The abuse of synthetic drugs such as methamphetamine has been on the rise in China, according to an annual drug abuse report.
African swine fever, a viral disease harmless to people but lethal to pigs, has been found in Ukraine.
The Philippine gov't confirmed the second case of EV-71 on a five-year-old boy from the northern province of Benguet.
Scientists met to discuss the nodding disease whose cause is not known but continues to ravage rural communities in northern Uganda.
An Australian equestrian center has been quarantined after a horse dead there infected with the deadly Hendra virus.
The LNP+ has launched an information campaign across the country to help stop the rise in the number of people with HIV.
Kenya's health officials have dismissed fears of a possible outbreak of Ebola in the East African nation after 13 people died.
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.
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