Nearly 80% of cancer patients in India are in the advanced stages of suffering when they come to hospitals, compared to 20% in the West. World Cancer Day on February 4th, is an occasion...
Culling began after a fresh outbreak of a potential threat of the H5 strain of the Avian influenza virus on a poultry farm at the Indian Council Research Centre at Lembucharra, about 45...
Leprosy disease can affect anyone from children to adults. If treated early, leprosy can be cured completely and does not cause disability. Indonesia is now ranked third in the world af...
An estimated 4,000 motorcycle riders from around Southern California gathered to help make a bedridden thirteen year old boy's wish to see and hear motorcycles roar past his home c...
The Biswa Ijtema, or the World Congregation of Muslims, concluded with the faithful in their hundreds of thousands seeking peace and welfare of humanity. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 22nd January...
Garbage that was dumped into a East Java river has contaminated the local water and caused a blockage of the flow. Flooding now occurs during the rainy season and brought the onset of v...
A tree collapses next to the childrens play equipment at Maple Primary School, St Albans during a day where high winds battered the whole of the country. 3rd January 2012
Recently, silicone gel breast implants were reviewed for safety issues after using them in plastic surgery. The images demonstrate examination and testing such nine year old implant. Te...
A 29-year-old woman died of suspected a Ebola attack at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi where she had been rushed for emergency treatment. Nairobi, Kenya. 22nd December 2011
Militant group Karapatan go on protest in front of the Department of Justice with the puppet of former President Arroyo in an orange jump suit, because she allegedly evades taking respo...
Personnel from the Secretariat of Health of the City of Mexico vaccinate citizens against influenza at a metro station. The vaccinations are part of a coordinated effort to stifle a par...
Davy Keo recounts her life and the brutality inflicted on her family by the Khmer Rouge regime in 1970's Cambodia as three of Pol Pot's ageing Khmer Rouge top commanders face ...
London eye turned its color to red during the night to give awareness to World AIDS day. The London Eye is a 135-metre tall giant Ferris wheel situated on the banks of the River Thames....
The number of new HIV/AIDS-affected people is soaring, as the health minister has revealed 445 new HIV positive cases and 251 AIDS patients detected in 2011. Bangladesh. 1st December 20...
Tannery workers in Dhaka, have been suffering from severe skin diseases, allergy and chest pain due to high volumes of pollution, with medication making no difference. On the site they ...
Ministry of Prisoners and the ex-Palestinian Prisoner's Club, organized in collaboration with various institutions, staged a mass sit-in in front of the International Red Cross hea...
Although the Poush and Magh in Bangla calendar are considered as winter, the winter was set in this locality with the commencement of the month of Agrahayan. 22nd November 2011
The leather sector, country's third largest foreign exchange earner, has been badly hit by the anthrax scare that caused a drastic fall in slaughter of cattle. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1...
Kenyan artist Shake Makelele artwork is featured on the new African Medical and Research Foundation season’s greetings cards depicting African scenes showing bold and beautiful art usin...
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