Health
EU ministers back ban on menthol cigarettes
European Union health ministers on Friday approved plans to ban menthol and other flavoured cigarettes as part of a crackdown on youth smoking.
Jun 21, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
World not ready for mass flu outbreak, WHO says
The world is unprepared for a massive virus outbreak, the deputy chief of the World Health Organization warned Tuesday, amid fears that H7N9 bird flu striking China could morph into a form that spreads easily among people.
May 21, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Saudi detects six new SARS-like cases
Saudi Arabia has detected six new cases of the deadly coronavirus, the health ministry said, raising the number of people infected from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom to 30, half of them fatalities.
May 14, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Saudi detects four new SARS-like cases
Four more cases of the deadly coronavirus have been detected in Saudi Arabia, the health ministry said, raising the number of people infected from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom to 28, including 15 fatalities.
May 14, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
SARS-like virus in Saudi has killed 15
Fifteen people in Saudi Arabia have died from a SARS-like virus out of 24 people who contracted it since last August, Health Minister Abdullah al-Rabia said on Sunday.
May 12, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Three suspected cases of SARS-related virus in France
French health officials said Friday they are investigating three suspected cases of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, in people who had close contact in the hospital with France's only confirmed case.
May 10, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Taiwan confirms first case of H7N9 bird flu outside China
Taiwan on Wednesday reported the first case of the H7N9 bird flu outside of mainland China.
Apr 24, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
South Africa rolls out new single dose AIDS drug
South Africa's health minister on Monday launched a new single dose anti-AIDs drug which will simplify the world's biggest HIV treatment regime to just one life-saving pill a day.
Apr 8, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hong Kong girl tests negative for H7N9 (Update)
A seven-year-old Hong Kong girl has tested negative for the H7N9 flu virus, officials said Friday, after she became the city's first suspected case of the disease that has killed six killed on mainland China.
Apr 5, 2013
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Health
Cutting smoking saves more in health bills than lost tax, EU says
The cost and health benefits of getting people not to smoke and better still, not to start, more than outweigh the taxes the tobacco industry pays to governments, the European Commission said Monday.
Feb 25, 2013
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