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November 4th, 2009 - 4:38 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, November 4 (ANI): China's rapidly developing economy is the driving force behind boosting number of syphilis cases over the past decade in the country, a senior public health official has ...
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November 3rd, 2009 - 7:52 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov 3 (ANI): The second India Disaster Management Congress will be held at the Vigyan Bhavan in the national capital from Wednesday.
The Congress is being organized by the National Institute ...
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November 2nd, 2009 - 1:43 pm ICT by admin
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By Bobby Ramakant, CNS
Pneumonia kills more children than any other disease. Every 15 seconds it claims another child. Two million (twenty lakhs) children (less than 5 years) die of pneumonia every year. ...
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October 30th, 2009 - 1:29 am ICT by BNO News
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NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- New York Governor David Paterson signed an executive order on Wednesday, declaring a state of emergency to further combat the spread of swine flu, ...
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October 22nd, 2009 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, October 22 (ANI): Researchers at the Indiana University (IU) Bloomington, US, have developed a molecule designed to detect cyanide in water samples very quickly, after which it glows under ultraviolet or ...
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October 16th, 2009 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct 16 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil has exhorted the medical community to work for the ideal of medical care for all.
Speaking at the General Assembly of the World ...
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October 9th, 2009 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 9 (ANI): Infectious disease experts are eagerly awaiting the H1N1 virus to undergo a mutation.
John Tudor, Ph.D., a microbiologist at Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia said: "The Centers for Disease Control ...
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October 9th, 2009 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, October 09 (ANI): Even though low-cost diarrhea treatments are possible, there is a huge number of deaths among children due to the sickness, as nothing much has been done to implement ...
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October 7th, 2009 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
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Brasilia, Oct 7 (EFE) The Brazilian government will allocate $1.18 billion for the purchase of vaccine and diagnostic material against swine flu that has so far caused the deaths of 899 people ...
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October 6th, 2009 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
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Havana, Oct 6 (EFE) Cuba has asked the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization for help in acquiring a new vaccine against swine flu, a minister said.
Luis Estruch, deputy ...
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October 5th, 2009 - 12:02 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, October 5 (ANI): Over one million infants who are born too early die each year, according to a new White Paper.
Titled 'The Global and Regional Toll of Preterm Birth', it shows ...
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October 3rd, 2009 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, October 3 (ANI): At a recent meeting in Washington, a panel of experts from the government, academia and the airlines industry, has determined that attempting to ground planes won't stop pandemics ...
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September 30th, 2009 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) People at high risk of getting HIV infection like sex workers, gays and injecting drug users (IDUs) continue to face legal and sociocultural barriers in getting healthcare ...
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September 30th, 2009 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Over four million HIV positive people in low-and middle income countries received antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 2008, a 36 percent jump over the previous year and a ...
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September 27th, 2009 - 4:55 pm ICT by admin
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One of the most-credible International agencies for tobacco research – SRNT - has inducted Lucknow-based Internationally-acclaimed Surgeon and tobacco control crusader - Professor (Dr) Rama Kant - in its Treatment Committee. Prof ...
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September 21st, 2009 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Sep 21 (RIA Novosti) Russia has recorded its first swine flu death, a media report said Monday.
The victim was a female doctor who had recently returned from Bulgaria. Her condition deteriorated ...
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September 21st, 2009 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
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Hong Kong, Sep 21 (DPA) The production of swine flu vaccines is on track to reach three billion inoculations within the next year, the head of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan, ...
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September 18th, 2009 - 9:13 am ICT by IANS
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Washington, Sep 18 (DPA) The US will share 10 percent of its H1N1 vaccine supply with other countries to combat the global spread of the pandemic, President Barack Obama said Thursday.
The ...
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September 15th, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Sep 15 (ANI): French and American scientists have recommended that the World Health Organization (WHO) must review, and adjust its guidelines for the fight against tuberculosis (TB).
TB is a global threat ...
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September 12th, 2009 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Sep 12 (ANI): New World Health Organization data has highlighted two leading causes of pneumonia, which claims the highest number of lives of children under age 5, both globally and within ...
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September 11th, 2009 - 6:24 pm ICT by GD
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"Why Our Health Matters" is the new book written Dr. Andrew Weil. In today's time healthcare is one of the biggest concerns the world over, with even the US President Barak ...
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September 10th, 2009 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
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St. Petersburg (Russia), Sep 10 (RIA Novosti) Russian researchers Thursday said they have begun clinical testing of a swine flu vaccine in the northwestern city of St. Petersburg.
"Today we are starting research ...
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September 9th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
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Beijing, Sep. 9 (ANI): With the release of first batch of the H1N1 vaccine, the Chinese Health Ministry has announced the country's vaccination plan against the influenza pandemic.
China has become the first ...
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September 7th, 2009 - 4:21 pm ICT by ANI
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Beijing, Sep. 7 (ANI): With the surfacing of 100 new H1N1 cases since Friday, Chinese health experts have warned that the total cases nationwide will soon double to 10,000, as the peak ...
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September 2nd, 2009 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
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Lima, Sep 2 (EFE) Some seven million people will be vaccinated against swine flu in Peru, Health Minister Oscar Ugarte has said.
The health ministry is in the process of acquiring the vaccine ...
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September 1st, 2009 - 5:40 pm ICT by IBNS
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New Delhi, Sept 1 (IBNS) With 100 deaths in 3,987 laboratory confirmed positive H1N1 cases, India has registered a mortality rate of 2.3 per cent — much above the 0.9 per cent ...
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August 29th, 2009 - 8:19 am ICT by IANS
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Geneva, Aug 29 (Xinhua) Over 2,100 people worldwide have died from the influenza A (H1N1) since the virus was identified in April, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday.
All the six WHO ...
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August 28th, 2009 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
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Brasilia, Aug 28 (EFE) A total of 577 people have died from swine flu in Brazil, putting the South American nation at the top of the list of countries reporting fatalities from ...
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August 27th, 2009 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Aug 27 (ANI): A new study has shown that large variations exist in peoples' ability to eliminate potentially toxic substance arsenic from the body.
In the study, Kevin Francesconi and colleagues found ...
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August 27th, 2009 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
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Mexico City, Aug 27 (EFE) The death toll from swine flu has risen to 179 in Mexico, authorities here have said.
The health secretariat had reported 164 deaths from swine flu in its ...
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