HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in Kenya has dropped marginally from 6.1 percent in 2005 to 5.9 percent this year, health officials said on Thursday.

Women who have worked on farms are about three times more likely to develop breast cancer than those who have never been employed as agricultural workers, Canadian scientists have found.

An outbreak of gastroenteritis has been reported at the Government Girls College in Nigeria's northeastern state of Yobe, with one student feared dead and 106 others hospitalized.

Televisions on buses in Beijing will no longer be allowed to broadcast commercials about anorectal diseases in the morning hours - for fear of putting passengers off their breakfast.

The world's success in eradicating polio now depends on four countries - Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan, public health experts said on Thursday.

Chinese archaeologists have discovered an ancient coffin painted with colored drawings dating back to the Eastern Han Dynasty (A.D. 25-220) in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

A female entrepreneur has topped a list of China's richest people, the first time a woman has done so, according to the Huran Report.

China's Ministry of Health is to train all medical professionals on prevention and control of key infectious diseases, including bird flu.

Almost two in every five Chinese local government officials wrongly believe China has developed a vaccine against AIDS, an official survey shows.

Tribhuwan University (TU), the first and biggest university of Nepal, is set to introduce Master's Degree on conflict management for the next educational year.