Health

Apr 5, 2019

Cholera is surging once again in war-ravaged Yemen

Cholera is surging once again in Yemen, with the U.N. reporting that the number of suspected cases has doubled in March over previous months


Apr 5, 2019

UN: Climate disasters imperil Bangladesh kids' lives, future

A report by the U.N. children's agency says the lives and futures of more than 19 million Bangladeshi children are at risk from the impact of floods, cyclones and other environmental disasters linked to climate change


Mar 26, 2019

Pakistani court grants bail to ex-PM for medical treatment

Pakistan's supreme court has granted six weeks' bail to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for medical treatment at a domestic hospital


Mar 25, 2019

UN warns of spike in cholera, displacement in Yemen

The UN says Yemen has witnessed a sharp spike in the number of suspected cholera cases this year, as well as increased displacement in a northern province.


Mar 22, 2019

Pakistan: Mentally ill death row inmate dies in hospital

A Pakistani rights group says a mentally ill prisoner who spent the last 16 years of his life on death row has died at a hospital in the eastern city of Lahore


Mar 8, 2019

Officials: Bomb in Iraq's Mosul kills 13-year-old girl

Health officials say a car bomb outside a restaurant in Iraqi's northern city of Mosul has killed two people, including a 13-year-old


Feb 22, 2019

Police: 5 children die of food poisoning in Pakistan

Pakistani police: 5 children die of suspected food poisoning after family ate dinner at restaurant in country's south


Jan 21, 2019

Pakistan kicks off year's first polio campaign in 2019

Health official says Pakistan kicks off first polio vaccination campaign for 2019 in efforts to eradicate disease


Jan 13, 2019

Pakistan's top court stays execution of mentally ill man

Pakistan's top court stays execution of mentally ill ex-policeman for killing fellow officer in 2003, orders new hearing


Jan 10, 2019

Woman, 2 sons die in Nepal town in suspected menstrual exile

A woman and her two sons have died in a remote village in Nepal because of a tradition in which women are exiled from their homes and forced to live in huts during menstruation