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A team of researchers from the United States and Thailand says the growing number of cases of drug-resistant malaria being reported in Thailand and neighboring countries threatens the worldwide campaign to control and eliminate the mosquito-borne disease.

U.S. regulators are taking steps to check the spread of antibiotic-resistant infections from animals to humans. The Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, is giving farmers three years to end their practice of using antibiotics solely to help animals grow.

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip frequently fire rockets into southern Israel, while Israeli forces carry out air strikes against Gaza. Week-long exchanges in March killed 25 Palestinians and wounded four people in Israel.

Ashwani, a caregiver at a centre in India, shares a laugh with Didi.

Scientists in Kazakhstan are planning to develop a series of products based on mare's milk, a traditional alcoholic drink in the Central Asian state, to help soothe people suffering with tuberculosis.

First maternal and neonatal tetanus national vaccination campaign underway

Mothers aged 14-19 account for roughly 480,000, or 24 percent, of Mexico's 2 million annual births, authorities said.

Three new studies have uncovered extremely rare genetic mutations that shed new light on the potential environmental and biological roots of autism, a brain disorder that causes social and developmental delays in children, beginning at a young age.

Two chess players enjoying an outdoor game in New York City’s Central Park.

In South Sudan, tens of thousands of HIV/AIDS patients are eligible to start anti-retroviral therapy to treat the disease. But the country’s main source of funding for the drugs - the Global Fund - suspended its latest round of grants at the end of last year. As a result, South Sudan has had to stop enrolling new patients in anti-retroviral programs.