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US health officials raise alarm over 'new and untreatable' strain ...
Independent - UK
By Severin Carrell. A virulent strain of HIV which health experts fear
could be impossible to treat has been discovered in the United States. ...
[FOUNTAIN]Pope's health stirs concern over successor
International Herald Tribune - France
There are a couple jokes passed between insiders at the Vatican, the papal
headquarters in the heart of Rome. It is the place of martyrdom of St. ...
Health Experts Worry on Czech Drinking
San Jose Mercury News (subscription) - USA
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Drinking is a national pastime in this beer-loving
country, and health experts worry they have trouble on their hands: A
growing ...
Health Canada Suspends ADHD drug Adderall XR
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
Health Canada is informing Canadians that it has instructed Shire BioChem
Inc, the manufacturer of ADDERALL XR® to withdraw the drug from the Canadian
market. ...
Health officials wage fight against Southern-fried staples
AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA
... Amid a national obesity epidemic and the South's infamous distinction
as the "Stroke Belt," health officials have been trying to get diners to
flinch, at least ...
Pope's health fuels speculation about retirement
Bulletin (subscription) - Spokane,WA,USA
... So how does a man who believes he was appointed to his job by God and
saved for it by the Virgin Mary face the idea of retirement as his health
fails? Simple. ...
Tasmanian health saga worsens
ABC Online - Australia
ELIZABETH JACKSON: The saga of the Tasmanian health service has worsened,
with revelations that children with cerebral palsy are unable to get vital
treatment ...
Health authorities find rare drug-resistant HIV in untreated man
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... drug-resistant HIV in a person never before treated for the virus is
"a wake up call" to anyone who has unprotected sex, the city's health
commissioner said ...
Drinking water health scare
NEWS.com.au - Australia
... Public Health Director Roscoe Taylor said yesterday herbicide
pollution of water was unacceptable and a full investigation was under way to
identify the source ...
Dip course in IT-related health services from June
Times of India - India
HYDERABAD: Given the role of information technology in health care, the
Institute of Health Systems (IHS) will offer an advanced diploma in
Health System ...
New US Health and Human Services Secretary Sworn Into Office
Voice of America - USA
By VOA News. President Bush has another new cabinet member - the new Secretary
of Health and Human Services, Mike Leavitt, was sworn in Friday. ...
Health battles for the Pontiff
Providence Cowl (subscription) -
Providence,RI,USA
Vatican officials state that the Pope's health is improving and that he
is again eating normally and is without fever. On Sunday, Feb. ...
NYC Health Officials Find New, Virulent HIV Strain (Update2)
Bloomberg - USA
... the four types of anti-viral drugs that combat the disease, and
progresses from infection to full-blown AIDS in two or three months, the
health department said ...
Health Stocks in Motion
TheStreet.com - USA
Shares of Molecular Devices (MDCC:Nasdaq - news - research) were among the
best-performing health-related stocks Friday, rising 17% after the
company posted in ...
Health Staff Salary Protest Begins to Bite
AllAfrica.com - Africa
... parastatals earn. The lowest-paid worker at the institution gets
Sh3,310 against Sh4,900 in the Ministry of Health. Yesterday, KMTC ...
Health officials fear new global polio epidemic
Miami Herald (subscription) - FL,USA
... reached Mecca in Saudi Arabia, Islam's holy city, just before the
annual pilgrimage by two million Muslims last month, and World Health
Organization officials ...
