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California fights anti-abortion law
• Public Health • Jan 25 05
California state officials filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to block a new U.S. rule that limits federal funds to states that provide access to…
Some Lyme disease Web sites misinform - study
• Public Health • Jan 25 05
People who turn to the Internet with questions about Lyme disease may come away with as many wrong answers as right ones, a study…
Gates leads $1 bln cash boost for kids’ vaccines
• Public Health • Jan 25 05
A campaign to get life-saving vaccines to millions of children in poor countries received a $1 billion cash boost from Microsoft Corp. founder…
EU needs new chemical rules to halt toxic fish: WWF
• Public Health • Jan 25 05
An environmental action group urged the European Union on Tuesday to boost testing on chemicals and halt pollution in the Baltic Sea because the…
Darfur humanitarian crisis seems to have eased - WHO
• Public Health • Jan 25 05
A humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region, once called the world’s worst, appears to have eased, with the death toll from disease dropping, a…
China tells provinces to gird for bird flu
• Public Health • Jan 25 05
China’s agriculture ministry has called for stepped up efforts across the country to immunise poultry and help stave off bird flu, a new outbreak…
Botswana winning education war on AIDS with “ABC”
• Public Health • Jan 24 05
Botswana, battling one of the world’s highest HIV/AIDS infection rates, has made major headway with its campaign to fight the deadly epidemic through public…
Raw duck blood blamed for Vietnam bird flu cases
• Public Health • Jan 24 05
Three brothers in northern Vietnam who contracted bird flu all drank raw duck blood at a family feast, newspapers said on Monday, calming initial…
28 Afghan children die in disease outbreaks
• Public Health • Jan 24 05
At least 28 Afghan children have died from outbreaks of whooping cough and measles in central Afghanistan in the past week, the public health…
2 many txt msgs bad 4 yr health, Italian docs say
• Public Health • Jan 24 05
Excessive text messaging may be bad for you, or at least for your fingers.
That’s what some Italian doctors think. They are telling people,…
Gov. Bush loses US appeal in Florida right-to-die case
• Public Health • Jan 24 05
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a setback on Monday to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s efforts to intervene to keep a severely brain-damaged woman on…
Asia bird flu outbreak spurs EU to check readiness
• Public Health • Jan 24 05
The outbreak of deadly bird flu in Asia spurred the EU on Monday to check Europe’s preparedness for the spread of a disease…
U.N. aims to get clean water into world’s schools
• Public Health • Jan 24 05
The United Nations will launch a global campaign on Monday aimed at ensuring every school in the world has clean water and sanitation within…
S. Africa mulls new courts for illegal circumcision
• Public Health • Jan 24 05
South African authorities say they want to introduce special courts to prosecute people doing botched circumcisions in the Eastern Cape as they try to…
Republican chair draws party fire on abortion
• Public Health • Jan 24 05
Some Republican Party backers of abortion rights are upset with their party’s new chairman, Ken Mehlman, for planning to host a salute next week…
Bush to boost AIDS funding; critics say more needed
• Public Health • Jan 21 05
President Bush will propose $3.2 billion for next year to combat the spread of AIDS globally, one of the few increases in what is…
Texas could save $900 mln by importing drugs - study
• Public Health • Jan 21 05
Texas could save as much as $898 million over the next two years if it imported prescription drugs, according to the state Legislature’s budget…
Pope says Church must help poor AIDS victims more
• Public Health • Jan 21 05
Pope John Paul said on Friday the Roman Catholic Church and its health care workers had to focus more on helping AIDS sufferers in…
Vietnam’s neighbours may already have bird flu - WHO
• Public Health • Jan 21 05
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday the bird flu virus that has killed seven people in Vietnam since December might already be…
Health report dents image of UK rural idyll
• Public Health • Jan 21 05
Healthcare in Britain’s rolling hills and quaint country villages is declining because urban-based policies do not work in rural settings, according to a report…
Berlusconi asks Italians to pop fewer pills
• Public Health • Jan 21 05
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will write to 16 million households across Italy asking them to cut down on medicines they do not need, for…
U.N. health body sets sights on alcohol abuse
• Public Health • Jan 20 05
The World Health Organization (WHO) agreed on Thursday to launch a study into ways to counter alcohol abuse in what could be the opening…
US homes need carbon monoxide detectors, CDC says
• Public Health • Jan 20 05
More than 15,000 Americans get sick from carbon monoxide every year and the odorless, toxic gas kills 480 people, the Centers for Disease Control…
Bird flu kills Vietnam teenager, virus fears rise
• Public Health • Jan 20 05
An 18-year-old girl has died of bird flu in southern Vietnam and the first confirmed human infection in the country’s north has raised concerns…
U.S. cites poor water quality on more airliners
• Public Health • Jan 20 05
The U.S. government has found for the second time in recent months that water from a sampling of commercial aircraft galleys and bathrooms was…