Herpes simplex virus that causes genital herpes has infected more than half a billion people and nearly 24 million new cases happen per year, World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new study.

In the first global estimate of the prevalence and incidence of this incurable disease by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection, researchers found that 536 million people aged 15-49 are infected with it, which makes it 16 percent of people in that age range

Food manufacturing giant Unilever on Tuesday recalled batches of its milk tea powder from supermarkets in Hong Kong and Macau after quality tests found the product contaminated with the toxic chemical melamine.

Unilever Hong Kong Ltd. also warned the public against drinking Lipton Milk Tea Powder in sachets with expiry dates of November 17, 18 and 19, 2009

Tainted Chinese candies have been found in the United States, imported by a California company.

California-based Queensway Foods Company Inc., a U.S. distributor of White Rabbit Candy, has recalled every flavor of the Chinese-produced White Rabbit candy it had imported

In a bid to eradicate malaria deaths globally by 2015, world leaders including the World Bank and the Gates Foundation on Wednesday pledged $3 billion to help eradicate the disease that kills approximately 1 million people a year.

The funding will support a new Global Malaria Action Plan to wipe out the disease in Africa by 2015. The plan will emphasize the introduction of a vaccine against the deadly disease, and provide better access to bed nets, indoor spraying, improved diagnosis and treatment and preventative measures for pregnant women

An animal rights group has urged a U.S. ice cream maker to follow a Swiss restaurant's lead by using human breast milk instead of cow's milk in making its products.

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) made the call in a letter to the owners of Vermont-based Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. on Tuesday