Haiti cholera victims threaten to sue United Nations Deutsche Welle A human rights group representing victims of Haiti's cholera epidemic has given the UN 60 days to reach a compensation deal or face a legal lawsuit. UN peacekeepers are widely blamed for introducing the disease. | The Boston-based Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti said it was ready to ope...
Contaminated water a curse for people The Times Of India KANPUR: Poor drinking water facilities are threatening the lives of the people. A large number of patients suffering from water-borne diseases visit the OPDs of government hospitals daily. | The hospitals are getting diarrhoea, jaundice, gastroenteritis and typhoid patients daily. All are the diseas...
4 Germs Cause Most of Infants’ Severe Diarrhea The New York Times Just four germs are responsible for most of the severe and fatal diarrhea among the world’s infants, according to a large new study. | Diarrhea is a major killer of children, with an estimated 800,000 deaths each year; it has many causes, and docto...
Malaria overstretching healthcare in DRC IRINnews SHARE | KAMPALA, 20 May 2013 (IRIN) - Gaps in the healthcare system in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are hampering the fight against malaria, a leading killer of children, say experts. | Malaria accounts for about a third of outpatient consu...
Healing Now Houston Chronicle Health alerts that make you sick | Monday, May 20, 2013 | Comments | | E-mail | | Print | Have you ever listened to an advertisement listing the possible side-effects of a drug and then felt queasy? Reading about those effects can make you feel ill, ...
Myanmar camps face monsoon threat Independent online Sittwe, Myanmar - Myanmar's victims of sectarian strife were spared the full force of Cyclone Mahasen, but many are now returning to flimsy tents in flood-prone camps with the monsoon just weeks away. | Myanmar's Rakhine state is pockmarked with make...
After Cyclone Mahasen, Myanmar camps face monsoon threat The Times Of India SITTWE, Myanmar: Myanmar's victims of sectarian strife were spared the full force of Cyclone Mahasen, but many are now returning to flimsy tents in flood-prone camps with the monsoon just weeks away. | Myanmar's Rakhine state is pockmarked with makes...
After cyclone, Myanmar camps face monsoon threat New Straits/Business Times SITTWE, Myanmar: Myanmar’s victims of sectarian strife were spared the full force of Cyclone Mahasen, but many are now returning to flimsy tents in flood-prone camps with the monsoon just weeks away. | Myanmar’s Rakhine state is pockmarked with m...
Worst case EMP scenario? Half in U.S. dead WorldNetDaily WASHINGTON – The sun has kicked into high gear and produced four so-called X-class solar flares over the past week from a solar spot which is expected to come more into alignment with Earth as the sun’s activity peaks this year and next. | Th...
You don't know them; they may have changed your life CNN May 15, 2013 -- Updated 1225 GMT (2025 HKT) | CNN's Life's Work series features innovators and pioneers who are making a difference in the world of medicine. Here are some people you might not know who have changed medicine as we know it. We begin wi...
The beneficial buzzard: Clearing the air about vultures (Photos) The Examiner View slideshow: The beneficial buzzard: Clearing the air about vultures | Fun Fact: Buzzard is a slang term for vulture. In Europe, buzzard refers to a common hawk. | Part of the reason that people find vultures disgusting, is that habit they have of...
Rotavirus vaccines can save millions of lives The Times Of India A study has confirmed that rotavirus is the most common cause of diarrhoea, the second largest killer of children across the world, and vaccines to contain the virus can change the situation dramatically. | Expanding access to vaccines for rotavirus ...
A Nobel Prize with help from sea slugs CNN May 14, 2013 -- Updated 1109 GMT (1909 HKT) | (CNN) -- Neuroscientists love Aplysia. They are a type of sea slug that grows to be about a foot long. With only 20,000 nerve cells -- compared with about 100 billion found in the human brain -- Aplysia a...
Jolie wants her ovaries removed Independent online Los Angeles - Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie is planning to have surgery to remove her ovaries, People magazine reported on Wednesday. | The report came just a day after the humanitarian activist and mother of six revealed that she had undergone a double mastectomy in a preventive surgery against breast cancer. | Jolie, 37, wrote in The New Yor...
Togo opposition protests activist's death in jail The Charlotte Observer LOME, Togo Activists in Togo charged Monday that a detained leader died in custody after authorities refused a request to bring him to a hospital, the latest dispute between the government and an increasingly vocal opposition. | Kodjo Yakanou was among the opposition supporters who have been detained for questioning for months in connection with th...