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Thursday April 29, 2010

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Canada Has It Both Ways On Global Abortion Funding

April 29, 2010 • Although Canada came out recently against abortion funding for developing countries, a government official suggests the door is open for other developed nations to follow their own course on aid for maternal and child health, including supporting ...

Monday April 26, 2010

Outbreak Of Paralysis Points To Polio's Return

An outbreak of polio in Tajikistan has public health workers scrambling. irene2005/Flickr hide caption

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Outbreak Of Paralysis Points To Polio's Return

April 26, 2010 • The World Health Organization says Tajikistan, a Central Asian nation which shares its southern border with Afghanistan, recently reported 120 cases of acute flaccid paralysis, probably caused by polio.

Thursday April 15, 2010

Ash Poses More Risk For Animals Than Humans

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Ash Poses More Risk For Animals Than Humans

April 15, 2010 • Ash from the volcanic eruption in Iceland appears to present minimal risk for people. Officials in Iceland told farmers there to keep their livestock indoors.

Wednesday April 14, 2010

Schistosomiasis: An Unwelcome Adventure

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Schistosomiasis: An Unwelcome Adventure

April 14, 2010 • Researchers found that a dozen tourists picked up schistosomiasis while kayaking the Upper Nile in Uganda. Staying in white water is no guarantee you won't be infected by the parasite.

Wednesday March 10, 2010

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Why Rush Limbaugh Should Skip Costa Rica For Health Care

March 10, 2010 • Before Limbaugh books a trip down south, he might take a closer look at the health system in the Central American country. Government funding dominates it.

Wednesday November 4, 2009

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Spanning The Globe In Search Of Disease

November 4, 2009 • If you're interested in bluetongue disease, chikungunya fever or swine flu, check out ProMED.

Wednesday August 5, 2009

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Why Not Buy A Kidney?

August 5, 2009 • Experts differ on whether dirty money leads to dirty kidneys in any financial exchange over transplanted organs.

Thursday June 11, 2009

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Pandemic Flu Declaration, Coming At You

June 11, 2009 • WHO's likely declaration of a swine flu pandemic today feels a bit anticlimactic, since we've been warned for weeks.

Friday May 29, 2009

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Taking Wheelchair Tai Chi To China

May 29, 2009 • Wheelchair tai chi helps disabled Americans, both the jocks and the non-jocks.

Friday May 22, 2009

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Why No Flu Pandemic? Define Pandemic

May 22, 2009 • WHO will not declare that swine flu, or H1N1, has reached pandemic proportions. But it's leaving open the question for now of whether it will change its own definition of exactly what would trigger a pandemic.

Thursday May 21, 2009

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When Is A Pandemic Not A Pandemic?

May 21, 2009 • Many countries are questioning why the WHO has not moved the new swine flu pandemic threat level from an imminent pandemic to an actual one.

Monday May 18, 2009

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Food And Flu And You

May 18, 2009 • When Egypt slaughtered its pig population to protect the country against swine flu a few weeks ago, many scientists dismissed it as an overreaction. There is no evidence eat

Wednesday May 6, 2009

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Why Are Virus Outbreaks Often Not As Bad As First Feared?

May 6, 2009 • Why do outbreaks caused by flu and other viruses often seem worse initially than they turn out to be?

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Egyptians Told To Pray In Open Areas To Thwart Swine Flu

May 6, 2009 • Not to pick on Egypt but that nation continues to exhibit among the most extreme reactions to swine flu to be seen internationally.

Tuesday May 5, 2009

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A Russian view of swine flu

May 5, 2009 • This Russia Today report on the swine flu is a weird mash-up of several flu-related stories ranging from the humorous to the super serious. It all makes sense when you take into account that the Russian news

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