MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) — An ongoing swine flu outbreak in Mexico has left at least 29 people dead and nearly 1,500 others infected, health officials confirmed on Saturday. Thousands more are also ill as the country faces several types of flu this seas…

MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) — The Mexican government on Tuesday began sending emergency aid to the northern state of Chihuahua where the Tarahumara communities are suffering from severe food shortages, officials said on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Social D…

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (BNO NEWS) — Argentinean President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who was diagnosed with cancer last month, did not have the disease and has been sent home following her surgery, doctors said on Saturday.

Argentinean Public …

PADANG ARO, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) — Social services in the Indonesian province of West Sumatra are investigating the cases of more than a dozen mentally ill people who were kept isolated and chained by their families for years, officials said on Tuesda…

ATHENS, GREECE (BNO NEWS) — Greek doctors and pharmacists have started off the new year with strikes after comments from the country’s health minister, local media reported on Monday.

Following statements by Greek Health Minister Andreas Loverdos, wh…

GUADALAJARA, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) — At least five people have died after dozens of people became ill while eating at a dinner on Christmas Day at a rehab center in western Mexico, state officials confirmed on Monday.

More than 50 people were eating at t…

NAIROBI (BNO NEWS) — A woman who died at a hospital in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Thursday morning did not have Ebola or other well-known infectious diseases, Kenyan and U.S. health authorities confirmed on Friday. The cause of death remains unk…

NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday urged for global action to prevent the severe malnourishment of as many as one million children in West and Central Africa’s Sahel region.

UNICEF Executive Director Anthony…

NAIROBI (BNO NEWS) — Kenyan health authorities are investigating the death of a woman who died upon arrival at a hospital in the capital of Nairobi on Thursday morning, officials said. The symptoms were said to be similar to those of Ebola, but tests …