LONDON (Reuters) - If you are a football fan going to watch Euro 2008 it could be worth having a vaccination to prevent catching a little known, but potentially fatal illness that is spread by ticks, a leading scientist warned on Saturday.
In 2007, the number of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) cases requiring hospital treatment in Europe [...]

SHIFANG, China (AFP) - China ramped up efforts on Saturday to stave off disease for millions of earthquake victims, as more miracle rescues amid the rubble offered hope in an increasingly desperate battle to save lives.
Five days after the enormous earthquake that the government estimates killed more than 50,000 people, there were rising concerns over [...]

BEIJING (AFP) - The fight against contagious diseases is now a top priority after China’s massive earthquake, with the rotting carcasses of millions of dead animals adding to the dangers, officials said Saturday.
“Combating epidemics is the most urgent and the biggest task facing us right now,” Wei Chao’an, vice minister of agriculture, told a press [...]

TOKYO (AFP) - Almost 20 percent of Japanese adults have considered killing themselves, a survey has found, with half the respondents saying movies and television are contributing to the high suicide rate.
The government said Friday it had carried out its first survey on attitudes to suicide among 1,808 men and women aged 20 or older [...]

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea’s parliament on Friday passed a law to regulate research into cloning, following a scandal in which a now-disgraced expert claimed to have made the first human clone stem cells.
Cross-species cloning, in which DNA from human somatic cells is inserted into animal eggs, will now be punishable by up to three [...]