High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality — including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal — raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each year, according to a U.S. report released Monday. Between ...

The World Health Organization says doctors, nurses and midwives in African countries should stop performing female genital mutilation. WHO specialist Elise Johansen says health workers are still assisting in cutting young girls' genitals to limit their sexual activity as women. She said Friday they are responsible for nearly 75 percent of the cases in Egypt, about 42 percent in Sudan ...

About 40 percent of cancers could be prevented if people stopped smoking and overeating, limited their alcohol, exercised regularly and got vaccines targeting cancer-causing infections, experts say. To mark World Cancer day on Thursday, officials at the International Union Against Cancer released a report focused on steps ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Forty percent of the 12 million people diagnosed with cancer worldwide each year could avert the killer disease by protecting themselves against infections and changing their lifestyles, experts said Tuesday. A report by the Geneva-based International Union Against Cancer (UICC) highlighted nine infections that can lead to cancer and urged health officials to drive home the importance ...