Health authorities in Jeddah have shut down an "illegal" women's fitness centre attached to a hospital, closing one of the few venues where Saudi women are able to exercise, local media said on Wednesday. Although health officials have repeatedly blamed the high rates of heart disease and diabetes in the kingdom on poor diets and lack of exercise, health ...

Nigerian health officials are reporting the first swine flu-related death in the West African country. The Federal Ministry of Health says a 38-year-old woman in Lagos became sick six weeks ago and died on Jan. 5. Nigeria's Minister of Health Babatunde Osotimehin said late ...

Serbia's health officials say they will stop the purchase of swine flu vaccines from a Swiss pharmaceutical company because of the lack of demand. Serbia last year ordered 3 million doses, of the vaccine from Novartis AG worth an estimated euro24 million ($35 million). Health officials said Wednesday that so far Serbia has received and paid for about 850 ...

City health officials have battled trans fat and high-calorie fast food. Now, they're taking on salt. The health department planned to release on Monday draft guidelines suggesting the maximum amount of salt that should be in a wide variety of manufactured and packaged foods ...