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22 disability protestors arrested outside Capitol

19.08.10 - Twenty-two people, many of them severely disabled, were arrested at a protest outside the Capitol building on Wednesday afternoon. 

Doctors’ Suit Dismissal Could Bring Rising Rates

19.08.10 - More than 220,000 Connecticut patients will be affected, according to the Connecticut State Medical Society. 

‘Party drug’ for depression?

19.08.10 - Known to some as ‘Special K’, ketamine could be developed into a safe medication.

Helping patients to choose doctors

03.08.2010 - Insurers and ratings groups post information to help patients choose doctors

HREA Distance Learning Programme

HREA is calling for applications for a series of new short certificate courses via e-learning. These short e-learning courses are six weeks in duration and involve approximately 30 hours of reading, interaction with students and instructor on discussion boards, and “webinars” with invited guests. 

Polio in Tajikistan - Update

23 July 2010 - The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tajikistan has since 1 January 2010 reported 430 cases of polio following the importation of a wild poliovirus type 1 into the country.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 110

23 July 2010 - As of 18 July 2010, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18366 deaths.

Drugging kids for parents’ relief called abusive

July 22, 2010 - If the kids become too much to handle, slip ‘em a little cold medicine. It’s an often-repeated joke - or advice - that parents share on the playground or on Twitter and Facebook pages.

Drug War Statement Upstaged at AIDS Gathering

July 22, 2010 - Some of the world’s top AIDS experts issued a radical manifesto this week at the 18th International AIDS Conference: They declared the war on drugs a 50-year-old failure and called for it to be abandoned. 

Yellow fever in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

19 July 2010 - On 25 June 2010, Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) reported a suspected case of Yellow fever in Titule, Base Ouele district of Orientale province (northern part of the country). 

New AIDS policy: much social media and little cash

July 13, 2010 - A new domestic AIDS policy rolled out by the White House on Tuesday looks for new ways to educate people about the deadly and incurable virus, from social media to “scientifically sound” school campaigns.

U.S. Cancer Death Rates On the Decline

July 12, 2010 - The American Cancer Society, in its 2010 report on facts and figures, says while cancer remains a major public health problem in our country, death rates are still dropping. 

First Successful Full Face Transplant With Tear Ducts

July 8, 2010 - A 35-year-old Frenchman can shed tears of joy through another person’s tear ducts following what appears to be the world’s first successful full face transplant including eyelids and tear ducts. 

Nigeria: mass lead poisoning from mining activities, Zamfara State

7 July 2010 - A major outbreak of lead poisoning in children has been occurring in Zamfara State, Nigeria since at least March 2010, related to the processing of lead-rich ore for the extraction of gold. 

Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia - update

5 July 2010 - The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza.