Child virus death toll hits 28; WHO backs China's controls
May 7, 2008, 14:49 GMT
Beijing - The death toll from a virally transmitted hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) that has infected 16,000 children rose to 28 on Wednesday as the World Health Organization said it was satisfied with China's efforts to curb the spread of the virus. ... more
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Illegal sexual enhancement pills claim lives of two more men
May 17, 2008, 1:23 GMT
Singapore - Illegal sexual enhancement pills laced with a diabetes drug claimed the lives of two more men, one Chinese and the other Malay, authorities said Saturday. ... more
Foreign-run Cambodian school expels girl, 7, for being HIV positive
May 16, 2008, 9:26 GMT
Phnom Penh - The foster parents of a seven-year-old Cambodian girl are considering legal action after a foreign-managed private school expelled the child for being HIV positive. ... more
China reports 43rd child death from HFMD
May 16, 2008, 9:18 GMT
Beijing - Health officials on Friday said a 22-month-old girl in the eastern province of Jiangxi died from virally transmitted hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD), China's 43rd confirmed child death from HFMD this year. ... more
Official warns of plague risk in quake-razed Chinese towns
May 16, 2008, 6:00 GMT
Beijing - Thousands of bodies rotting under rubble after the devastating earthquake in south-western China's Sichuan province could cause plague outbreaks if they are not buried quickly, state media on Friday quoted a local official as saying. ... more
Obesity problem persists for many European countries
May 15, 2008, 14:59 GMT
Geneva - All but four out of 27 EU countries plus Switzerland reported the majority of adult males as overweight, according to a new assessment of obesity rates published Thursday by the European Congress on Obesity. ... more
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Foreign Alzheimer's patients find new home in Thailand
May 5, 2008, 13:42 GMT
Chiang Mai, Thailand - For the past one and a half years, Manfred Schlaupitz, 71, a former Daimler-Benz engineer, has been living in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai in a Swiss-run facility for senior citizens suffering from dementia. ... more
Seduced by 'winnable war' donors throw money at malaria
Dec 30, 2007, 12:16 GMT
Belalanda, Madagascar - In Belalanda, a small village of reed huts in south-west Madagascar women in wrap dresses, their faces smeared with a skin-lightening face pack, file away from the local health clinic with packages on their heads. ... more
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