Health/Science

GENEVA—The international Red Cross says cholera has spread to Haiti’s national prison in the capital Port-au-Prince. The International Committee of the Red Cross says 30 inmates have been infected with the diarrheal disease and 10 […] […]

HAITI has been hit by a particularly “virulent” strain of cholera that could stay in the country for years, even if health measures will now limit its human toll, US officials said. Not only do […] […]

WASHINGTON—The cholera epidemic that has killed 1,110 people and sickened thousands more in Haiti is part of a 49-year-old global pandemic and was likely brought to the Caribbean country by a single infected person, scientists […] […]

FRESH rioting has killed one man in Haiti as fears grow that the cholera epidemic may spread beyond Haiti’s borders and claim 10,000 lives. Haiti’s Health Ministry said yesterday 1100 people had died from cholera […] […]

HONG Kong has confirmed its first case of bird flu in humans in seven years, with a 59-year-old woman in a serious condition after a visit to mainland China. The government has raised Hong Kong’s […] […]

TEHRAN, Iran—The human impact from the wrangling between Iran and the West over its nuclear program could fall first in nuclear medicine clinics around the country, where hundreds of cancer patients a week get treatment […] […]

WILLIAM’S love match with Kate has passed the seven-year test. IT was a day when the British royal family had unquestionably good news to share with its subjects but Prince Charles still managed to roll […] […]

A ONCE-OFF surgical procedure which dramatically reduces high blood pressure is being hailed by experts as a “magic bullet” for cardiovascular disease. Australian-led research which found the treatment to be highly effective in the hardest […] […]

MIAMI—Florida health authorities are reporting the state’s first case of cholera linked to the current outbreak in Haiti. Dr. Thomas Torok of the Florida Department of Health said Wednesday the case involved a woman who […] […]

PORT-AU-PRINCE – Protesters who hold United Nations soldiers from Nepal responsible for a deadly outbreak of cholera that has killed nearly 1000 people barricaded Haiti’s second-largest city yesterday, burning cars and stoning a UN peacekeeping […] […]