Following the outbreak of the deadly yellow fever in Paraguay, more than 1.27 million residents have now been vaccinated, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has reported. All of Paraguay's 18 departments have received vaccines, with as much as 83 percent of the population in Asuncion, the capital.

According to the last update issued by WHO on Friday, the number of confirmed cases across Paraguay has risen by six to 22. So far the disease has taken the toll of six lives while another 12 suspected cases are under investigation by health authorities

Acupuncture that calms nerves in the head and neck could relieve tinnitus, or "ringing in the ears."

A University of Michigan (U-M) study suggests that touch-sensing nerve cells in the face and neck increase their activity in the brain after hearing cells are damaged

Philippine-based World Health Organization on Tuesday warned the Philippine government that at least 6,000 children each year were exposed to deaths due to measles unless health agencies beef up its immunization program and prevent an epidemic.

In a statement released from its headquarters in Manila, WHO said measles will continue to spread throughout the Philippines and told the government to have more children vaccinated. A measles outbreak has plagued the Philippines for almost a year despite government efforts to curb the disease

China's Ministry of Health on Monday revealed that some 1,326 people across the region died of infectious diseases between the months of September and October this year, with 660 and 666 recorded deaths respectively.

The Ministry has identified three classes of infectious diseases such as Class A (plague and cholera), Class B (25 infectious diseases including viral hepatitis) and Class C (10 infectious diseases such as influenza)

Breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy may face increased risk of heart disease, new research has found. Chemotherapy uses drugs called anthracyclines that are known to weaken some women's hearts and such treatments actually put women's lives at risk after saving them from cancers.

Some 2.4 million women breast cancer survivors are alive today and research is underway to find how many women are vulnerable to heart disease because of chemotherapy sessions in their cancer treatment