In China's first official acknowledgment of the scope of children's deaths in the massive Sichuan earthquake in May, a senior government official said Friday that more than 19,000 children had perished.

After the expulsions three years ago of missionaries, resentment is festering over the deaths of dozens of indigenous children and adults.

Drug that combines four different medicines could halve deaths from heart attacks and strokes around the globe

A viral skin condition linked to contact sports such as rugby and wrestling has prompted warnings after two deaths in Japan.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The world should spend more than $5 billion a year to prevent deaths from malaria, nearly five times the current spending to fight the mosquito-borne disease, an international health consortium said on Thursday.

Peter Tatchell: Islamist deaths squads are hunting down gay Iraqis and summarily executing them

A bacterial infection is believed to have caused the deaths of 13 babies within 24 hours at a hospital in Izmir, Turkey, doctors say.

The deaths were a result of an infection spread by intravenous treatment, the Dogan news agency reported.

The Department of Defense has identified 4,163 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war and 595 who have died as a part of Operation Enduring Freedom, which is centered in Afghanistan. It confirmed the deaths of the following Americans this month:.

A drug touted as the first gene-targeted heart therapy reduced hospitalizations and deaths when given to heart failure patients ...