Brazil's health minister says the country is sending some 220,000 troops to battle the mosquito blamed for spreading a virus suspected of causing birth defects — but he also says the war is already being lost.

It was a breezy afternoon when I stepped out of my villa at wellness resort COMO Shambala Estate in Ubud, Bali and walked past the lush green amphitheater to the top of the hill where Ojas, a spa center, is located.

The Sabah Fatwa Council has forbidden Muslims in the state from smoking e-cigarettes or vaping, and shisha on health grounds.

The world's oldest man, a Japanese who died at the age of 112, said his secret to a long life was not to smoke, drink or overdo it.

Jamaica's health minister is advising women to delay plans to become pregnant for the next six to 12 months due to the mosquito-borne Zika virJamaica's health minister is advising women to delay plans to become pregnant for the next six to 12 months due to the mosquito-borne Zika virus.us.

A new analysis is challenging the idea that smoking marijuana during adolescence can lead to declines in intelligence.

Cambodia's leader has gone to Singapore for an annual medical checkup, but has pointed out that this doesn't mean he doesn't trust the Cambodian health care system.

A British doctor who works with terminally ill people has thanked David Bowie for helping open up a conversation about death.

Internet users in China and across the world are helping an 8-year-old boy with cancer realize his dream of being famous.

Dengue cases reached a new high of 554 in the week between Jan. 3 and Jan. 9, the latest figures published on the National Environment Agency (NEA) website showed.

The World Health Organization declared the Ebola outbreak over in Guinea Tuesday, a huge step in the fight against the world's largest epidemic and the first time there are no known cases anywhere since the virus emerged in Guinea two years ago.

Expanding interest in traditional Chinese medicine in the United States is fostering a potentially lucrative new niche market for farmers who plant the varieties of herbs, flowers and trees sought by practitioners.

Malaysia's National Fatwa Council has declared the use of electronic cigarettes as "haram" or forbidden for Muslims.

The nation's three-decade-old ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men was formally lifted Monday, but major restrictions will continue to limit who can give blood.

Sudden cardiac arrest may not always be so sudden: New research suggests a lot of people may ignore potentially life-saving warning signs hours, days, even a few weeks before they collapse.

A tool to edit human genes is nowhere near ready to use for pregnancy, but altering early embryos as part of careful laboratory research should be allowed as scientists and society continue to grapple with the ethical questions surrounding this revolutionary technology, organizers of an international summit concluded Thursday.

More than 1,800 HIV/AIDS cases involving people from outside the Chinese mainland－mostly foreigners－were diagnosed between January and October, according to a top Chinese specialist.