Health
Turkish health minister says test results confirm sarin gas was used in attack on northern Syrian town
Turkish health minister says test results confirm sarin gas was used in attack on northern Syrian town
Iraqis haunted by war overwhelm mental health facilities
Countless Iraqis, including many children, suffer trauma brought on by years of war, an epidemic that has overwhelmed the country's limited mental health facilities
Family says imprisoned Bahrain activist undergoes surgery
The family of an imprisoned activist in Bahrain says he has undergone surgery for bleeding ulcers
Hospital struggles with Mosul's injured _ and its dead
The beleaguered Qayara hospital is one of only two public hospitals within a 120-mile (193-kilometer) radius, between Mosul and the central Iraqi city of Tikrit
Pakistan launches special anti-polio drive in Islamabad
A Pakistani health official says a special anti-polio drive has been launched in Islamabad after traces of the virus were found in the city's sewage system
Egypt suspends school lunches after mass food poisoning
An outbreak of food poisoning has sickened thousands of Egyptian schoolchildren this month, sending parents rushing to hospitals and leading the Education Ministry to temporarily suspend its school lunch program
Saudi king postpones visit to the Maldives over swine flu
The Maldives' government says Saudi Arabia's king has postponed an official visit because of the spread of swine flu in the archipelago nation
Egypt: 2,262 children fell ill in suspected food poisoning
In Egypt, over 2,200 schoolchildren admitted to hospital in suspected mass food poisoning
Stanford doctors train EMTs in a country with few paramedics
Nepal is woefully short of ambulances and trained emergency medical technicians are even rarer
Former addicts try to help drug users in Afghanistan
A small group of former addicts is trying to help drug users in Afghanistan, a country with one of the highest rates of addiction in the world