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Annan Special Envoy for HIV/Aids in Africa Expected On Sunday
• Public Health • Feb 21 05
The United Nations Secretary General Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, Stephen Lewis is to visit Angola on February 20-26 to analyse the matter…
West Africa launches anti-polio drive
• Public Health • Feb 21 05
Three West African countries at the center of a polio epidemic launched an immunization drive on Sunday to help stop the spread of the…
Nevada Proposes Helping Problem Gamblers
• Public Health • Feb 20 05
Linda C. finally sought help for her compulsive gambling after she came home from a devastating night at a Las Vegas casino and, staring…
Free chlamydia testing in pharmacies - questions need addressing
• Public Health • Feb 20 05
The British Government’s pilot scheme offering free chlamydia testing in pharmacies is to be applauded but a number of issues need to be resolved…
8-Month-Old Critically Injured At Children’s Hospital
• Public Health • Feb 20 05
A baby is in critical condition after somehow ending up out of her crib and on the floor at the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
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Finnish study shows handset radiation within limits
• Public Health • Feb 18 05
A Finnish survey of some of the world’s most popular mobile phones found the amount of radiation they emit is well below agreed limits…
Vietnam to test bird flu vaccine on people
• Public Health • Feb 18 05
Vietnamese scientists will conduct human tests of a new vaccine against the deadly bird flu virus that has claimed 13 lives in recent weeks,…
UN still deeply divided on cloning declaration
• Public Health • Feb 18 05
U.N. diplomats failed to reach agreement ahead of Friday’s deadline on a nonbinding declaration that would urge governments to adopt laws on human cloning…
Senate passes ban on genetic discrimination
• Public Health • Feb 18 05
The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously approved legislation to bar health insurers and employers from discriminating against people with a genetic predisposition to disease.
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Aid group fears over 1,000 Afghan child deaths
• Public Health • Feb 18 05
More than 1,000 Afghan children may have died of cold-related illnesses in a snow-bound Afghan province and the toll could rise if more relief…
Measles a key concern in tsunami-hit Aceh - WHO
• Public Health • Feb 18 05
Preventing a widespread measles outbreak is a top priority in tsunami-stricken Aceh province, with other health concerns centred on water-and insect-borne diseases, World Health…
Thousands flee as plague kills 61 in Congo
• Public Health • Feb 18 05
An outbreak of plague in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 61 diamond miners and infected hundreds more, the World Health Organization (WHO)…
Food dye cancer scare
• Public Health • Feb 18 05
London - An urgent warning was issued by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) today after a potentially cancer-causing dye was discovered in more than…
City Doctors still work for too long
• Public Health • Feb 18 05
Swansea hospital doctors are still working over-long hours six months after new European rules kicked in to shorten them. The European Working Time Directive…
Social Security, Medicare not in crisis - Greenspan
• Public Health • Feb 17 05
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Thursday he deliberately avoids using the term “crisis” to describe the problems facing Social Security and Medicare…
Polish health minister to stay on despite setback
• Public Health • Feb 17 05
Poland’s health minister said on Thursday that Prime Minister Marek Belka had declined his offer to step down after parliament rejected his health sector…
Natural disaster death toll jumps to 320,000 in ‘04
• Public Health • Feb 17 05
The Indian Ocean tsunami has caused the annual death toll from natural disasters to soar to 320,000 worldwide, more than four times the toll…
Private plans should set drug prices - Medicare
• Public Health • Feb 17 05
As some lawmakers clamor for letting Medicare directly negotiate drug prices, Medicare’s chief said on Wednesday that the health program for the elderly could…
Vietnam to slaughter poultry in big cities
• Public Health • Feb 17 05
Vietnam may slaughter poultry in its big cities to prevent the bird flu virus adding to the toll of 13 people it has…
Harley Street man denies deception
• Public Health • Feb 17 05
A Harley Street practitioner has denied conning a fortune and a luxury car from a string of investors and private patients.
Syed Jameel allegedly…
Truth Plea in row over hospitals
• Public Health • Feb 17 05
Swansea Nhs Trust has been urged to come clean over the real danger to patients in the row over hospital electrics. A risk assessment…
Prescription For Disaster
• Public Health • Feb 17 05
President Bush took a break from warning members of Congress about the budgetary shortfall that will befall Social Security to tell them to stop…
Health Squabbles
• Public Health • Feb 17 05
Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas is expected to sign a bill today or tomorrow allowing prescription drugs to be reimported from Canada.
But don’t look…
Hospital plans to remove patient from life support over family objections
• Public Health • Feb 17 05
Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital says it plans to take a 79-year-old A-L-S patient off life support over the objections of her family.
The hospital…
Health grant good news for our region
• Public Health • Feb 17 05
Think of how many times people start their arguments with “studies have shown.” Then consider that, for those of us in rural areas, it’s…