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Brazil simplifies Chagas treatment
A Brazilian government laboratory said Monday it will begin producing child-sized doses of a drug commonly used to treat Chagas disease, which kills thousands of people each year across the Americas.
WHO says Asia should act against TB
The World Health Organization urged Asian countries on Monday to take action against the growing threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis, warning that even more virulent forms of the disease could spread if they fail to do so.
Study finds arsenic threats in SE Asia
Myanmar's cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta and Indonesia's Sumatra island face high risks of arsenic contamination in groundwater that could cause cancer and other diseases in residents, according to a new study.
Dutch woman dies of Ebola-like fever
A Dutch woman has died from Marburg fever, a highly contagious Ebola-like virus she is thought to have caught from bats while touring caves in Uganda, hospital officials said Friday.
Hong Kong’s SARS response lends lessons to Maryland health officials
At the height of the SARS outbreak in Asia, one hospital in Hong Kong bore the country’s brunt of the epidemic, dedicating the entire facility to the deadly, fast-spreading disease.
Jay Ambrose: Ideology trumps science
Somehow -- it's a puzzle to me -- the heads of a number of essentially anti-capitalist, fantasy-land advocacy groups manage to live with themselves and the terrible human damage they do while simultaneously excoriating others, mainly corporations that have helped give this country an historically unmatchable standard of living.
Jay Ambrose: Food extremists blinded by ideology
Somehow — it’s a puzzle to me — the heads of a number of essentially anti-capitalist, fantasy-land advocacy groups manage to live with themselves and the terrible human damage they do while simultaneously excoriating others, mainly corporations that have helped give this country an historically unmatchable standard of living.
Europe plans free fruit, veggies for school kids
EU officials want European schoolchildren to swap their French fries for fruit. The European Union is aiming to spend $140 million a year to provide free fruit and vegetables to schools across the continent to tackle child obesity, officials said Tuesday.
Methodology for AP analysis of drinking deaths
The Associated Press examined alcohol-poisoning deaths after four college-age people died in Minnesota in late 2007 and early 2008 after nights of heavy drinking.
Budget fertility treatments planned for Africa
Doctors are getting ready to introduce a cheap in vitro fertilization procedure across Africa, where women are sometimes ostracized as witches or social outcasts if they cannot have children.
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