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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... 
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 | 21 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago
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544 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... 
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... 
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 | 42 wks ago | updated 41 wks ago
157 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
157 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 | 46 wks ago | updated 46 wks ago
3199 views | 26 recommendations | 6 comments
3199 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 | 47 wks ago | updated 47 wks ago
129 views | 26 recommendations | 3 comments
129 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...
created by Miriam Mannak | 51 wks ago | updated 51 wks ago
583 views | 32 recommendations | 7 comments
583 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 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
393 views | 22 recommendations | 6 comments
393 views | 22 recommendations | 6 comments
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