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What the Pope Really Said About Condoms
" Benedict seems to imply a scale of good and bad intentions — from the indiscriminate use of condoms and other contraceptives to the idea of preventing the spread of AIDS to following the teachings of the Catholic Church. Condoms are not the ultimate solution or the...Increasing C-Diff Superbug Outbreaks in SE US: Antibiotic-Immune
A new study shows increases in C-Diff outbreaks in the southeast US. Both MRSA and C-Diff are resistant to common antibiotics. C-Diff or Clostridium difficile is a bacteria that attacks the colon and...
Stand Up To Cancer - Manage Your Treatment
Award-winning actresses Edie Falco and Cynthia Nixon appear in a new Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) public service campaign (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9avVoQB2_rQ) to educate cancer patients and their loved ones... Swine Flu In Brief
More than 100 high school students and 17 teachers has infected with swine flu in Hungary. The school temporary closed. This is the biggest multitudinous infection here, still swine flu appeared around the world. Vaccine under tests. The producer says it will be ready in... Parents to 'have no say' on sex education in schools
The UK Family Education Trust has issued a report that claims that parents will have no say in their children's sex education under plans by the British government to introduce compulsory sex and relationships...
created by Paul Conneally | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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768 views | 28 recommendations | 7 comments
UK Airlines To Bar Passengers With H1N1 Symptoms From Boarding
British airlines have begun their “war on swine flu” by instructing the check-in staff to watch out for swine flu symptoms in passengers. Passengers with suspected H1N1 infections can be prevented from...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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755 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
DOH reports 2 more H1N1-related deaths
" MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) recorded Monday two new deaths related to influenza A (H1N1) or swine flu infection. Dr. Yolanda Oliveros, head of the DOH-National Center for Disease Control Prevention,... HIV infection rates in South Africa are levelling off
HIV infection rates in South Africa seem to be levelling off at an infection rate of 10.9% for residents over two according to a new study released today. The same study said the rate of infection in teenagers and children could be decreasing as well, perhaps due to the use... Cure for Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder?
It seems that the culprit may have been a specific pathogen: Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia). Researchers in Spain apparently identified the pathogen in professional apiaries and treated it with antibiotics in...
created by mgmirkin | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
1443 views | 109 recommendations | 12 comments
1443 views | 109 recommendations | 12 comments
More on the Pope and Condoms
The fallout from the Pope's words on condom use last week is starting to reach across the globe. I wonder if the Pope realizes how his words can devastate public health worldwide, and fuel more HIV...
created by Mary Richard | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
339 views | 47 recommendations | 6 comments
339 views | 47 recommendations | 6 comments
Casserole to Blame for Sickening 200 Prison Inmates
A casserole has been identified as the source of a food poisoning outbreak that sickened 200 inmates in a Wisconsin jail. The CDC identified the bacterium to be Clostridium perfringens, which may remain in...
created by Terri Potratz | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
310 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
310 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
Infection causes famous Brazilian model's limbs to be amputated
Twenty-year old Brazilian model Mariana Bridi da Costa who was supposed to compete in Miss World Beauty Pageant is fighting for her life after having had her limbs amputated as the result of a bacterial infection...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
3865 views | 26 recommendations | 6 comments
3865 views | 26 recommendations | 6 comments
Zimbabwe cholera: Over 2200 fatalities and 42600 infections
While all eyes are focused on the shower of violence and despair drenching the Gaza strip, the inauguration of America's first black American, and the crumbling global economy, the Zimbabwean fight against cholera...
created by Miriam Mannak | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
299 views | 26 recommendations | 3 comments
299 views | 26 recommendations | 3 comments
Cape Town Baby Diagnosed With Cholera
The authorities in Cape Town are on high alert after a 4-month old baby was admitted to hospital with cholera. According to the provincial health department of the Western Cape, the case is probably not related to the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe - which acording to the...
created by Miriam Mannak | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
770 views | 32 recommendations | 7 comments
770 views | 32 recommendations | 7 comments
Doctors Urge HIV Tests for All Patients Over 13
On World AIDS Day 2008, The American College of Physicians is recommending that all patients over age 13 get tested for the HIV virus which causes AIDS."The organization, which represents more than 126,000...
created by Terri Potratz | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
504 views | 22 recommendations | 6 comments
504 views | 22 recommendations | 6 comments
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