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Vienna - The Roman Catholic charity network Caritas called on pharmaceutical companies Monday to...
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New Delhi - Authorities in India's north-eastern Assam state culled 40,000 poultry of some 60,000...
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Just days before the World AIDS Day on December 1st, the World Health Organization released a study...
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Taipei - China's decision to allow Taiwan's former vice president Lien Chan to attend the APEC...
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Islamabad - The official death toll from the devastating earthquake that hit south-western Pakistan...
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An infection that has killed 3 people in South
Africa worries the World Health
Organization,...
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On Friday, the
World Health Organization (WHO), which is an United Nations health agency, has...
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Beijing - The number of infants hospitalized for problems linked to
the consumption of tainted...
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Taipei - Six brands of Nestle milk powder were taken from shelves in Taiwan on Thursday after tests...
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New York - Despite a massive financial crisis afflicting rich countries, a one-day United Nations...
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The World Health Organization said Friday the scandal over
milk products contaminated with the...
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Chinese doctors examined some 53,000 infants and hospitalized nearly 13,000 for problems related to...
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Exposure to traffic fumes increases the
risk of heart attack, or strokes and potentially fatal...
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Surprise, surprise as a survey released this week by the
World Health Organization showed that the...
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United Nations Secretary Ban Ki-Moon said the food production must drastically increase to cope...
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China said on Monday it faced an increasing problem of underage
smokers, with a number of tobacco...
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The World Health Organization (WHO) called on all governments to forbid all sorts of tobacco...
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The spread of deadly bird flu in Bangladesh has forced health authorities
to slaughter about...
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Rotary International announced the funding of the global...
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Donors pledged to give nearly 10 billion dollars to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and...
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Myanmar and Somalia have been ranked as the most corrupt countries in the world in the 2007...
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Recent malaria outbreaks in two Indonesian provinces have
claimed the lives of at least 24 people...
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A series of studies have shown that being obese or even
overweight may boost a person’s risk of...
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Around 33 million people had the AIDS virus in 2007. The majority lived in Sub-Saharan Africa,...
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Researchers proposed a new solution for people suffering
from chronic migraines: a magnetic device...
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Mars, the giant chocolate maker, is planning on solving
humanity’s cocoa crisis (yes, there is...
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In its thirteenth flight conducted from Satish Dhawan Space
Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota, today...
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A team of German scientists has devised a new drug to fight
the most common form of dementia -...
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Scientists have finally solved a long-standing mystery of
where seasonal flu viruses originate and...
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Scientific world has lost Joshua Lederberg, University
Professor and president emeritus of the...
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Hong Kong went into alert this week when a dead magpie found in an urban area of the region tested...
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More people than ever before are living with HIV worldwide and new infections continue. HIV is a...
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Up to now, drug users, gay men, prostitutes and the victims of irresponsible blood-buying schemes...
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Geneva - Asian countries, youngsters and people spoiled by the availability of medicines in the...
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The World Health Organization has returned its attention to one of the most frightening viruses and...
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A series of studies have shown that being obese or even
overweight may boost a person’s risk of...
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In an attempt to find answers on how to better tackle the
AIDS epidemic and the role of so-called...
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Depression is one of the issues today’s world faces and tries
to overcome. Scientists have shown...
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Hong Kong - An attractive, smiling, healthy-looking couple pose with their thumbs up in front of a...
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A study in the Nov. 20 issue of the New England Journal of
Medicine reveals that, for infants with...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed on Monday a
new case of mad cow disease in a...
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According to the results of a new study
presented this week at the annual meeting of the European...
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It’s no secret anymore that overweight and obese people have
more health problems than those...
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Researchers have detected more genes
associated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s...
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Consumer group Public Citizen on Thursday asked the Food and
Drug Administration to ban...
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Fewer infants are dying in the United States, 2 percent fewer, but the rate is still high according...
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This week, South Africa’s new Health Minister,
Barbara Hogan, said it was unquestionable that HIV...
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The World Health Organization is currently investigating a mysterious disease that has killed three...
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned that the global financial crisis may contribute to...
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October 10 is the annual World Mental Health Day and this year’s conference revealed some shocking...
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Manila - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday warned that disability, suicides and other...
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The long-running debate between US researcher Robert
Gallo and French scientist Luc Montaginer...
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More effort is needed to prevent new cases
of HIV infection and AIDS prevention techniques such as...
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2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology
has been awarded to the German scientist Harald zur...
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More than 62,000 runners and walkers turned
out for this year’s Denver Race for the Cure to...
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Hamburg - An early tuberculosis vaccine dating back to the 1920s has been vastly improved thanks to...
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Manila - The World Health Organization (WHO) is bracing for major health challenges in Asia and the...
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Beijing - China's top leaders have urged officials across the country to respond to the growing...
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Exposure to ultraviolet rays, no matter
where you get them from, is not good for you. At least...
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Exposure to traffic fumes increases the
risk of heart attack, or strokes and potentially fatal...
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The largest US
drug-store chain by sales, Walgreen Co., is seeking an emergency injunction to...
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More people than ever before are living with HIV worldwide and new infections continue. HIV is a...
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A recent discovery might help people with HIV. A combination of universal voluntary HIV testing and...
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How to manage the HIV epidemic is a question that appears to
be more frequent than ever nowadays....
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People suffering from the immunodeficiency virus may be soon
cured through a bone marrow...
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Rotateq, the vaccine against rotavirus, has reduced the number of illnesses by at least two-thirds...
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October is the National Breast Cancer
Awareness Month, a period dedicated to increasing awareness...
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Everyone knows that breakfast is the most
important meal of the day. A new study shows that...
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Tanning beds have been a subject of controversy for many
years with many dermatologists warning...
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How would you react if you found out there are high chances
that you develop a certain condition...
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An estimated 25,000 scientists, politicians, physicians and
activists were present on Sunday at...
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Around 33 million people had the AIDS virus in 2007. The majority lived in Sub-Saharan Africa,...
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Bill Gates and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Wednesday their decision to spend $500...
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Peter Piot, who has been with the United Nations in the
fight against HIV/AIDS for 13 years, will...
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Despite global efforts to fight AIDS, the number of people
who get infected is far outpacing the...
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Taking ibuprofen for more than five years may decrease the
risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease,...
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French drugs group Sanofi-Aventis announced on Thursday its intention to team up with Danish...
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Was it a simple coincidence that
when Columbus returned from the New World, the first epidemic of...
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There are 218 million children laborers around the world – of these, more than 130 million work in...
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For many people trying to kick the noxious habit of smoking,
the Great American Smokeout is a...
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Cairo - Egyptian Human Rights activist and long-term democracy advocate Saad Eddin Ibrahim said he...
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R&B singer Alicia Keys has apologized to fans in Indonesia
after sponsorship of her upcoming...
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Beijing officials announced a very extensive and impressive plan
to try and clear, as much as...
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A California woman has filed a lawsuit against The Dannon Company, accusing the company of false...
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The charitable arm of Internet search engine company Google, Google.org, has announced it will...
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And the first step was already taken years ago, when Maddox, 7, was adopted from Cambodia, making...
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Very determined to be taken seriously, Paris Hilton announced she will be taking a trip to Rwanda...
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A proposal filed by the Maryland State Medical Society to
label video games addiction as a mental...
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