South Africa's health ministry denies accusations that it is not doing enough to fight HIV/AIDS.

Recent comments attack the lack of speed and legislature in place to properly handle the need for HIV/AIDS relief

A cholera outbreak in northeastern Nigeria kills 30 people.

The state government says medical teams have already started working to check the spreading of the bacterial infection of the intestine

Officials with the United Nations warn a cholera epidemic, rapidly spreading throughout West Africa, has already claimed 500 lives and infected thousands more.

Herve Ludovic de Lys, head of the UN humanitarian coordination office in the region, says the outbreak needs an immediate response

Yvonne Lee - All Headline News Staff Reporter

Baltimore, MD (AP) - Chinese health officials are partnering up with a U.S. institute to battle AIDS in a country that officials fear will see a tenfold increase in HIV infection over the next five years

Tuberculosis has reached a critical mass in Africa according to the World Health Organization.

The number of cases has more than quadrupled since 1990 and is killing an average of 500,000 people each year in Africa