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Two children believed infected by bird flu

Two children in the West Sumatran city of Padang are suspected of having contracted bird flu , a doctor at M.Jamil ...

Rising status of women, increased risk of smoking

Millions of women in developing countries risk disease and early death in the coming decades as the tobacco industry ...

Bird flu continuing to menace Cirebon district

Cirebon district in West Java remains vulnerable to bird flu infection because of the local government`s limited ...

Bird flu kills hundreds of chickens in Jambi

Bird flu has killed several hundred chickens in certain areas of Jambi Kota and Jambi Luar Kota neighborhoods, Jambi ...

Shire Lends Support to World Rare Disease Day 2011

-     Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, today ...

Some 53 people in Lebak suffering from HIV-AIDS

The number of people with HIV-AIDS in Lebak district, Banten province from 2000 to December 2010 reached 53 and 15 of ...

Mederi Therapeutics Announces Receipt of FDA 510(k) Clearance for the MDRF1 Radiofrequency Generator

-     Mederi Therapeutics Inc. announced today that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its new ...

Bill Gates Releases Third Annual Letter, Calling for Sustained Foreign Aid to Boost Global Health an

-     Speaking at Historic Roosevelt House, Gates Outlines Why the World Should Prioritize Vaccines and ...

UK Government and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Announce New Commitment to Eradicating Polio

- Citing dramatic gains achieved with polio vaccines, Prime Minister David Cameron, Bill and Melinda Gates call on ...

New Darfur clashes worry Security Council

The UN Security Council held talks on Sudan on Wednesday amid heightening concern over clashes between government ...

Bird flu threatens Samarinda

Bird flu has been a threat to the East Kalimantan city of Samarinda area over the past three weeks of January, ...

Japanese PM urges hard efforts to fight bird flu

Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Wednesday urged cabinet ministers to devote every effort to fight the avian flu as a fresh ...

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Partner to

- Together pledge $100 million to fight preventable diseases in Afghanistan and Pakistan     His ...

Indonesia, IRRI cooperate in developing superior seeds

The Agriculture Ministry and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) work together in the development of ...

Health Minister Has Nowhere To Look But Upward

Grappling with a life-threatening ailment, Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih now has nowhere to look but ...