Rick Scott Claims Responsibility For Economic Recovery; Experts Debunk Huffington Post TAMPA -- Florida Gov. Rick Scott is broadening the central message of his re-election campaign: Beyond claiming responsibility for Florida's recovery from the Great Recession, he now blames the downturn on his predecessor and likely 2014 opponent, Charlie Crist, and former Chief Financial Officer Al...
Government notifies Schedule H1 drugs The Hindu With the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry notifying amendments to the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940, antibiotics and anti-Tuberculosis drugs will not be sold over the counter from March 1, 2014. | The government had included a new provision, S...
Global Fund's $15bn must buy results rather than rhetoric The Guardian The Global Fund is an effective fundraiser, but lives saved are the true measure of its success in tackling Aids, TB and malaria | Big push … slick campaigning has helped to draw donors, but should the Global Fund be emphasising outcomes rather tha...
Three more TB cases identified at DCU The Irish Times Three cases of tuberculosis have been identified at Dublin City University after students and staff were screened as part of an investigation into a case diagnosed earlier this year. | The HSE has confirmed about 100 students and staff were tested by...
Leading by example The Hindu If there is one day in India that inspires the best of us to give something back to society, then it’s Gandhi Jayanthi (October 2). Surprisingly, in Technopark, where corporate social responsibility (CSR) usually evokes an enthusiastic response...
Pittsburgh animal advocate gets arrested, makes headlines, in rural England Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Hurtling through the English countryside and clashing with rifle-toting men in camouflage gear last week, a North Side woman became a star player in the biggest United Kingdom animal-rights battle in a decade. | For months Rebecca Reid, 52, had been ...
Corporator inspires diet idea for TB patients in city Indian Express The endeavour of a local corporator from L ward, comprising Kurla region, to provide nutritious diet to tuberculosis patients has encouraged the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to launch a similar programme across the city from next year. | ...
UN Mobilizes $2.5 Billion To Achieve Global Anti-Poverty Goals Peace FM Online Additional commitments to boost Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) achievement have been announced, bringing the total to $2.5 billion in new commitments ahead of the 2015 target date for the Goals. | United Kingdom (UK) International Development Se...
Cape’s TB database problematic - study Independent online Cape Town - The Western Cape’s electronic reporting system for drug-resistant tuberculosis is riddled with inaccuracies, a local study has revealed. | The study concluded that TB in children was under-reported and under-diagnosed. Researchers s...
7-month-old is 6th infant with MDR-TB this year The Times Of India PUNE: A seven-month-old girl from Ahmednagar has become the sixth infant aged below one year to be diagnosed with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) at the Sassoon hospital here this year. The youngest baby to contract the infection was only ...
Britain to give $1.5 bn aid for AIDS, TB, Malaria The Siasat Daily London, September 24: | Britain will contribute one billion pounds ($1.5 billion) to the Global Fund to fight Aids, tuberculosis and Malaria over the next three years, said Justine Greening, international development secretary at the UN. | The invest...
