Introducing fish in the diet of babies as early as nine months can help to fight off eczema, according to new research. The type of fish could include lean, white fish or oily types, such as mackerel and fresh tuna.

Researchers from Sweden's Queen Silvia Children's Hospital sent questionnaires to 4,921 families six months after the birth of their baby and again when the child was 12 months old

A 72-year-old woman has become the first person to die this year of the West Nile virus in California, the California State Department of Public Health announced on Monday.

The woman from Orange County died from complications associated with the fatal flu-like illness spread by mosquitoes. Her death came after health officials warned that the risk of contracting West Nile virus from mosquito bites is the highest in four years

Scientists claim they have found a new strain of avian flu, the H9N2 virus, which could mutate to become more easily transmissible among humans and trigger a possible bird flu pandemic.

According to a study published in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS ONE, the avian influenza strain found in Nigeria is genetically different from previous African outbreaks

Scientists from Nottingham Trent University in Britain are developing a device that can detect an outbreak of bird flu in two hours.

The technology works by identifying molecules from a swab of human saliva or animal tissue, before identifying with what kind of bird flu strain it is infected, researchers said

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will ban the pesticide carbofuran on domestic or imported food, in effect prohibiting the chemical in the U.S.

The agency imposed the ban because its chemical residue has unacceptable safety risk to young children. Up to a million pounds of carbofuran are used on U.S. farms annually, but it affects less than 1 percent of the nation's farm lands. However, it is used extensively in developing nations on basic food crops such as rice, bananas, coffee and sugar cane