AP – The global swine flu pandemic is still in its early stages and reports of over 100,000 infections in England alone last week are plausible, the World Health Organization’s flu chief said Friday.
AP – President Barack Obama is likening overhaul of the nation’s health care system to one of the government’s greatest triumphs: the NASA program that landed astronauts on the moon 40 years ago.
Reuters – H1N1 pandemic flu has spread to some 160 countries and killed about 800 people, and needs to be watched carefully in case it mutates and becomes more severe in winter, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
AP – Fewer Zimbabweans are getting infected with AIDS, and researchers speculate it’s due in part to a battered economy that’s leaving men short of money to be sugar daddies and keep mistresses.
AFP – The swine flu virus has spread to almost every country in the world since it was discovered at the end of March, the World Health Organisation said Friday.
AFP – The swine flu virus has spread to almost every country in the world since it was discovered at the end of March, the World Health Organisation said Friday.
Reuters – Shanghai is urging eligible couples to have two children as worries about the looming liability of an aging population outweighs concerns about over-stretched resources, a city official said on Friday.
AP – Three years into its experiment with near-universal health care, Massachusetts has some “dos and don’ts” for the nation as it grapples with the best way to cover tens of millions of uninsured Americans.
AP – The U.S. may have as many as 160 million doses of swine flu vaccine available sometime in October, even though manufacturers worldwide are having serious trouble brewing shots, federal health officials said Thursday.
Reuters – President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform drive suffered a setback on Thursday when Senate leaders said they would not pass it before a month-long August recess, but Obama urged lawmakers to keep working toward approval by the end of the year.