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Outbreaks concern PS
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | 11 days ago
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Health Organisation official Jenny Musto says 70 percent of people in the Asia-Pacific region risk contracting dengue fever. Ms Musto was speaking at the National Dengue Strategic Plan Consultation, which aims to decrease deaths caused by dengue fever,...
Tags: World Health Organisation, Wold Health Organisation, Dr Saketa, Fiji, Health Dr Salanieta Saketa, Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Neglected diseases, Dengue fever, Dengue shock syndrome, Bolivian dengue fever epidemic, Environment, Viral diseases, Tropical diseases, Biological weapons, dengue outbreak in Singapore, Health Medical Pharma, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, flu pandemic in the United States, Vaccination, Influenza, Vaccine, Immunology, Prevention, flu pandemic
Independent, UK: World health watchdog warns of addiction risk for Prozac users
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility Prozac, billed for years as a harmless wonder drug, often creates more problems than the depression it is supposed to be treating, warns the head of the World Health Organisation's unit monitoring drug side-effects. Prozac, billed for years as a harmless...
H1N1 flu worrying due to its unpredictability: WHO
Mexico City :: Mexico | about 1 month ago
Credibility H1N1 pandemic influenza remains a cause for concern because of its unpredictable nature, even though it has killed fewer than 5,000 people so far this year, the World Health Organisation said on Friday. A statement from the United Nations health agency...
Rising dollar bleeds CSL
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility CSL has warned of a possible fall in full-year profit of up to 16 per cent if the Australian dollar continues to soar. The world's second biggest maker of blood plasma products also warned that the growth of its offshore business was making the payment...
Tags: CSL Donates, Australian, World Health Organisation, income countries, million doses, pandemic h1n1
Swine flu vaccine given green light
Sydney :: Australia | 2 months ago
Credibility The TGA has decided to will register the vaccine made by CSL after determining from the recent adult trials it is safe for use for people over the age of 10. A future decision will be made about whether children aged nine or under will be able to take...
Tags: swine flu, flu vaccination, Australian Associated Press, Australian Vaccination Network, World Health Organization, World Health Organisation, Australia, Sydney
World's young dying on roads
London :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
Credibility International experts backed by the World Health Organisation have compiled a list of the top 10 causes of death among people under the age of 24. The Australian-led study has been published in the medical journal The Lancet. Researchers reviewed data...
WHO: We still take flu lightly
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 3 months ago
Credibility Malaysians are a complacent lot when it comes to dealing with Influenza A(H1N1) this was what a World Health Organisation (WHO) report showed. Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the report, drafted by three health officials from WHO and...
Tags: World Health Organisation, health minister, seri liow, tiong lai, liow tiong, datuk seri, minister datuk
Give flu drugs to pregnant women - WHO
Geneva :: Switzerland | 4 months ago
Credibility THE World Health Organisation is recommending that pregnant women should have immediate access to antiviral drugs to treat swine flu because they appear to be more vulnerable. "WHO is recommending that in the countries where there is a wide spread of...
Tags: pregnant women, The World Health Organization, swine flu, World Health Organisation
Swine flu death rate estimates 'flawed'
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
Credibility Currently, it is estimated that the death rate owing to swine flu in the UK and the US is 0.5 per cent, which means that about five persons die for every 1000 people infected. Thus, there is an urgent need for accurate estimates so that health authorities...
Tags: swine flu, flu vaccination, Imperial College London, World Health Organisation, casts doubt, Chloe Buckley, deaths rate
Swine flu confirmed in Thomas County
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility The onset of the child’s illness was Friday, June 19, while the adult became ill the next day. Both received treatment from the same health-care provider, who submitted samples for testing, Jenkins said. The boy and man are not related and have not associated...
Tags: North Dakota Health Department, health officially, World Health Organisation, flu cases, Department of Community Health, NBC, CDC, flu deaths, confirmed cases
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