OTB News (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new strain of West Nile virus is spreading better and earlier across the United States, and may thrive in hot American summers, researchers said on Thursday.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new strain of West Nile virus is spreading better and earlier across the United States, and may thrive in hot American summers, researchers said on Thursday.
Dentistry for Diabetics (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Three million more Americans have diabetes than previously estimated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in releasing 2007 data. That represents an increase of nearly 15 percent over previous estimates, bringing the total number of people in the U.S. (...)
Afrigator (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
A cholera outbreak in Kisumu is being hushed by Kenyan media, afraid of getting in the wrong books of the countrys political leaders. There is scant news in Kenyas electronic and print media over the health crisis that has seen increased congestion in local public hospitals. However, with Kisumus leaders eager to attract investment for reconstruction, going public over the cholera outbreak will be...
World (Free subscription) | 30/06/2008
China’s Beichuan town has been sealed off to prevent any possible epidemics from happening. The town lost half of its 12,000 residents during the May 12 earthquake that killed 69,186 and left 18,457 people missing.
BrothersJudd Blog (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008
H.I.V. And Aids Diagnoses Rise in Men Who Have Sex With Men (DAVID TULLER, 6/27/08, NY Times) Diagnoses of H.I.V. and AIDS in men who have sex with men rose significantly from 2001 to 2006, while declining in other demographic groups, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. The increase in infection rates was especially high among males ages 13 to 24, with an annual increase of 12.4...
Timpu (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008
Basta (Orissa), Jun 27: The flood ravaged areas in Orissa are under threat of possible outbreak of diseases due to lack of healthcare facilities as floodwaters recede. The villagers having lost their mud houses to the floods are beset with problems of availability of food, medicines and potable water. Click Here To Read the Full [...]
TINSEL GURUS (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008
HE DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO WEAR PROPER SWIMMING TRUNKS OR SHORTS. HE IS WEARING BERMUDAS. NOW WE KNOW IT IS HIS PEROGATIVE BUT IT IS OUR PEROGATIVE ALSO TO COMMENT ON SUCH DISGRACE. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO KEANU REEVES? THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS WEEK HE IS BEING SEEN BEING UGLY AND OH SO UNSEXY. We sound like Kanye don't we. Writing in fucking caps. How is that for annoying the hell out of the readers....
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008
The number of young homosexual men being newly diagnosed with HIV infection is rising by 12 percent a year, with the steepest upward trend in young black men, according to a new report.
The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
The Aids epidemic in some countries is so severe that it should be classified as a disaster, the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) has warned. The crisis fits the UN definition of a disaster as an event beyond the scope of any single society to cope with, says the IFRC.
FinanMart.com - IT News (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
Fiercebiotech (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
A group of life science companies in Massachusetts has formed a consortium aimed at creating new research collaborations, planning to work with other groups around the world. Report Sirion says the FDA has approved its NDA for Durezol, a topical steroid for post-operative ocular inflammation and pain. Release GlaxoSmithKline won FDA approval for Kinrix, a vaccine that offers children protection against...
OpenlineBlog.com (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
Weisner and Water Don't Mix It seems fitting that in this period of skyrocketing property taxes, sales taxes, gas prices, food prices, parking fees, most of which so-called Aurora Mayor Tommy "Taxpayer Predator" Weisner has made significantly worse, yet another taxpayer assault is coming. Water rates for the City of Aurora will increase again on July 1, 2008 (ka-ching!) Back in 2004, then-incompetent...
mac.ro (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
Adobe patched its free Reader and commercial Acrobat software this week to plug the latest in what one researcher called an “epidemic” of JavaScript vulnerabilities.
mac.ro (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
Adobe patched its free Reader and commercial Acrobat software this week to plug the latest in what one researcher called an “epidemic” of JavaScript vulnerabilities.
