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Egyptian Boy Has Bird Flu

...with a high fever on Thursday. He became the 37th case of the virus reported in Egypt since the first outbreak was announced in February 2006. The report said that he was being treated with Tamiflu, and that his condition was stable. A 10-year-old girl died of bird flu earlier in June, bringing to 15 t...

Six Cases of H5N1 Bird Flu Confirmed in Germany

...en, but did not affect humans. The last reported case in Germany of the highly pathogenic strain of bird flu was reported in Dresden in August last year. It killed a swan in the eastern city's zoo. According to the World Health Organisation, bird flu has claimed more than 130 lives worldwide since 200...

Cherie Blair's Boss Accuses Tony Blair for Proposed Smoking Ban

...keep to the rules of my profession.' She got the case by chance as it was the next available at her chambers....

The Doctor Parents of a 15 Year Old surgeon Arrested

...ing enrolled in the State Medical Register). The case came to light last month when Dr. Murugesan, who ...rector of Health Services, the police registered a case against the three members of the family....

Violent Videogames Attract Criticism Again

...means nobody under 18 can buy the game -- in which case many retailers, such as Wal-Mart and Best Buy, will probably not carry it. Rockstar, which is owned by Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., announced Thursday it is temporarily suspending the game's release, which was scheduled for July 10, because of...

Parents Boycott India School After HIV Kids Allowed Back

...India by those living with HIV and AIDS -- in this case one boy and four girls aged between five and 11. The children appeared to have won a victory last week when the Christian school in southern Kerala state that threw them out six months ago allowed them to return to class -- but it was short-lived. ...

Afghan Refugee Gives Birth to Quintuplets in Pakistan

...intuplets, in what is thought to be the first such case for the country's huge refugee population, doctors said Monday. The four boys and a girl were doing well with their mother, identified as Amna Bibi, after they were born on Sunday in a hospital in Quetta, said gynecologist Marvi, who goes by one n...

US Officials Urge Testing for HIV as Health Crisis Intensifies

...nfected." Bonnie Fogle, an HIV program nurse and case manager at the Orangeburg County Health Department, said the largest percent of cases were in adults 40 years of age or older. "But ... we are seeing an increase in numbers from those age 18 to 25, the younger group," she said. "What happens is a l...

Advancement in DNA Research may Bring Back Woolly Mammoth

...they are divided over how they should do it in the case of long extinct species, and whether it's even feasible. Max Planck researcher Svante Paabo, who together with colleagues, is aiming to assemble a Neanderthal genome from bones preserved in arid caves, in a paper appearing in this week's Proceeding...

Man Accused of Spreading HIV Granted Bail in Australia

...uments. He will reappear in court on July 6. The case puts renewed pressure on Ms Pike who, earlier this...r her resignation following the mishandling of the case of Melbourne man Michael John Neal, who was committed to stand trial for deliberately spreading HIV....

Fishes Use Threat of Punishment in Mating Process

...ld be a lot of competition, says Dr Wong. In the case of the gobies, only the top male and top female ma...serving and interpreting their behaviour. In the case of the gobies the effect is much more apparent because they seek to maintain a particular size ratio...

Tinnitus Patients can Lead a Normal Life

...sts must always undertake a diagnosis. But, in the case of tinnitus, the diagnosis is more often than not one of exclusion. The specialist has to discard other pathologies in order to discern if the noises come from the ear itself or not. On occasions, tinnituss appear accompanied by other manifestation...

US Supreme Court Could Protect Medical Equipment Manufacturers from Law Suits

...iscourages overzealous state prosecutors. In the case before the Supreme Court, both the Bush administra...ng a lawsuit. Lawyers involved in the Medtronic case say they expect the court to hear from manufacturers and business groups in support of Medtronic, as...

Novagali Pharma Presents Phase III Clinical Trial of Vekacia(R) for Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis

...and three patients using Vekacia(R), including one case of ocular intolerance following study drug instillation. Few treatment-emergent adverse effects (TEAEs) were reported, the most frequent being eye disorders of mild intensity. The tested formulations were rated as comfortable by 94.4% (vehicle), 79...

Nigeria Launches Seven Billion Dollar Case Against Pfizer

...d the charges be dismissed. But the government's case suffered an early setback when the court rejected ...ried out in the mid-1990s. Nigeria has based its case on claims that Pfizer had no authorisation or parental consent to carry out the trial in Africa's mo...

Germany Confirms Second Bird Flu Outbreak

...s and cats are being kept on leads. The Frohburg case was the second case of the flu strain found in Germany this year, and the third in Europe. Last week, H5N1 was discove...

Extradition Nears for Indian Origin Rogue Surgeon Dr. Death

...ials and US marshals, who have been briefed on the case by their counterparts in the office of the Queensland Director of Public Prosecutions and federal government extradition experts....

Ninth HIV-infected Child Dies in Kazakhstan

...dict in a suit against 21 officials accused in the case for negligence, corruption and fraud. If sentenced...tals in Kazakhstan's southern Shymkent region. The case has rocked the country and claimed several scalps, including that of the health minister. A total ...

India Records Substantial Decline in Polio Cases

...outbreak occurred last year, have not had a single case of P-1 virus for the last six months - the longest period so far. 'Though the type 3 polio virus cases are up slightly, they remain restricted to the region. The poliovirus transmission has also been low in Bihar,' Ramadoss told IANS last week. ...

Same Sex Pair Get Relief in Pakistan

...n fact, a woman, despite sex-change surgery. The case is thought the first of its kind in Pakistan where homosexuality and trans-sexuality are largely taboo. <brIt could not be more bizarre than this. Shamile Raj,, 31, had sex-change surgery to become a man and then married Shahzina Tariq, 24, a co...

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