HEALTH & WELLBEING

New Zealand's drug-buying agency, Pharmac, has funded a new drug developed to fight antibiotic resistant drugs.

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Australia's health minister has revealed he is in discussions with the Gates Foundation for the funding of a possible Ebola vaccine.

Two out of three authors of the scientific paper that started the green coffee diet trend recently retracted it

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New Zealand PM John Key has slammed a Green MP's support for homeopathic remedies against Ebola.

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The unnamed woman from Guinea tested negative for Ebola and was discharged from the hospital.

A Canadian research shows that heterosexual men who sleep with 20 or more women during their lifetime are less likely to get diagnosed with prostate cancer.

A new, cheap and quick diagnostic technique to detect two ebola strains has been invented by a Harvard team.

Nutek has recalled 10 brands of its baby wipes as complaints of bacterial infection were reported.

An Australian man in Thailand has been suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus and is currently under the 21-day quarantine period.

To make sure that Australia would continue to remain free from the Ebola virus, Canberra has ordered its embassies overseas to stop processing the visa applications in countries hit by the deadly virus.

A portable device developed in New Zealand will be sent to the U.S. for testing to assess its accuracy in detecting viruses or bacteria in the field.

Ariana Grande said to have canceled her appearance in New York due to rising Ebola threat.

The head of the Australian Medical Association has criticised the government for its inability to do more in response to the Ebola crisis.

The 18-year-old woman had been in home quarantine since arriving in Australia

Pippa Middleton's work out regimen revealed.

Dairy products can help older women to have successful pregnancies.

Risky sexual practices continue to fascinate couples even if they could end up in embarrassing and even life-threatening situations. Two such couples in the US were in that situation, causing them to end up in the emergency room with the men nursing swollen private parts.

Women in their 40s conceive easily when they mate with younger men.

It must be good news for the medical fraternity, which is now groping in the dark not knowing how to treat the drug-defying epidemic.

The condition which causes acute nausea is now over for the Duchess.

The two Dallas nurses diagnosed with Ebola are both responding well to medications.

A New York doctor was tested for Ebola after he had returned from a West African country.

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The WHO targets to release an Ebola blood serum within two weeks.

Canadian biopharmaceuticals firm Tekmira has started manufacturing in small numbers its TKM-Ebola drug.

The Obama administration has done the right thing by giving the responsibility of Ebola action plan to a seasoned administrator.