Health Care Policy
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Homemade alcohol kills 51 in Libya: health ministry
Mar 11, 2013 15:44 EDT
More than 50 people have died in Libya since Saturday after drinking cheap homemade alcohol and hundreds were poisoned, the health ministry said on Monday, as the authorities in the Muslim country vowed a crackdown on booze trafficking.
US Democrats to unveil first budget in four years
Mar 11, 2013 14:29 EDT
President Barack Obama's Democrats will unveil their first budget in four years this week in the US Senate, while House Republicans will put forward their own blueprint. But the two are unlikely to be reconciled.
Homemade alcohol kills 38 in Libya
Mar 11, 2013 11:51 EDT
Thirty-eight people have died in Tripoli since Saturday after drinking homemade alcohol, with another 378 suffering from alcohol poisoning, the Libyan health ministry said on Monday.
Homemade alcohol kills 38 in Libya: health ministry
Mar 11, 2013 11:22 EDT
Thirty-eight people have died in Tripoli since Saturday after drinking homemade alcohol, with another 378 suffering from alcohol poisoning, the Libyan health ministry said on Monday.
Coal-fired power plants making Europeans sick: report
Mar 07, 2013 12:52 EST
Emissions from coal-fired power plants in the European Union contribute to over 18,000 premature deaths a year and cost an annual 42.8 billion euros, a report from the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) said Thursday.
Five Egyptians killed in Port Said clashes
Mar 04, 2013 05:29 EST
Five people including two policemen were killed in overnight clashes between security forces and protesters in Egypt's restive canal city of Port Said, the health ministry said on Monday.
Cuba cigar auction raises money for health system
Mar 03, 2013 13:39 EST
An auction of luxury cigar humidors in Cuba fetched $1.1 million, which will go toward the public health system, the state news agency said Sunday.
Cause of Palestinian prisoner death still unclear: Israel
Feb 28, 2013 13:07 EST
Israel's health ministry said on Thursday the cause of a Palestinian prisoner's death remains unclear following tests on samples from his body, after Palestinian charges he was tortured in detention.
Horsemeat scandal shows need for stiffer sanctions: EU
Feb 28, 2013 13:05 EST
Brussels plans stiffer sanctions against food fraud following the discovery of mislabelled ready-made meals across Europe containing horsemeat instead of beef, the EU's health commissioner said Thursday.
Fukushima raised cancer risk near plant: WHO
Feb 28, 2013 09:14 EST
Japan's 2011 Fukushima disaster raised the cancer risk for people living near the atomic plant, but no jump in cases is expected elsewhere, the UN's health agency said Thursday, sparking an angry reaction from anti-nuclear campaigners.
Brazil, Gates Foundation sign deal on preterm births
Feb 26, 2013 15:40 EST
Brazil and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Tuesday a deal to earmark $8 million for projects to reduce premature births nationwide.
Cambodia reports eighth bird flu death, triggering fears
Feb 26, 2013 13:37 EST
A 35-year-old man has become Cambodia's eighth bird flu fatality this year, prompting concern about the spread of the virus in the country, a health official said Tuesday.
