 | | | | South Korea confirmed on Wednesday a sixth case of African swine fever (ASF) in a town, near its border with North Korea, the agriculture ministry said. | | | | | | Ismail Abdullah kicks a makeshift football, wrapped in pink plastic, with his right foot. A slight limp visible, he holds back as his cousins run forward in the sand. | | | | | | The Philippines risks having more cases of polio unless it sharply steps up its vaccinations of children under 5 years of age, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. | | | | | | Australia's capital city of Canberra will become the first in the country to legalize the possession, use and cultivation of small amounts of cannabis following a vote on Wednesday. | | | | | | Community health workers in India and Uganda are to be armed with smartphones and tablets that use data analytics, risk maps and social media trends help to save the lives of mothers and their babies. | | | | | | The New Zealand government is supporting a bid by the country's honey producers to trademark the name "manuka" in China, angering Australian rivals who fear losing out in their joint biggest market for the lucrative product. | | | | | | Massachusetts on Tuesday imposed a four-month ban on sales of all vaping products, amid what officials called a national public health emergency that so far has been linked to nine deaths. | | | | | | Long after the winds have died down and the flooding has subsided, huge hurricanes like Katrina may be shortening people's lives, especially when it comes to seniors with chronic diseases like diabetes, new research suggests. | | | | | | Americans are cutting back a bit on carbohydrates like sugary foods, refined grains, and starchy vegetables but these unhealthy options still make up about 42% of U.S. adults' daily calories, a new study suggests. | | | | | | Mothers who are more responsive and warmer in their interactions with their kids may have children with better language skills, especially in low-income households, a small study suggests. | | | | | | The U.S. Food and Administration on Tuesday approved Danish drugmaker Bavarian Nordic's Jynneos, making it the first approved vaccine for preventing monkeypox disease. | | | | | |
