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Sen Specter to introduce asbestos bill shortly
• Public Health • Apr 12 05
The Republican author of a plan to create a U.S. fund to compensate asbestos victims said on Monday he expected to introduce…
U.S. firms pursue stem-cell research plans-WSJ
• Public Health • Apr 12 05
Some large companies in the United States are pursuing plans to study stem cells drawn from early stage human embryos, The Wall Street Journal…
Angola launches Marburg campaign as toll tops 200
• Public Health • Apr 12 05
Angola launched a massive public information campaign on Tuesday in a bid to stamp out the killer Marburg virus as the toll from the…
Iranian parliament gives green light to abortion
• Public Health • Apr 12 05
Iran’s conservative-dominated parliament has approved abortions in cases where the mother’s life is in danger or the child would be handicapped, the…
German lawyer says preparing class action vs Pfizer
• Public Health • Apr 11 05
German lawyer Michael Witti and U.S. firm Nagel Rice & Mazie are preparing a class action suit against drugs giant Pfizer over claims relating…
Eritrea launches polio vaccine campaign by camel
• Public Health • Apr 11 05
Eritrea launched a campaign on Monday to inoculate 500,000 children against polio, using camels to deliver vaccines to more remote corners of the country.
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Attacks briefly halt WHO campaign in Angola
• Public Health • Apr 11 05
World Health Organization (WHO) teams fighting an outbreak of Marburg virus in Angola were forced to temporarily suspend work in one area after scared…
Spitzer to probe centers on drug tampering fears
• Public Health • Apr 11 05
New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said on Sunday that an investigation of the drug wholesaling business centers on possible drug tampering and…
EPA scraps controversial pesticide testing program
• Public Health • Apr 09 05
President George W. Bush’s choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday canceled a controversial program to test the effects of bug spray…
Apologies after stillborn foetus taken with laundry
• Public Health • Apr 08 05
Australian health officials apologised on Friday to the family of a stillborn baby which was mistakenly taken away from a hospital in a pile…
Marburg spreads in Angola as death toll hits 174
• Public Health • Apr 08 05
The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday called for stepping up measures in Angola to halt the further spread of the deadly Marburg virus, which…
Offer money up front to prod vaccine makers
• Public Health • Apr 07 05
Companies might be coaxed into making much-needed vaccines if governments and private donors teamed up to buy them in advance, a Washington think tank…
Senators to stall FDA pick over contraception
• Public Health • Apr 07 05
Two Democratic senators plan to block a vote on President Bush’s pick to head the Food and Drug Administration over the agency’s stalled decision…
U.S. focusing on disease spread through air travel
• Public Health • Apr 07 05
U.S. government health agencies are strengthening ties to airlines and aviation regulators to guard against the spread of infectious diseases or other deadly agents…
Judge lets U.S. troops get voluntary anthrax shots
• Public Health • Apr 07 05
A federal judge on Wednesday permitted the U.S. Defense Department to begin giving troops anthrax vaccinations on a voluntary basis after…
Millions of mothers, babies die needlessly - WHO
• Public Health • Apr 06 05
One woman still dies every minute in pregnancy or childbirth, while each 60 seconds 20 young children succumb to easily preventable disease, the World…
FDA staff questions value of breast implant data
• Public Health • Apr 06 05
New data from Inamed Corp. and rival Mentor Corp. on their silicone breast implants are of “limited value” in assessing the risk of ruptures,…
Bio-suits, fear at center of Angola Marburg outbreak
• Public Health • Apr 06 05
Swathed head-to-toe in protective medical gear, doctors fighting Angola’s deadly Marburg virus swelter in an isolation unit at the epicenter of the worst-ever outbreak…
Pilates indeed tones abs, but does little else
• Public Health • Apr 06 05
Pilates may do more for your gut than stomach crunches, but don’t expect it to work miracles on your cardiovascular fitness or body weight,…
Marburg could strengthen Angolan health system
• Public Health • Apr 06 05
Angola’s battle against the world’s deadliest outbreak of the Marburg virus is straining resources but may strengthen a health care system shattered by 27…
Congress given options for better end-of-life care
• Public Health • Apr 06 05
A U.S. Senate hearing originally intended as a way to keep a brain-damaged Florida woman alive, instead turned into a session in which witnesses…
Possible Medicare payment cuts worry U.S. doctors
• Public Health • Apr 06 05
Many U.S. doctors who care for the nation’s elderly and disabled are likely to stop providing some services and spend less time with…
Free, Confidential Alcohol Screening Offered
• Public Health • Apr 06 05
When does social drinking cross the line to become a real problem? And how much daily alcohol is too much? Americans can get get…
Once-a-month injection quells alcohol dependence
• Public Health • Apr 05 05
A monthly injection of a long-acting version of naltrexone - a drug used to treat addiction - is a well-tolerated treatment for alcohol dependence…
Use Hong Kong model to control bird flu - expert
• Public Health • Apr 05 05
The methods that Hong Kong used to get rid of bird flu in flocks of fowl should be used across Asia to wipe out…