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University of Arkansas to Ban Tobacco from Its Campus

... and tobacco products from its campus. University officials intend to give the Fayetteville campus community a...tional leadership role in health on campus. Health officials on the Fayetteville campus started seriously considering the more comprehensive ban late in 2005 aft...

Steroid Scam: Sylvester Stallone Gets Away With a Light Punishment

...t the window of his Sydney hotel room when customs officials arrived to search it. Stallone was then in Australia to promote his film Rocky Balboa. The 60-year-old Hollywood muscleman pleaded guilty to the charges against him. New South Wales state Deputy Chief Magistrate Paul Cloran said Stallone had tri...

My Space Pressured into Sharing Data on Sex Offenders

... coming round. Its counsel Angus revealed company officials met with North Carolina and Connecticut Attorneys General to sort out the details of those requests. "We hope to get requests from every state," he said. "From day one, we have preserved all the information in the hopes of getting these requests." ...

Bird Flu: Bangladesh Situation Serious, Indian on High Alert

...stern and eastern borders, India is on high alert, officials said in New Delhi. "India has intensified its surveillance along the borders particularly after bird flu outbreak in Bangladesh, Myanmar and its continuation in China, Pakistan and Afghanistan," Central Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department Joint ...

Avandia Could Increase Risk of Heart Attack, New Study

... not asking Glaxo to take any specific action. FDA officials were not immediately available for comment....

Aggressive Family Planning Sparks Riots in China

...t fall in line. And when they wont cough up, local officials carry away whatever is available in the house, it...agers reportedly attacked government offices after officials imposed heavy fines on families who had too many children. Anti-riot police were called in after v...

Figures of Dengue In Singapore On The Rise

...ot reported any other dengue death cases. Health officials have been combing public housing estates in search of mosquito breeding sites. Dengue is the most important mosquito-transmitted viral disease in terms of morbidity and mortality. It usually affects people living in tropical regions and it manifes...

Ten People Taken Ill After Inhaling Methane Gas

... then are said to be in critical condition. BCCL officials have rushed to the site to take stock of the situation. Rescue operations have also been launched to evacuate nearby areas. "Gas leaks are often reported in this area. We have served several notices to the residents to vacate the area but they don'...

WHO Announces Deal on Sharing Bird Flu Virus

...ng what constitutes a public health emergency, WHO officials said it would apply in the case of a flu pandemic. News of the deal came as Vietnam announced its first human case of the H5N1 virus since November 2005. A WHO representative in Vietnam said samples of the virus strain would be sent to its assoc...

Death from Exposure to WTC Dust Confirmed

...roga's death was linked to trade center dust, city officials have not accepted that finding. The medical examiner's decision could now be cited as supporting evidence in the federal lawsuits filed against the city by thousands of firefighters, police officers and recovery workers who say they were injured by...

Watch Out for Signs of Autism in Babies!

...ion deficit disorders and autism, which government officials said in February affects 1 in 150 U.S. children and may be more common than previously thought. In April, researchers from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disord...

Pediatric Seizure Study Underway in US to Decide Between Diazepam and Lorazepam

... a wide range of ethicists, experts and government officials about this study to ensure that we protect patients safety, Dr. Baren said. The researchers have designed a public information campaign to inform the public about the study in the various communities where it will be performed, Dr. Baren said. They...

First Human Case of Bird Flu Confirmed in Vietnam Since 2005

Vietnamese officials have confirmed the first human case of avian influenza since 2005, state media said Friday. The Ministry of Health has officially confirmed that a 29-year-old man has been infected with the deadly H5N1 virus, two days after the suspected case was...

Pakistani Doctors Behind Bars for Illegal Kidney Removals

... engaged in the illegally removing human kidneys, officials said Saturday. The arrests were made Friday night after police apprehended three middlemen and recovered nine men and a woman being held at a heavily guarded house in the city, Lahore police chief Aftab Cheema said. Police who were alerted by a f...

Anthrax Claims Two Lives in Orissa

...d the deadly disease in the last two days, health officials said Friday. Bisu Sisa, 45, of Phulba village and Nanda Jani, 35, of Padiguda village under Semliguda block in Koraput, nearly 500 km from Bhubaneswar, fell to the disease reportedly after consuming cattle meat. K.H. Reddy, chief district medical...

China Reports Bird Flu Infection in Military

...d flu, and national government and military health officials confirmed the results Wednesday. The health ministry had reported the case to the World Health Organization and regional health authorities, it said. The new case brings the total number of human infections with bird flu reported in China to 25 s...

Concern Expressed Over Poor Quality Bird Flu Vaccine Used in Nigeria

...nes and applying strict monitoring procedures, FAO officials said in a statement after a mission to the country in February. However, vaccination could have an adverse effect on Nigerias chicken exports, particularly to South Africa, said an official with the Nigerian Agriculture Ministry who spoke on condi...

Chinese Take Fertility Drugs to Beat One Child Policy

...nce, rose up against the policy. Communist Party officials started going house to house to collect fines for ...having a second child. According to reports, the officials tried to intimidate rule-breakers into paying, but locals fought back by burning cars and destroying...

Chikungunya Scare in Orissa: 4 Die

...agers only due to negligence on the part of health officials who didn't bother when the first case was reported," alleged Lokanath Sahu, chairman of Odagaon block. "The cases are increasing day by day. All the affected persons are suffering from high fever and severe pain in limbs and joints," Bijay Paikray,...

British Doctors Want Indian Immigrants Screened for TB

...d Cardiff, had prompted concern that public health officials were failing to come to grips with the disease. Vivienne Nathanson, the British Medical Association's head of science and ethics, said the re-emergence of TB was so serious that ministers should consider the mandatory immunisation of all school chi...

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