round 10 million children below five years old die every year due to preventable diseases that become even more common when weather patterns change. UNICEF highlights the impact of climate change n women and children on the occasion of World Health Day 2008, with the theme climate change and health.

According to Ann M. Veneman, Executive Director of UNICEF, "Nearly 10 million children under age five die every year of largely preventable diseases. Many of the main global killers of children, including malaria and diarrhea, are sensitive to changes in temperature and rainfall, and could become more common if weather patterns change

Asia faces growing challenges from rising temperatures and increased rainfall that threaten to increase poverty, hunger and disease according to the World Health Organization's World Health Day report.

Although the threats from the effects of global warming are worldwide, people living in developing nations are more vulnerable because they have fewer resources to deal with the changes, officials say

Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline announced Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a vaccine to stop the leading cause of diarrhea in infants. The Rotarix vaccine is primarily used to prevent rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants.

The vaccine will offer protection against the most commonly circulating rotavirus types in the U.S. and allow infants to complete the vaccination series by four months of age. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently recommends that children complete the rotavirus immunization series by six months of age

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers about the adverse reactions to Total Body Formula and Total Body Mega Formula liquid dietary supplements after ingestion.

The Florida Department of Health earlier provided reports to the FDA on 23 individuals who experienced severe reactions to these products 7 to 10 days after the products were consumed. Reactions included muscle cramps, diarrhea, joint pain, fatigue and significant hair loss. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is conducting an ongoing investigation working with the Florida Department of Health

A dengue fever outbreak in Brazil has killed 54 people and infected more than 43,000 in Rio de Janeiro state since January, health officials said Thursday. The number is nearly double the 25,107 cases reported in all of 2007.

The toll for the first three months of this year exceeds the total from all of 2007, state officials said adding that another 60 deaths were being investigated to see whether they resulted from the tropical disease. The disease is transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes