Disease

News Hour: Workers exposed to chemicals like deodorizers, sanitizers, disinfectants and sterilizers on the job may be more likely than other people to develop thyroid cancer, a recent study suggests. Occupational exposure to these chemicals, known...

News Hour: An outbreak of meningitis in Nigeria has killed 269 people in recent weeks, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said, as Africa’s most populous country and aid organizations attempt to tackle the surge in...

News Hour: Singapore has confirmed two cases of locally transmitted infections of the Zika virus in a northeastern part of the city-state, the National Environment Agency said on Wednesday, describing it as the first Zika cluster...

News Hour: Saudi Arabia has temporarily banned imports of live birds, hatching eggs and chicks from Tennessee after a form of bird flu that is highly lethal for poultry was found in the U.S. state, the...

News Hour: People with type 2 diabetes who sit all day have a riskier blood fat mixture than those who move around or exercise periodically throughout the day, according to researchers in Australia. “We have previously...

News Hour: Japan deployed hundreds of soldiers to help cull more than 280,000 chickens on Friday, officials said as they try to contain further outbreaks of a highly contagious strain of avian flu. The latest slaughter...

News Hour: China confirmed an outbreak of H7N9 bird flu at a poultry farm in Hunan province in the southern part of the country, according to a Ministry of Agriculture statement on Friday. The outbreak in...

News Hour: Austrian poultry will be allowed outdoors as of Saturday as the threat from bird flu is fading, the country’s health ministry said, lifting a restriction put in place more than two months ago. Austria...

News Hour: The number of people developing and dying from tuberculosis (TB) is falling in Europe, but among the most vulnerable – including migrants, prisoners and people who are HIV positive – there have been worrying...

News Hour: Alabama has found bird flu at three poultry facilities in the northern part of the state, its agriculture department said on Tuesday, near where two cases were detected recently in Tennessee, reports Reuters. Alabama...