Asbestos bill coming soon, senate’s Frist says
• Public Health • Apr 05 05

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said on Tuesday he was confident a bill setting up a national fund to pay asbestos claims…    

 

China struggles against tide to stamp out drugs
• Public Health • Apr 05 05

China’s drug problems, which officials last year described as severe and deteriorating, have defied government crackdowns due to the increasing types and sources of…    

 

Insurers drop support for U.S. asbestos fund - WSJ
• Public Health • Apr 05 05

More than a dozen insurance companies have dropped their support for a $140 billion federal trust fund to pay claims stemming from    

 

Set aside funds now for bird flu, WHO expert says
• Public Health • Apr 04 05

The world’s governments should set aside 5 percent of their spending on influenza vaccines to help get ready for the next big flu epidemic,…    

 

Massachusetts stem cell bill gets veto-proof vote
• Public Health • Apr 04 05

A bill that would allow embryonic stem cell research in Massachusetts cleared its second big legislative hurdle on Thursday with enough support to withstand…    

 

Angola’s Marburg death toll climbs
• Public Health • Apr 04 05

Angola’s Marburg epidemic has claimed 14 more lives, taking the death toll in the worst recorded outbreak of the virus to 146, the country’s…    

 

Antibody fights hemorrhagic fever virus in animals
• Public Health • Apr 04 05

An engineered antibody studied as a cancer treatment is effective in animals against the virus that causes Lassa fever, findings that could apply to…    

 

Thousands still hungry, homeless in quake-hit Nias
• Public Health • Apr 04 05

Aid workers tried on Saturday to reach outlying areas of Indonesia’s devastated Nias island where thousands of people are still homeless and hungry more…    

 

Bush order allows isolation of those with bird flu
• Public Health • Apr 04 05

President Bush issued a directive on Friday allowing authorities to detain or isolate any passenger suspected of having Avian flu when arriving in the…    

 

Exercise helps middle-age adults stay spry
• Public Health • Apr 01 05

Regular exercise in middle age can help men and women hang on to their physical prowess as they grow older, a new…    

 

Victims of Nazi medical experiments get more funds
• Public Health • Apr 01 05

Some 714 surviving victims of Nazi medical experiments are being paid additional funds, bringing their compensation to 6,693 euros ($8,675) each, an international aid…    

 

Marburg outbreak in Angola is deadliest ever
• Public Health • Apr 01 05

The outbreak of Marburg in Angola has claimed 127 lives, the highest number of fatalities ever recorded from the rare hemorrhagic fever that is…    

 

North Korea working to contain bird flu
• Public Health • Apr 01 05

North Korea, which has culled tens of thousands of chickens and clamped down on bird movements, may be able to contain its first suspected…    

 

Officials worried about jump in some Medicare costs
• Public Health • Apr 01 05

U.S. Medicare spending on doctors’ visits and related services rose by 15 percent in 2004 as patients saw physicians more often and underwent more…    

 

Report says people smuggling on increase in Europe
• Public Health • Mar 31 05

Human trafficking for the sex trade and cheap labour is on the increase in Europe but is less visible because it is going deeper…    

 

Terri Schiavo dies in Florida hospice
• Public Health • Mar 31 05

Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman at the heart of a wrenching dispute over her fate that drew in the U.S. Congress and President…    

 

Peru’s Doe Run smelter poisoning children: NGOs
• Public Health • Mar 31 05

Almost all young children in Peru’s La Oroya mining town have harmful levels of lead in their blood and many are suffering from    

 

Idaho couple can’t sue for wrongful birth: court
• Public Health • Mar 31 05

An Idaho couple whose child was born with severe defects and later died cannot sue their doctors for a “wrongful birth,” the state’s top…    

 

Plasticized fetus stolen from ‘Body World’ exhibit
• Public Health • Mar 31 05

Police in Los Angeles were searching on Wednesday for two women observed via security cameras taking a plastic-coated human fetus from the traveling “Body…    

 

Germany plans law to speed diesel filter adoption
• Public Health • Mar 31 05

Germany’s government promised on Wednesday to present draft legislation before the summer to speed the introduction of diesel engine particle filters after air pollution…    

 

Physicians often reluctant to discuss drug costs
• Public Health • Mar 31 05

Even though physicians are aware that the cost of medications can be a problem for their patients, being rushed for time and fear of…    

 

Human damage to earth worsening fast: report
• Public Health • Mar 31 05

Humans are damaging the planet at an unprecedented rate and raising risks of abrupt collapses in nature that could spur disease, deforestation or “dead…    

 

Oregon moves to limit junk food in schools
• Public Health • Mar 30 05

Oregon’s state legislature is considering putting limits on sales of soda pop, candy and other junk food in public schools, saying that such food…    

 

Some free medicine programs too complex: survey
• Public Health • Mar 30 05

Drug company programs that offer free medicines to the poor are too time-consuming and complex for some health clinics that serve mostly low-income patients,…    

 

Spain’s Catholics fight stem cell research
• Public Health • Mar 30 05

Spain’s Catholic Church launched a campaign against stem cell research and abortion on Wednesday as the government considers easing restrictions on embryo research.

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