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NEWS ABOUT: global health

global health stories: 4 news summaries

(Newser) - The World Health Organization has issued a warning against homeopathic treatments for TB and other life-threatening illnesses, reports the BBC. The organization issued the alert after pressure from a group of young researchers who complained that homeopathy was being promoted in poor countries as a treatment for TB, infant diarrhea,... More »

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malaria • HIV • global health • World Health Organization • developing world • diarrhea • tuberculosis • homeopathy

(Newser) - The US is now confirming 40 cases of swine flu, while the death toll in Mexico is thought to have risen to 149, the Wall Street Journal reports. Of more than a thousand suspected cases in Mexico, only 26 have been confirmed, along with six in Canada and one in... More »

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United Nations • Spain • Mexico • public health • global health • World Health Organization • outbreak • pandemic • swine flu

Romans Left Conquered Peoples More Prone to HIV

Those in areas ruled by empire less likely to have key gene, scientists find

Sep 4, 08 6:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Roman conquest of Europe may explain why populations living in the former empire are more vulnerable to HIV, French researchers say. A genetic variant that protects against the AIDS-causing virus is less prevalent in former Roman colonies such as England, France, Greece, and Spain, though some argue that a... More »

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genetics • plague • global health • HIV/AIDS • genetic research • Roman Empire

Bush Buddy Squelched Health Report

Appointee suppressed surgeon general's unfavorable paper

Jul 29, 07 1:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Bush appointee spiked a 2006 surgeon general's report on global health issues for not promoting the administration's policy efforts, WaPo reports. Richard Steiger, an HHS official and longtime Bush family friend, suppressed a report urging Americans to take on global health problems, and discussed connections between poverty and illness. More »

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Bush administration • health • illness • poverty • global health • Richard Steiger • Surgeon General

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