| Thu 2 Jul 2009 |
Polio scare canceled local Fourth of July in 1934
Contra Costa Times BERKELEY HAD NO official Fourth of July gathering 75 years ago in 1934 due to fear of the spread of polio and a "general agreement among health authorities that large gatherings, especially of children, are likely to fan the outbreak into epidemic st... |
Cancer and chemotherapy- an inconvenient truth
The Examiner Comment RSS Email Print | Cancer and chemotherapy- an inconvenient truth. | We live in interesting albeit confusing times. We are taught to believe in things that clearly don't make sense and shy away from common sense facts that don't match up with ... |
Canadian-made HIV vaccine close to human trial
Canada Dot Com Canadian-made HIV vaccine close to human trial | It has been 20 years in the making but researchers at the University of Western Ontario say they're confident their HIV vaccine is only months away from being approved for human trials. | Lead research... |
Canadian-made HIV vaccine close to human trial
National Post | Linda Nguyen, Canwest News Service  Network Canada.com Newspapers National Post Victoria Times Colonist The Province (Vancouver) Vancouver Sun Edmonton Journal Calgary Herald Regina Leader-Post Saskatoon StarPhoenix Windsor Star Ottawa Citizen Th... |
Swine flu vaccine made in Europe
BBC News By Fergus Walsh | BBC News medical correspondent | Fergus Walsh visits the Novartis cell culture manufacturing plant in Germany | The first doses of an H1N1 swine flu vaccine have been produced in Europe - but it will be around two months before any ... |
New vaccine keeps E. coli inside cows
San Fransisco Chronicle | While storekeepers were frantically pulling E. coli-tainted cookie dough and beef from their shelves last month, scientists rolled out the country's first cattle vaccine to snuff out the potentially deadly bacteria. | Epitopix LLC, a Minnesota vete... |
Australia moves to quell swine flu fears
Independent online | Melbourne - Australian authorities told parents not to panic on Thursday after the country announced its first child death linked to swine flu. | Health Minister Nicola Roxon said the death of a three-year-old boy with A(H1N1) influenza was a "trag... |
US Need 600 Million Swine Flu Vaccine Doses
Pravda RU | Questions abound about how to best inoculate the world against swine flu as health officials plan for a campaign that could dwarf any previous flu vaccination effort. swine flue BREAKING NEWS Barack Obama comes to Moscow to cut nuclear arsenals Pri... |
US$1.2 billion debt relief for Haiti
The Gleaner | Roughly two-thirds of Haiti's total debt was cancelled Tuesday when three organisations that provide financial assistance to poor countries, announced they are forgiving US$1.2 billion of what the Caribbean country owes. | The World Bank and the In... |
McGimpsey: We can’t afford to be complacent about swine flu pandemic
Belfast Telegraph | The Executive must find the money necessary to combat the swine flu pandemic — and must find it now, writes Health Minister Michael McGimpsey | My Department has been planning for a potential pandemic in Northern Ireland for some time and sin... |
Swine flu will kill more children, says disease expert
The Australian | TWICE as many children will die of swine flu in the next 12 months compared to the number of deaths from regular influenza, a leading disease expert suggests. | But Robert Booy believes the number of deaths will still be fairly small - around 10 or... |
Lawmaker wants free flu vaccines for school kids
Journal Online By: Jester P. Manalastas AMID the rising cases of Influenza A(H1N1) in the House of Representatives, a militant solon has urged the House leaders to consider giving free anti-flu vaccines to students of schools near the Batasan Pambansa complex.... |
| Wed 1 Jul 2009 |
Australia urges calm after child flu death
Yahoo Daily News | MELBOURNE (AFP) – Australian authorities told parents not to panic over the spread of swine flu after the country recorded its first child death related to the virus. | Victoria state premier John Brumby described the death of a three-year-ol... |
'Polio is Common in U-5 Children' Dr. Samba
All Africa Program manager of maternal child health in the ministry of health and sanitation has confirmed that Polio viruses are common in children under the age of five. | ... |
Obesity on the increase in Washington state, study finds
The News & Observer | WASHINGTON -- American obesity rates continue to rise, and Washington state is not immune to the epidemic. For the third year in a row, Washington's adult obesity rate increased, with one in four residents now considered obese. | Washington ran... |
'TB vaccines bad for HIV+ babies'
Independent online | By Craig McKune | A standard tuberculosis vaccine places babies with HIV at risk of contracting a deadly disease, the World Health Organisation says. | About three-quarters the world's new-born children are given the bacille (lower case b) Calmette... |
WHO paper: TB vaccine could kill babies with HIV
Seattle Times GENEVA - | The World Health Organization says a study has shown that babies with HIV could die if given a standard tuberculosis vaccine. | WHO says a three-year study in South Africa found babies born with HIV had a higher risk of contracting a deadl... |
Dogs at risk of canine influenza
Wtop Kyla Grant | Special to wtop.com | WASHINGTON - Just as the human swine flu pandemic subsides, another strand of flu is roaring its wicked head and this time, your dogs are at risk. | H3N8 or "canine influenza virus" is a strand of canine flu that is... |
TB vaccine could kill babies with HIV - WHO
Independent online | Geneva - The World Health Organisation says a study has shown that babies with HIV could die if given a standard tuberculosis vaccine. | WHO says a three-year study in South Africa found babies born with HIV had a higher risk of contracting a deadl... |
WHO paper: TB vaccine could kill babies with HIV
Asbury Park Press | GENEVA - The World Health Organization says a study has shown that babies with HIV could die if given a standard tuberculosis vaccine. | WHO says a three-year study in South Africa found babies born with HIV had a higher risk of contracting a deadl... |
CDC: U.S. may need 600 million swine flu vaccine doses
CNN By Elizabeth Landau | CNN | (CNN) -- Questions abound about how to best inoculate the world against swine flu as health officials plan for a campaign that could dwarf any previous flu vaccination effort. | Among the issues to be resolved are the amou... |
Vaccine Expert Reveals What You Should Know Before You Roll Up Your Sleeve
Infowars Barbara Minton | Wednesday, July 1, 2009 | A study by the Harvard Medical School of Public Health confirmed that public health officials could convince most people in the U.S. to alter their daily lives, follow government mandates and do as they are ... |
Canadian HIV vaccine ready for human tests
CBC Dozens of HIV vaccines have already been developed and tested in animal models but only a handful have been tested in humans, none successfully. (Canadian Press) | An HIV/AIDS vaccine developed in Canada has passed safety tests in animals and the res... |
WHO paper: TB vaccine could kill babies with HIV
The Tribune San Luis Obispo | The World Health Organization says a study has shown that babies with HIV could die if given a standard tuberculosis vaccine. | WHO says a three-year study in South Africa found babies born with HIV had a higher risk of contracting a deadly form of... |
WHO paper: TB vaccine could kill babies with HIV
Syracuse | (AP) - GENEVA - The World Health Organization says a study has shown that babies with HIV could die if given a standard tuberculosis vaccine. | WHO says a three-year study in South Africa found babies born with HIV had a higher risk of contracting ... |
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