Health News

The north Chinese province of Hebei, which will supply arid Beijing with much of its water for the summer Olympics, is suffering severe drought, with half a million residents likely to face hardships with drinking water.

China has announced a bird flu outbreak among poultry in its unusually cold south, a day after two women, one in China and one in neighbouring Vietnam, died of the virus.

Bird flu has killed a woman teacher in northern Vietnam, the fourth death from the H5N1 virus this year, state-run Voice of Vietnam radio reported on Tuesday.

The United Nations launched on Monday a campaign to combat violence against women and girls, calling it a global scourge affecting a third of the world's female population.

TOKYO(Reuters Life!) - Imagine Indian yoga, Japanese zen, Chinese tai chi and qigong, wrapped into a 20-minute warm-up to be completed before you've even had your first cup of coffee of the day.

Visiting squalid urban slums and giving vaccinations at a crowded rural clinic, Britain's aid minister called on Saturday for World Bank reform and a sharper international focus to fight poverty in Africa.

Britain has ruled out introducing a compulsory DNA database on practical and ethical grounds, the Home Office (interior ministry) said on Saturday.

Japan launched an experimental communications satellite on Saturday as part of an ambitious space programme that could help ensure super high-speed Internet access in remote parts of Japan and elsewhere in Asia.

Vietnamese victims of wartime "agent orange" were disappointed by a U.S. court's dismissal of a lawsuit against chemical companies but believe they have gathered more support for their cause, an official said on Saturday.

Sen. Hillary Clinton fended off questions about the future of her presidential bid on Friday, insisting her remarks at a debate were not a farewell but declining to promise she would stay in the race after must-win votes in Ohio and Texas on March 4.

Was it a pivotal moment that could change the campaign, or the swan song of a candidate who may be nearing the end of her U.S. presidential bid?

Citigroup has appointed a veteran banker to head its Asian consumer and health care group in a bid to tap into dealmaking by companies capitalising on surging domestic spending in countries such as China and India.

Older people who have significant trouble staying awake during the day have more than four times the normal risk of having a stroke, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

Rich countries are poaching so many African health workers that the practice should be viewed as a crime, a team of international disease experts said on Thursday.

Swimming can significantly ease the debilitating pain of fibromyalgia, an ailment with no known cure, European researchers said on Friday.

A man from China's southern Guangxi autonomous region has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

The U.S. military conceded on Thursday it did not know if two women who carried out bombings in Baghdad that killed almost 100 people were mentally handicapped, casting doubt on earlier assertions.

Following is a snapshot of analysts' expectations from the union budget compiled from brokerage reports.

China will set policies aimed at stopping the spread of AIDS among gay men as the country seeks to stem growing numbers of HIV infections contracted through sex, state media reported.

Older Americans are having less trouble with their memories, and it may be because they spent more time in school, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.