Removing shoes during air travel may sound comforting but this is a reason why you have good chance of getting an infection, says a study.

Zika virus disrupts oxygen supply to a pregnant woman's placenta, leading to impairment in foetal development and also increases the newborns' susceptibility to additional infections, scientists have found.

Star anise can help fight sore throat, cardamom resolves digestive issues and nutmeg boosts immunity, suggest experts.

Cholera infection has killed 1,400 people and infected 218,798 others in Yemen in just two months, the largest epidemic to hit a single Arab country, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced.