KHARTOUM, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese Ministry of Health on Tuesday announced a surge in cholera cases, with 2,729 infections and 172 deaths recorded within a single week.

PHNOM PENH, May 28 (Xinhua) -- An 11-year-old boy from western Cambodia's Kampong Speu province had died of H5N1 human avian influenza, becoming the fourth human death from the virus so far this year, ...