Health

US. Iowa company churns out 100 cloned cows a year

In the meadow, four white-haired Shorthorn heifers peel off from the others, raising their heads…

Nigeria's Primary Health agency boss, bags Nkrumah Leadership Award; ICON 2014

National Primary Health Care Development Agency boss, Dr Ado Muhammad, has been declared winner of…

Drug-smuggling Australian sentenced to death in Vietnam

An Australian of Vietnamese origin has been sentenced to death after trying to smuggle four…

7 die in gastroenteritis outbreak in Jigawa

Commissioner for Health in Jigawa, Dr Tafida Abubakar, on Wednesday said an outbreak of gastroenteritis…

Indonesia pushes for graphic health warnings on cigarette packs

An Indonesian law requiring manufacturers to display pictorial health warnings on cigarette packs came into…

Study finds link between pesticides and autism

A California study out Monday found that pregnant women who lived near farms where pesticides…

Two million under-fives die each year in central, west Africa: UN

Two million children under five die each year in central and western Africa, accounting for…

French Court suggests 'euthanasia' for vegetative 39-year-old

The public rapporteur of France's top court has recommended ending the life support of a…

Family Planning row: Man sentenced to death in China

A court in south China's Guangxi Zhuang, an autonomous region on Thursday in Nanning (China),…

Egypt's Mubarak breaks leg in hospital fall: medics

Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak broke a leg on Thursday in the Cairo military hospital…