Health

More than half of the world's children are now exposed to at least three overlapping climate and environmental hazards that threaten their health, education, safety and overall development, according to...

A man was shot dead during a protest against a proposed Ebola quarantine facility for United States citizens in central Kenya, as tensions escalated over plans to establish the centre...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have unveiled a $518 million six-month emergency response plan aimed at containing the rapidly...

More than 30 people have been killed in a series of attacks by suspected Islamist rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), further complicating efforts to contain a growing...

A promising new treatment for bladder cancer is being hailed by doctors as a breakthrough after trial results showed it can help patients avoid life-changing surgery while significantly reducing the...

Sharp reductions in foreign aid spending by the United Kingdom, Germany and France could contribute to more than 11.5 million preventable deaths by the end of the decade, according to...

The United Nations has warned that nearly 35 million Nigerians could face acute hunger between June and August as worsening economic pressures, conflict and inadequate humanitarian funding deepen the nation’s...

The World Health Organization has raised the national risk level of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to “very high” as infections and suspected deaths...

An Air France flight bound for the United States was diverted to Montreal after a passenger from the Democratic Republic of Congo boarded the aircraft despite emergency Ebola-related travel restrictions...

India and the African Union have postponed the upcoming India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi amid rising concerns over the worsening Ebola outbreak spreading across parts of Africa. India’s foreign...