1 In 5 People Infected With Listeria Die, Report Says Huffington Post In the last few years, as many as one in five people infected with Listeria died as a result of their infection. The shocking figure comes from a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). | "Listeria strikes hard at pregnant...
U.N. Appeals for $5 Billion in Aid for Syria Pittsburgh Post-Gazette GENEVA -- The United Nations presented the biggest financing appeal in its history on Friday, asking for more than $5 billion in humanitarian aid for Syria this year to help millions of people affected by the country's civil war and contain the ...
Floods wallop western Cuba The Miami Herald Heavy rains in westernmost Cuba from what later became Tropical Storm Andrea have destroyed tons of warehoused tobacco leaves, flooded farms and cut electricity to several parts of Pinar del Rio province, according to official reports. | Hardest hit ...
Dogs being used for dog meat The Examiner The dog meat trade is illegal and the pictures of dogs placed in cages so full that some of them suffocate is unable to be published due to the horrific images. | Vietnam considers dog meat a prized delicacy despite rampant disease outbreaks due to t...
Umgeni River ‘one of dirtiest’ in SA Independent online Durban - The Umgeni River is one of the dirtiest rivers in the country, with recent studies showing proof of cholera, shigella, salmonella and other harmful viruses and bacteria at every sampling point between the Inanda Dam and Blue Lagoon in Durban...
Fears of a malaria relapse in Madagascar IRINnews Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE | ANTANANARIVO, 7 June 2013 (IRIN) - Madagascar’s recent gains in the battle against malaria are likely to be reversed because funding problems have interrupted prevention activities. | “When fi...
Can We Get It Back? American Spectator By Peter Ferrara on 6.5.13 @ 6:08AM | Booming economic growth was always the foundation of America. | As Stephen Moore and Julian L. Simon reported in their underappreciated work, It’s Getting Better All the Time: 100 Greatest Trends of the Last 10...
Act against conventional pollution, cell tower radiation, experts exhort The Times Of India Radiation from cellphones and towers is set to become as major a source of pollution as air, water and noise. Skin rashes, hearing problems, sleeplessness, migraines, fatigue, lack of concentration, fearfulness and skin dehydration are among the prob...
Doctors set a healthy example of co-op with Guyana China Daily More than 100 Chinese doctors have been sent to Guyana since the two countries signed a cooperation agreement in 1992. | The 10th panel of experts, consisting of 15 top doctors from East China's Jiangsu province, are now aiding doctors and providing ...
WHO warns of Syria disease threat BBC News The World Health Organization is warning of an increased risk of disease epidemics in Syria and neighbouring countries as summer approaches. | The WHO says outbreaks of diseases carried in water - specifically hepatitis, typhoid, cholera and dysenter...
Syrian disease outbreaks 'inevitable', warns WHO The Guardian Crowded insanitary conditions and a broken health system will cause hepatitis, typhoid, cholera or dysentery across the region | Internally displaced Syrians at the Atmeh refugee camp in Idlib province. Photograph: Anonymous/AP | Outbreaks of hepatit...
'Superfoods' shown to fight prostate cancer The Daily Telegraph Superfoods have been shown to fight prostate cancer, in a ground-breaking study. | Superfoods have been shown to fight prostate cancer, in a ground-breaking study. Photo: ALAMY | By Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent | 8:00AM BST 02 Jun 2013 | Comments | Men who had been treated with surgery or radiotherapy for the disease were given a caps...
