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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
On 20 August 2008, the Government of Iraq reported the first cholera cases of the year. As of 28 September 2008, a total of 341 laboratory-confirmed cholera cases, including five deaths, had been verified (case-fatality rate: 1.5%). Nine provinces have already been affected, with Babil accounting for the majority of cases (58%), followed by Baghdad (18%) and Kerbala (9%).
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Short Sharp Science (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
An investigation by The Sun newspaper has found that Starbucks wastes 23 million litres of water each day - enough to sustain the population of Namibia. They've made a video to prove their point.Starbuck initially said hygiene regulations were...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
WHO is sending drugs and medical supplies to Kyrgyzstan's mountainous Alaisky district, bordering China, where a 6.6 magnitude earthquake has killed up to 70 people and wounded 100. Remoteness and difficult communications are slowing the country's response but UN agencies are supporting Kyrgyz authorities to gain a better understanding of the damage to the area.
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Text of report by website of non-profit South African Press Association (SAPA) news agency Johannesburg 6 Oct 2008: No health facilities in Zambia have received reports of people with the mystery flu-like illness that has claimed four lives in South Africa, Zambia's health minister said on Monday.
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
By Dickens, Bernard There is continuing historical and social ambivalence about whether human reproduction and indulgence of human sexuality are primarily private rights or public concerns.
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IOL (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
A medical official has said that three people have died from what is believed to be haemorrhagic fever in a remote Congolese province.
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Positive News Media (Free subscription) | yesterday
MANILA, Oct. 7 (PNA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) regional office for the Western Pacific has called its member states for the reinforcement of structural safety hospitals to ensure continuous health services in times of disaster.
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Backspin (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dr. Elihu D. Richter exhaustively studied the issue of Israeli medical permits for Palestinians to obtain treatment in Israel, Egypt or Jordan. 4,932 Palestinians granted medical permits for treatment in Israel in 2006. 90.2% Proportion of medical entry requests granted...
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TED Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
A powerful idea from the unveiling of James Nachtwey's photos of the XDR-TB epidemic on Friday night in New York City: During the Q&A session with some TB experts and activists, an audience member asked: "We're talking about XDR-TB, but...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Each year, more than two million people die from alcohol-related causes which is why World Health Organization (WHO) was asked by its Member States in May at the World Health Assembly to develop a global strategy to combat the harmful use of alcohol.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Manila - The European Commission has earmarked 9.9 million dollars to civilians affected by violence in the strife-torn southern Philippines, an official said Monday. Alistair MacDonald, head of delegation of the European Commission in the Philippine...
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Appendectomy African StyleWhen I woke up in the middle of the night throwing up and having diarrhea I must admit that I thought nothing of it. Letrsquos be honest I have spent a majority of my time here in Ethiopia participating in such fun tourist activities. The pain though was unbearable. It could be likened to the excruciating discomfort of watching Sara Palin in an interviewhellip
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hamburg - An early tuberculosis vaccine dating back to the 1920s has been vastly improved thanks to genetic engineering technology, according to a team of German researchers. The new discovery by the scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Infec...
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Effect Measure (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
An article in The Straits Times from newswire Associated Press (AP) drew my attention to a festering disagreement between proponents of an innovative global sharing initiative for influenza information and the World Health Organization, the official UN Agency that has run the global influenza surveillance system for more than a half century. The new system, The Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza...
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Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
MANILA, Oct. 6 (PNA) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization of Family Doctors have released a joint report that aims to help people who are affected by mental disorders but cannot receive the care and treatment they need.
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jahmed | 11/04/2008
Healthwatch Advocacy Newscampaign special news WHO Bangladesh inefficient, abuses power? by Healthwatch Advocacy Newscampaign Dhaka, Oct 07: World Health Organization’s Bangladesh country office and Bangladesh Representative have been blamed of gross irregularity as they cancelled Bangladesh’s official delegate’s participation in a symposium on “Reducing Harm from Alcohol Use in the Community,” held
