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Bush offers high-tech health care prescription
• Public Health • Jan 28 05
President Bush on Thursday proposed increasing federal funds to promote computerized medical records, which he said would save patients’ lives and money as…
U.S. tries to redistribute flu vaccines
• Public Health • Jan 28 05
Companies that make flu vaccines can “borrow” U.S. government supplies of the shots to redistribute under a new federal plan to deal with…
Study identifies keys to healthy teen development
• Public Health • Jan 28 05
According to a study of more than one thousand of our country’s youth, confidence, competence, and compassion, among other characteristics, are key ingredients…
Nevada gov. wants to scrap retiree health benefits
• Public Health • Jan 28 05
Aiming to save Nevada $500 million over the next 30 years, Gov. Kenny Guinn plans to press lawmakers to cut retirement health benefits for…
Vietnam deploys bird flu riot police
• Public Health • Jan 28 05
Vietnam has deployed riot police at bird flu checkpoints around the sprawling metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City, officials said on Friday, as the…
Tsunami survivors risk fungal infection - report
• Public Health • Jan 27 05
Survivors of the Asian tsunami, in which nearly 300,000 people were killed or are still missing, could be at risk of a deadly fungal…
Pressure on sports docs could harm athletes - study
• Public Health • Jan 27 05
Sports doctors under pressure from pushy managers and the media could be cutting corners and risking the health of athletes, researchers said Thursday.
Scientists…
Britain aids malaria fight in push to help Africa
• Public Health • Jan 27 05
Britain pledged cash for a low-tech solution to fighting resurgent malaria in Africa on Thursday and said its drive to help the continent this…
UK’s “Dr Death” probably killed 250 patients
• Public Health • Jan 27 05
Britain’s “Dr Death,” a family physician who systematically murdered his patients, probably killed 250 people, an inquiry announced on Thursday after ruling the…
Markets, politicians react coolly to Chirac tax
• Public Health • Jan 27 05
Politicians and investors reacted coolly on Thursday to France’s call for an international tax on financial market transactions to fight AIDS, saying the…
Response prevented tsunami deaths from disease - UN
• Public Health • Jan 27 05
The swift response to the Asian tsunami prevented a second wave of deaths from disease and malnutrition but the task of rebuilding is far…
Asia acts but helpless if deadly bird flu occurs
• Public Health • Jan 27 05
Richer Asian nations may be arming themselves to fight off a feared bird flu pandemic, but experts say such a scourge would be almost…
Whooping cough outbreaks reported in US hospitals
• Public Health • Jan 27 05
Three hospital outbreaks of whooping cough occurred in 2003 among healthcare workers and patients, officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
UnitedHealth in plan for low-cost health insurance
• Public Health • Jan 27 05
U.S. insurer UnitedHealth Group will participate in a program to sponsor an array of low-cost health insurance options to extend health coverage to uninsured…
ConocoPhillips, US reach Clean Air Act settlement
• Public Health • Jan 27 05
The U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday ConocoPhillips, the largest domestic refiner, will pay a $4.5 million fine and spend $525 million to…
Red Cross raises record $1.2 bln in tsunami aid
• Public Health • Jan 26 05
The Red Cross federation, the world’s biggest humanitarian group, said on Wednesday it had raised a record $1.167 billion in just 30 days for…
Chirac proposes international tax to fight AIDS
• Public Health • Jan 26 05
French President Jacques Chirac on Wednesday proposed the creation of an international tax to help fight AIDS, saying such a measure could raise $10…
Britain’s Brown to promise $1.8 bln for vaccines
• Public Health • Jan 26 05
British finance minister Gordon Brown will propose on Wednesday giving $1.8 billion over the next 15 years to a campaign to get life-saving vaccines…
Did Britain’s “Dr Death” kill even more patients?
• Public Health • Jan 26 05
A public inquiry into how a British family doctor murdered over 200 mostly elderly patients will reveal on Thursday whether he claimed another 137…
N.J. gov. urges Bush to end stem-cell restrictions
• Public Health • Jan 26 05
New Jersey’s Acting Governor Richard Codey on Tuesday urged President George W. Bush to lift restrictions on federal funding for stem-cell research given a…
Boozy Britain gets even more time at the bar
• Public Health • Jan 26 05
Vomit on the pavement. Scantily clad teenage girls staggering into oncoming traffic. Fights in the street as police sirens wail.
This is Britain on…
Leavitt set for confirmation in US health post
• Public Health • Jan 26 05
President Bush’s choice to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, Mike Leavitt, is set to get swift Senate confirmation as early as Wednesday…
Poor health, murders fuel Russia population crisis
• Public Health • Jan 26 05
A tiny birthrate, alcoholism, smoking and lethal violence meant the number of Russians who died in 2004 outstripped the number born at a pace…
US asbestos bill debut delayed by silica issue
• Public Health • Jan 26 05
The chief sponsor of a measure to compensate asbestos victims said on Tuesday its introduction had been delayed for a week while senators discuss…
Economic woes accelerate Medicaid spending
• Public Health • Jan 26 05
Medicaid spending grew about one-third from 2000 to 2003 as job losses and other economic woes made more people eligible for the government-run health…