Category: Health
No new bird flu cases in China for a week
No new human cases of the H7N9 virus have been recorded in China for a week, national health authorities said, for the first time since the outbreak began in March. One [...]
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Tokyo hospital ready to conduct preventive mastectomies
A hospital in Tokyo said Monday that it stands ready to conduct preventive mastectomies and that several women have undergone the operation there in the past after developing [...]
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Impossible to predict outcome in China’s bird flu outbreak: WHO
It is impossible to predict the evolution of China’s human H7N9 bird flu outbreak as researchers are still trying to understand the source of human transmission, the [...]
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Indonesia’s healthcare plan stumbles at first hurdle – Gulf Times
When a sick Indonesian baby died after 10 hospitals in Jakarta turned her family away in February, critics blamed a pilot health insurance scheme that had overwhelmed the [...]
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Bird flu costs China industry $65 billion
China’s human H7N9 bird flu outbreak has cost the country’s poultry industry more than 400 billion yuan ($65 billion) as consumers shun chicken, government [...]
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Drug traffickers targeting Australia
Australia seized a record 23 tonnes of illicit drugs in 2011-2012 with arrests at a 10-year high, data showed on Monday, as officials warned the country had become a key [...]
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Indonesia’s nationwide healthcare plan stumbles at first hurdle
When a sick Indonesian baby died after 10 hospitals in Jakarta turned her family away in February, critics blamed a pilot health insurance scheme that had overwhelmed the [...]
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‘Nothing sinister’ in China meat block – Key
China fast-tracking sign offs on Kiwi meat plants is why tens of millions of dollars of meat is being blocked at the country’s border, says prime minister John Key. It [...]
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Death toll from new bird flu in China rises to 36: WHO
Four more people in China have died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing the death toll from the H7N9 virus to 36 from 131 confirmed cases, the World Health Organization [...]
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Australia’s deadly lyssavirus infects first horse
Australia reported its first ever case of the deadly bat-borne lyssavirus in a horse Friday, warning that transmission to humans was possible as it quarantined a property. [...]
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China steps up inspection of meat trade after fake lamb scandal
China has begun a crackdown on the sales of fake, diseased and tainted meat products after a series of scandals that have further dented public confidence in the food [...]
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India to Produce Diarrhea Vaccinations Priced $1
Indian government announced that they are developing a new low-cost vaccine to treat diarrhea, one the major causes of childhood deaths across developing countries. The [...]
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Kidney disease on the rise in Malaysia
Malaysia has the highest incidence of end-stage renal failure attributed to diabetes THE health ministry has urged the public to take care of their kidneys as the number of [...]
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China bird flu devastates Shanghai family
The virus has already killed her mother, and Kelly Gu’s father lies critically ill with H7N9 bird flu in a Shanghai hospital bed – the only couple both infected [...]
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Indian medics conduct ‘perfect’ op on baby’s swollen head
Doctors carried out life-saving surgery Wednesday on an Indian baby suffering from a rare disorder that caused her head to swell to nearly double its size, in a case that [...]
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