouring China's on Friday, with 175 new fatalities in 24 hours taking the total to 4,706, according to official data.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New York 'fully prepared' to handle Ebola case: mayor

New York's mayor said Friday that the city's health system is fully equipped to handle Ebola after a doctor who had been infected in West Africa was hospitalised in America's largest city.

HIV & AIDS

US mulls lifting ban on gay blood donations (Update)

A US ban on blood donations by gays could be eased after 31 years, depending on the decision of a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee that began two days of meetings Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Guinea extends Ebola emergency measures

Ebola-hit Guinea has extended a health emergency declared in March until the end of June, citing the persistence of the deadly virus in the country, the presidency said on Saturday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Mongolia seals off cities, bans flights after first virus case

Mongolia on Tuesday barred anyone from entering or leaving its cities for six days and banned most international flights after the country reported its first coronavirus case—a Frenchman who arrived from Moscow.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Test developed for bat-borne virus in Asia

University of the Sunshine Coast-led research has developed a simple dipstick test to screen for a highly infectious, potentially deadly virus transmitted by bats to humans and pigs in Asia.

Health

Mayo Clinic Minute: Bats can be a rabies threat

October is Bat Month and a good time to make sure they are not roosting in your home. The Humane Society of the United States has tips to evict them so they don't hibernate in your home for the winter.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Health authorities repeating mistakes in Ebola fight: MSF

Health authorities are repeating the mistakes of the past in combatting Ebola, more than a year after its onset in Guinea and Sierra Leone, the international president of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned Saturday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Post-Ebola, West Africans flock back to bush meat, with risk

As the deadly outbreak of Ebola has subsided, people in several West African countries are flocking to eat bush meat again after restrictions were lifted on the consumption of wild animals like hedgehogs and cane rats. But ...

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