(AP) -- Mexico's federal health secretary says swine flu cases in January have surpassed the number for all of 2011, a year when the virus barely appeared worldwide.
Jan 31, 2012
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(AP) -- The first major nutritional overhaul of school meals in more than 15 years means most offerings - including the always popular pizza - will come with less sodium, more whole grains and a wider selection of fruits ...
Jan 25, 2012
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An outbreak of A(H1N1) swine flu claimed the lives of two people -- 19 and 21 years old -- in Mexico's capital in the first weeks of the year, health authorities said Saturday.
Jan 22, 2012
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Britain's biggest cosmetic surgery chain has revealed that rupture rates on allegedly faulty French-made breast implants are seven times higher than previously thought, a report said Sunday.
Jan 1, 2012
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New research has shown that learning a language may subtly change, and possibly improve, the way we think.
Oct 6, 2011
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The scientific and political worlds were transfixed in late 2009 when UK drugs advisor Dr. David Nutt was sacked by Home Secretary Alan Johnson for his controversial views on the harmfulness of different drugs and the lack ...
Sep 6, 2011
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(AP) -- Mexican health officials say a French baby girl who recently flew in from Paris is Mexico's first case of measles in four years.
Jul 22, 2011
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The government has announced plans to make it a crime not to report child abuse. As part of this, the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has vowed to "stamp out" grooming gangs who perpetuate child exploitation. Ending child sexual ...
Apr 19, 2023
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The UK government's advisory panel on drugs has rejected a call to ban the sale and possession of nitrous oxide—also known as laughing gas or nos—despite the home secretary's desire to see the drug banned.
Mar 8, 2023
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In February 2022, the UK government abandoned its remaining pandemic restrictions in favor of "living with COVID". This approach relies largely on vaccines protecting people from severe disease.
Dec 21, 2022
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