(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck near Papua New Guinea's second largest city Lae on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, terrifying mourners in a stadium but with no damage ...

The Australian cruise ship the Coral Adventurer has run aground after hitting a reef off the coast of Papua New Guinea with 123 people on board. The incident occurred early on Saturday morning, ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of Papua New Guinea's mass-casualty disaster because of water streams and bodies trapped ...

Many parts of Papua New Guinea are reported to be experiencing outbreaks of the H3N2 virus, with the country in the middle of the rainy season.

Senior health officials in Papua New Guinea say progress is being made in the campaign against polio. An outbreak was declared in May last year following the detection of poliovirus in waste water in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck near Lae, the second largest city in Papua New Guinea, on Tuesday, the U.S.