 | | | | Malaysia has reported an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N1 bird flu virus on a farm in the eastern region of Sabah, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday, citing a report from Malaysia's veterinary authorities. | | |
| | | China's Liaoning province will increase inspections at pig farms and markets and strengthen the monitoring of hog transportation, after the nation's first African swine fever case was reported there, local media Liaoning Daily reported on Monday. | | |
| | | Prospects faded over the weekend for a bill that would legalize abortion in Argentina, when an opposition senator said she had changed her mind and would vote against the measure when it is brought to the floor on Wednesday. | | |
| | | Japan has suspended imports of heat-treated Chinese pork after the first outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) was reported in China on Friday, an official at Japan's ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries said. | | |
| | | Britain plans to increase the number of organ donors by changing the rules of consent and presuming that people have agreed to transplants unless they have specifically opted out. | | |
| | | Vaccinations against a new outbreak of Ebola virus in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are due to begin on Wednesday, a senior official at the health ministry said on Sunday. | | |
| | | An outbreak of the Ebola virus declared this week in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is believed to have killed 33 people, the health ministry said on Saturday. | | |
| | | China plans to add a range of cancer drugs to medicines eligible for reimbursement from the government, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, adding that negotiations on pricing with manufacturers should be finished by end-September. | | |
| | | (Reuters Health) - A new U.S. ban on smoking in public housing may make it easier for low-income smokers to quit, a new study suggests. | | |
| | | (In this July 24th story, corrects paragraphs 3 and 16 to clarify that Eisai executive said the trial generated positive, rather than effective, results at lower doses) | | |
| | | (Reuters Health) - Many women with polycystic ovary syndrome feel they've been let down by a health care system that takes years to diagnose their condition, a new survey suggests. | | |
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