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Parents go on eBay for medical bill help
• Public Health • Jan 08 05
David Dingman-Grover decided Frankenstein would be a good name for his tumor. The 9-year-old figured if he could get over being scared of a…
Medical needs top Red Bluff Fire Department calls
• Public Health • Jan 08 05
RED BLUFF Once again, the Red Bluff Fire Department reports that medical needs were the majority of calls responded to in 2004 totally nearly…
Northwest Medical Center Opening In Oro Valley
• Public Health • Jan 08 05
The $85 million Northwest Medical Center in Oro Valley is located off of Tangerine near Oracle and spread over 60 acres. Everyone we…
U.S. Medicare to test paying for flu drugs
• Public Health • Jan 07 05
Medicare will test the idea of paying for antiviral drugs for some patients who catch influenza, the U.S. government’s health insurance plan for the…
Risk of deaths, disease high
• Public Health • Jan 07 05
The death toll from the devastating earthquake and tsunamis that hit Asia and Africa soared to about 160,000 early today after Indonesia announced almost…
Vietnam culls ducks in battle against bird flu
• Public Health • Jan 07 05
Vietnam culled 450 ducks in its largest city on Thursday, its latest attempt to stop the spread of the bird flu virus that has…
It’s a boy as China marks 1.3 billionth person
• Public Health • Jan 07 05
China named the first baby born at a Beijing hospital Thursday as the 1.3 billionth person of the world’s most populous nation, more than…
US issues warning after rat-bite fever kills two
• Public Health • Jan 06 05
People who handle rats in labs or keep them as pets are at risk of contracting a rare but potentially deadly disease called rat-bite…
Bacteria may be biggest child-killer in Africa - study
• Public Health • Jan 06 05
Bacterial infections of the blood, not malaria, may be the biggest killer of children in sub-Saharan Africa, and many of the deaths could be…
Breaking taboo, Mandela says son died of AIDS.
• Public Health • Jan 06 05
South Africa’s Nelson Mandela, one of Africa’s most committed campaigners in the battle against AIDS, announced that his only surviving son had succumbed to…
India to step up AIDS fight, launch media campaign
• Public Health • Jan 06 05
India’s prime minister vowed on Thursday to step up government efforts to fight HIV/AIDS as top media firms pledged to start a campaign…
Vietnam warns consumers as bird flu toll hits 22
• Public Health • Jan 06 05
Vietnam, fearing new cases of the bird flu virus that killed more than 30 people across Asia last year and ravaged the region’s poultry…
Bush launches battle to limit malpractice awards.
• Public Health • Jan 05 05
President George W. Bush charged on Wednesday that trial lawyers pursuing medical malpractice lawsuits are driving doctors out of business and driving up health…
Experts dismiss fears of post-tsunami fish
• Public Health • Jan 05 05
Hong Kong’s government has urged residents not to eat seafood from tsunami-affected areas as it may be tainted, but experts brushed off such fears…
Vietnam fights bird flu threat as boy dies
• Public Health • Jan 05 05
Bird flu has killed a 9-year-old boy in Vietnam, a health official said on Wednesday, marking the first reported death in 2005 from a…
Disease emerges in wake of tsunami
• Public Health • Jan 04 05
Hungry and filthy, thousands of Indonesians queued for water on Tuesday as aid deliveries to tsunami-ravaged Aceh province hit new snags and cases of…
Traumatized tsunami survivors to take years to heal
• Public Health • Jan 04 05
Millions of people may have survived the deadliest tsunami in living memory, but many are so deeply traumatized it will take years for…
Wisconsin girl survives rabies with new treatment
• Public Health • Jan 04 05
A 15-year-old Wisconsin girl who received an experimental treatment to become the first person known to survive rabies without a vaccination has been released…
Schools Closed in Tehran Due to High Pollution Level
• Public Health • Jan 02 05
Schools in the Iranian capital were closed and the elderly, the sick and children advised to stay indoors yesterday after air pollution reached alarming…
BSE confirmed in suspect Alberta animal; investigations underway
• Public Health • Jan 02 05
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed Sunday that an older dairy cow from Alberta tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, otherwise known as mad…
Canada Confirms Case of Mad Cow Disease
• Public Health • Jan 02 05
Canada confirmed Sunday that a second case of mad cow disease has been discovered, just days after the United States said it planned to…
Canada has another confirmed case of mad cow disease
• Public Health • Jan 02 05
Canada has another confirmed case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease.
Results released Sunday show the Alberta dairy cow…
Tsunami survivors face serious disease risks - doctors
• Public Health • Dec 31 04
Survivors of the deadliest tsunami on record face serious water-borne diseases such as cholera, and will urgently need medicine and access to healthcare in…
WHO warns of fresh bird flu outbreaks in Vietnam
• Public Health • Dec 31 04
Vietnam may face fresh outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus next month as poultry is transported around the country ahead of the…
Bad water, not corpses, main tsunami disease threat
• Public Health • Dec 30 04
Preventing outbreaks of diseases across tsunami-hit Asia is a race against time, but contrary to popular belief, the thousands of rotting corpses do not…