
Measles surges in UK years after flawed research
More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of now discredited research that linked ...

India announces low-cost rotavirus vaccine
The Indian government announced Tuesday the development of a new low-cost vaccine proven effective against a diarrhea-causing virus that is one of the ...

2 new viruses could both spark global outbreaks
Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials — a novel coronavirus in the Middle ...
France confirms 2nd case of SARS-related virus
France has confirmed a second case of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, authorities said Sunday, as they increased efforts to inform the ...
New suspicious French case of SARS-related virus
France's health minister says tests on three suspected cases of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS are negative — but a fourth needs ...
3 suspected cases of SARS-related virus in France
French health officials said Friday they are investigating three suspected cases of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, in people who had ...
Cannes charity AIDS gala reveals headliners
Dame Shirley Bassey and the British rock band Duran Duran will perform at amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS gala during this year's Cannes Film Festival.
France confirms 1st case of new SARS-related virus
A 65-year-old Frenchman is hospitalized after contracting France's first case of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, and French health ...

Catholic bishops condemn Irish abortion bill
Ireland's Roman Catholic leaders appealed to the public Friday to lobby their lawmakers to reject a bill that would permit abortions deemed necessary ...

Ireland publishes bill on life-saving abortions
Ireland unveiled a long-awaited bill Wednesday that lays down new rules governing when life-saving abortions can be performed, a point of potentially ...

Study: New bird flu jumped directly from chickens
Chinese scientists have for the first time found strong evidence of how humans became infected with a new strain of bird flu: from chickens at a live ...
US device will screen for fake medicines overseas
U.S. health officials are making a high-tech screening device available in Africa to help spot counterfeit malaria pills in hopes that the technology ...
Man dies as UK measles epidemic spreads
U.K. authorities say a 25-year-old man is suspected to have died from measles as an epidemic continues to sweep across south Wales. The outbreak has ...

Irish jury: Poor care killed woman denied abortion
A miscarrying Indian woman who died from blood poisoning in an Irish hospital after being denied an abortion perished because staff bungled her ...

Polio vaccine developer Koprowski dies
Dr. Hilary Koprowski, the Polish-born researcher who developed the first successful oral vaccination for polio, died this week at his Philadelphia ...

Widower accepts apology in Irish abortion case
The husband of a woman who died after being denied an abortion in an Irish hospital accepted an apology Thursday from a midwife who, when explaining ...

Severe US flu season helped Roche's Q1 sales
Strong sales of new cancer drugs and a severe U.S. flu season helped lift first-quarter revenue at Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG by 6 percent.

Gunmen kill Pakistani policeman during polio drive
Gunmen shot to death a policeman protecting a team of female polio workers in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, the latest in a series of attacks ...

Dengue cases may be 4 times more common than known
There may be nearly four times as many people infected with the tropical disease dengue globally than was previously believed, according to a new ...

South Africa: Mandela discharged from the hospital
Former President Nelson Mandela was discharged from a hospital on Saturday following treatment for pneumonia, the presidency said in news that cheered ...

South Africa: Mandela in hospital on Easter
Former South African President Nelson Mandela had a restful day in a hospital Sunday and is improving following treatment for a recurrence of ...
240,000 Pakistani children miss anti-polio drive
Some 240,000 children have missed U.N.-backed vaccinations against polio because of security concerns in Pakistan's tribal regions bordering ...
Emirati man dies of SARS-linked virus in Germany
A man from the United Arab Emirates who was infected with a new SARS-related virus has died in Munich, German authorities said Tuesday. The case ...