Health Care Issues
Pro-Assad cleric among 42 killed in Damascus bombing
Mar 21, 2013 23:10 EDT
A suicide bomb attack on a central Damascus mosque has killed 42 people, including Syria's most prominent pro-regime Sunni cleric, wounding dozens of others, the health ministry said.
One in three seniors dies from dementia: study
Mar 19, 2013 16:15 EDT
One in three seniors in the United States dies from Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia, according to a report published by the Alzheimer's Association on Tuesday.
UN writes to Aquino over Philippines tobacco fair
Mar 19, 2013 12:13 EDT
The United Nations has expressed concern that the Philippines could encourage smoking by hosting one of the world's biggest tobacco trade shows, a health official said Tuesday.
Fake Tahitian prince gets 14 years for Australia fraud
Mar 19, 2013 01:49 EDT
A man who led a playboy lifestyle while claiming to be a Tahitian prince was jailed Tuesday for 14 years for stealing Aus$16 million (US$16.6 million) from an Australian health department.
NY mayor seeks to bring curtain down on cigarettes
Mar 18, 2013 17:05 EDT
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled legislation Monday to force shopkeepers to cover cigarettes with a curtain or use some other method to keep tobacco out of view.
Massive funding boost needed to beat TB: UN
Mar 18, 2013 14:34 EDT
The global fight against tuberculosis needs a massive financial boost as drug-resistant strains of the disease take hold, two international organisations warned on Monday.
Spanish healthcare workers protest over cost-control efforts
Mar 17, 2013 10:33 EDT
Hundreds of Spanish doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers, many wearing white lab coats, marched in Madrid on Sunday against budget cuts and plans to partly privatise medical services.
China performed 330 mn abortions since 1971: data
Mar 16, 2013 13:35 EDT
Nearly 330 million abortions have been performed in China in the 40 years since it first implemented measures to limit population growth in the world's most populous nation, official data showed.
Aid flowing to Myanmar may hinder, not help, experts warn
Mar 14, 2013 22:39 EDT
Governments and agencies must be wary of drowning Myanmar with well-intentioned but ill-targeted aid, experts have warned, admonishing the global community to "first do no harm."
Over quarter of S.African schoolgirls 'HIV positive'
Mar 14, 2013 07:53 EDT
As many as 28 percent of South African schoolgirls are HIV positive, according to figures from the country's health minister reported by local media on Thursday.
Gov't bans NHS gagging contracts
Mar 14, 2013 02:38 EDT
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has banned the insertion of "gagging clauses" in severance contracts for NHS staff, the Daily Mail reported on Thursday.
Obama: Deficit 'grand bargain' may be out of reach
Mar 13, 2013 12:01 EDT
President Barack Obama on Wednesday diminished the prospects for a grand bargain with Congress on reducing the deficit, saying the gap between the two parties may be "too wide."
Intellectual property a hurdle in Pacific trade talks
Mar 13, 2013 10:45 EDT
Intellectual property (IP) protection has emerged among hurdles to a US-led Pacific free trade pact, negotiators said Wednesday, as 11 nations scramble to seal an accord this year.
US 'won't balance budget in next 10 years': Obama
Mar 13, 2013 08:31 EDT
President Barack Obama warned America will not balance its budget within a decade because Republican plans to do so would entail slashing social programs many citizens rely on for support.
Seized ivory to undergo DNA tests to track trade
Mar 13, 2013 07:44 EDT
Countries making large seizures of illegal ivory will be required to conduct DNA tests to determine their origin under new anti-trafficking measures adopted on Wednesday.
Obama says US won't balance budget in next 10 years
Mar 13, 2013 06:46 EDT
President Barack Obama warned America will not balance its budget within a decade because Republican plans to do so would entail slashing social programs many citizens rely on for support.
White House: Republican budget 'doesn't add up'
Mar 12, 2013 15:24 EDT
The White House warned Tuesday that a new Republican budget plan did not add up, would hike taxes on the middle class or fail to cut the deficit and would be sure to hurt healthcare for the elderly.
Homemade alcohol kills 60 in Libya: ministry
Mar 12, 2013 13:36 EDT
Sixty people have died in Libya from drinking homemade alcohol and hundreds more been poisoned, the government said on Monday as authorities in the Muslim state vowed a crackdown on booze trafficking.
Lawmakers to unveil rival budgets amid Obama charm bid
Mar 12, 2013 09:01 EDT
President Barack Obama's Democrats will unveil their first budget in four years this week in the US Senate as House Republicans put forward their own blueprint, but the two are unlikely to be reconciled.
Lawmakers to unveil rival budgets amid Obama charm bid
Mar 11, 2013 17:44 EDT
President Barack Obama's Democrats will unveil their first budget in four years this week in the US Senate as House Republicans put forward their own blueprint, but the two are unlikely to be reconciled.
