Zimbabwe has been hit by H3N2 influenza with one person dead while more than 140,000 people affected by the disease.

At least eight people have died due to a severe diarrhea outbreak in Doti district in far-western Nepal recently.

The Australian High Commission said Australia supported the introduction of three new vaccines into Fiji's health system.

Uganda's Ministry of Health and WHO confirmed that the deadly Ebola had broken out in the East African country, killing 14 people.

A Canadian agency has reminded the public of illness risks associated with eating raw or undercooked bivalve shellfish.

Wanlip Nutawai is scrubbing trains with a mop dipped with sanitizer in Bangkok to protect children from hand, food and mouth disease.

The number of deaths caused by the H1N1 flu in Brazil this year rose to 221, according to an official report released on Thursday.

An official with the WHO said that the HIV drug resistance needs to be observed, although it is not a major problem right now.

A recent joint Israeli-American study said Praying regularly could reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's by up to 50 percent.