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China Made Necessary Steps To Stop The Practice Of Taking Organs From Executed Prisoners

UN confirmed China claims that they have reformed from the once-widespread practice of illegal harve...

Feb 10, 2017 05:49 AM EST

China hikes cigarette tax in anti-smoking drive

China is set to raise the wholesale tax rate for cigarettes to 11 percent from 5 percent, the Minist...

May 08, 2015 10:13 AM EDT

Sierra Leone to reopen schools in March as Ebola infections slow

Schools in Sierra Leone will reopen in March, the West African nation's government said on Wednesday...

Jan 22, 2015 08:09 AM EST

Mali government declares country Ebola-free

Mali's health minister declared the West African nation free of Ebola on Sunday following a 42-day p...

Jan 19, 2015 07:42 AM EST

Hong Kong confirms first case of deadly bird flu this winter

A woman is critically ill in Hong Kong with the deadly H7N9 strain of bird flu, the first confirmed ...

Dec 29, 2014 10:35 AM EST

Sierra Leone to ban Xmas parties, plans "surge" to curb Ebola spread

Sierra Leone plans to ban parties and other festivities over the Christmas and New Year's holidays a...

Dec 13, 2014 10:32 PM EST

Sierra Leone doctor dies of Ebola at Nebraska hospital

A surgeon who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone died early on Monday of the disease at ...

Nov 18, 2014 02:23 AM EST

Mauritania closes border with Mali over Ebola fears

Mauritania has closed its border with Mali to prevent the spread of Ebola, officials said on Saturda...

Oct 26, 2014 05:14 AM EDT

African immigrants worry about backlash from U.S. Ebola case

In Dallas and other cities home to large populations of African immigrants, worries are abounding am...

Oct 04, 2014 11:12 PM EDT

Scientists grapple with ethics in rush to release Ebola vaccines

Normally it takes years to prove a new vaccine is both safe and effective before it can be used in t...

Sep 28, 2014 11:06 AM EDT

World leaders to gather at U.N. in shadow of Islamic State, Ebola crises

World leaders gather in New York this week to tackle a host of crises: the violence Islamic State mi...

Sep 21, 2014 08:07 PM EDT

U.S. pledges 3,000 troops to fight Ebola; experts say more needed

The United States has pledged to send 3,000 troops West Africa, using its military muscle to battle ...

Sep 16, 2014 12:23 PM EDT

WHO urges stiff regulatory curbs on e-cigarettes

The World Health Organization (WHO) stepped up its war on "Big Tobacco" on Tuesday, calling for stif...

Aug 26, 2014 11:00 AM EDT

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