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Dengue Deaths in Cambodia This Year Exceed 2006 Toll

...rst outbreaks of the disease in a decade , medical officials said Thursday. Some 182 fatalities have been recorded for the first half of this year out of 14,986 cases, said Ngan Chantha, director of the health ministry's dengue program. Last year 152 deaths were reported. "The disease is continuing to spre...

Malaria Sweeps Tripura, 25 Dead

...helicopters to send medical teams to remote areas, officials said Friday . "We are monitoring the situation. Despite 25 people dying of malaria so far, the situation is under control," said Jagannath Muhuri, the health and family welfare director. According to unofficial estimates, some 50 people have died ...

China to "salvage" Reputation on Food, Drug Safety

...ate editorial. Despite such hopes, other Chinese officials were not so upbeat in the prospects of solving the problems. "China is in a time of serious food safety risks and our task of fixing this is extremely arduous. Despite some recent improvements, the food safety outlook is no cause for optimism," Sun...

China Launches Food Safety Checks in Run-up to Olympics

...from using diethylene glycol. Earlier this month officials announced that athletes and visitors heading to Beijing for the Olympics should not be concerned by recent Chinese food scandals, as many safety measures were being put in place for the Games....

US TB Traveler Sued Over 'reckless and Selfish Behavior'

...to Italy for their honeymoon. By then, US health officials had realized just how serious the case was and managed to contact Speaker in Rome. A CDC official told him to turn himself in to Italian health authorities to be placed in isolation. "They told me I had been put on the no-fly list and my passport w...

Picnic Memories Turn Rotten With E.coli Poisoning

...s. The number climbed to 10 on Friday, prompting officials to issue a plea for the hundreds who attended to look for symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, nausea and severe abdominal pain. "We are looking into what was served at the event, Dr. Herveen Sachdeva, associate medical officer of health, was quoted....

Vets To Team Up With Human Health Specialists

According to top health officials of America, doctors who look after animals are best placed to deal with recent human health scares . Urging veterinarians to work more closely with human health experts in dealing with contagious diseases, Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Atl...

Psychiatric Patients Ill-treated in Emergency Rooms, US Officials Say

...ergency rooms, doctors, nurses, patients and state officials said after investigating as many as 21 complaints ...hose patients, staff, and other patients. Hospital officials said nurses, too, have been injured in confrontations, and patients contend that they are humiliated...

Food Poisoning at the Chicago Food Festival

...o come in on Monday morning. By the end of the day officials found that the Pars Cove Persian Cuisine booth was...the public and by medical providers. ..." Health officials are still trying to determine whether the problem was caused by food handlers or the food. It's not...

Doctor Protests may Hinder Portugal's New Abortion Law

... or if the foetus was malformed. Catholic Church officials in the country have called for continued respect for doctors who refuse to perform abortions and contend that abortion is a serious sin. According to a study published by Portugal's association for family planning, 18,000 Portuguese aborted illegal...

Additives in Baby Products Raise Fresh Concerns in New Zealand

... diarrhea when they used the formula. But NZFSA officials were unable to enforce a recall because under New Zealand law they would first have to prove Fos was harming children.NZFSA compliance and investigation director Geoff Allen said New Zealand babies should not be used "as a test case". "We are talk...

The Queen Of All Contraceptives Released

... for birth control pills. So as business-savvy officials re-conceptualize menstruation as a disease in need of treatment, bleeding women may well be in for a lot of confusion- to stop or not to?...

New Coffee Brand to Hit the Market by This Year-end

...t to the widely prevalent white stem borer. CCRI officials said trials of the new variety were being conducte...riety was handed over to the Coffee Board by CFTRI officials at Mysore recently. The CCRI has also reportedly taken up the coffee genome sequencing project in ...

Americas Preparations For Flu Outbreak Still Incomplete

...oss the border to continue. In the coming weeks, officials will release the governments priority list detaili...or an outbreak of a deadly infectious disease. Top officials emphasized that significant planning and investment decisions had already been made, including a $1 ...

US Health Insurance Firms Suspend Sales, Promise to End Fraudulent Practices

...a consumer's problem with pet insurance.'' U.S. officials did little to stop the abusive sales practices, according to state insurance agencies. Senator Herb Kohl, a Wisconsin Democrat and chairman of the committee, said at the hearing that he would work with the National Association of Insurance Commiss...

Group Therapy and Willpower can Help Smokers to Quit

...e fell this spring to a historic low, according to officials at Germany's Federal Centre for Health Awareness in Cologne. The number of 12- to 17-year-olds who regularly light up has dropped to 18 percent, the figures show. Failure to quit smoking by relying on sheer willpower alone usually means that the sm...

Retail Health Clinics Start Shop

Massachusetts health officials are all set to oil the wheels of retail-based medical clinics. Accordingly, they will propose new regulations to allow for the operation of these clinics . They vouch that the move could also encourage not-for-profit hospitals, community health cente...

Chilly Sauce Linked to Botulism, Forcing Recall in US

...ally canned foods in nearly four decades. Health officials asked consumers and stores to discard 10-ounce cans of some leading brands like Castleberry's, Kroger and Austex . Two Texas children and an Indiana couple were hospitalized with botulism in late June and earlier this month. Investigators traced ...

MS Drug Fails The Test For Treating Crohns Disease

...eceiving the drug. In recent public statements, officials from Biogen Idec and Elan touted Tysabri's ability to induce remission in Crohn's patients.In their partnership, Biogen Idec has led trials and regulatory filings related to multiple sclerosis, and Elan has overseen the potential expansion of Tysabri...

Asia Must Overcome HIV Stigma, Say Research Chiefs

...st year that it had 650,000 HIV cases, although UN officials estimate the actual number is now higher. A recent paper in British medical journal The Lancet praised China's adoption of schemes such as needle exchanges and awareness campaigns among gay men, although the UN said there was still resistance to co...

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