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China confirms first mainland case of swine flu
Chengdu, China (AFP) May 11, 2009China confirmed its first mainland case of swine flu Monday and launched a search for the patient's fellow air passengers to prevent the virus spreading in the world's most populous nation. The 30-year-old man surnamed Bao was hospitalised with a fever after arriving in Sichuan province in southwestern China on a flight from the United States via Tokyo and Beijing on Saturday, the Ministry ... more China quake area's economy rising after disaster 
Beijing (AFP) May 11, 2009China's massive reconstruction effort after last year's earthquake helped offset the disaster's impact on the economy and has brought massive investment to a traditionally poor area, analysts say. Homes are being rebuilt and plants put back on line in a government-funded burst of activity in the southwestern province of Sichuan that has even meant some relief from the global financial crisis ... more Fresh questions on AIDS fight with new SAfrica minister 
Johannesburg (AFP) May 11, 2009New South African President Jacob Zuma tapped an obscure provincial politician to guide the nation through the world's worst HIV crisis, raising questions about the strength of the health ministry. Aaron Motsoaledi, a medical doctor currently serving as a provinicial education official, will take office as the new health minister Monday -- the second change in the post in less than a year. ... more Hope mixes with grief among China's quake survivors 
Beichuan, China (AFP) May 11, 2009Gong Guilin lost both his legs in last year's massive Sichuan earthquake. Now he dreams of becoming a Paralympic tennis player. One year after the quake struck, hope is slowly returning to Gong's life, as it is for millions of other survivors, but for many the will to move on is mixed with a sense of indelible grief. "I like tennis best, but I play basketball and like riding the bike," ... more Quarantine ends at Hong Kong swine flu hotel 
Hong Kong (AFP) May 8, 2009More than 280 guests and staff forced to spend a week quarantined in their Hong Kong hotel over fears of swine flu finally tasted freedom when authorities released them on Friday. The Hong Kong government, with bitter experience of the deadly SARS virus in 2003, had sealed them inside their hotel last Friday after it emerged that a Mexican who tested positive for the A(H1N1) virus had stayed ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 10, 2009China Sunday announced the first suspected case of swine flu on the mainland -- a man in southwestern Sichuan province who had recently returned from the United States, state media reported. The 30-year-old had just arrived in the Sichuan capital of Chengdu after returning from the United States via Tokyo on Saturday afternoon, the Xinhua news agency said, citing the Ministry of Health. ... more Japan confirms first three swine flu cases 
Tokyo (AFP) May 9, 2009A teacher and two students returning from North America have tested positive for swine flu in the first confirmed cases of the virus in Japan, the government said Saturday. Japanese authorities quarantined the 46-year-old man and 16-year-old boys, who had been on a high school trip to Canada, and 49 others who were aboard their flight as it arrived in Tokyo on Friday from the US city of Detr ... more 5,335 students dead, missing in Sichuan quake: China 
Chengdu, China (AFP) May 7, 2009China said Thursday that last year's massive Sichuan earthquake left 5,335 schoolchildren dead or missing, releasing its first official tally just days before the anniversary of the disaster. The number of children killed in the May 12 quake is highly sensitive as many bereaved parents say school buildings were shoddily constructed and collapsed too easily when the quake struck, while struct ... more Students Design Low-Cost Surgical Lamp For Developing Nations 
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) May 08, 2009Engineering students have developed a low-cost, battery-powered surgical lamp to be used in developing nations where electricity isn't reliable. Earlier this month, members of Michigan Health Engineered for All Lives, or M-HEAL, sent their prototype lamp to Uganda where it will undergo testing. "The power grid is very unreliable in developing countries," said Stephen DeWitt, co-found ... more |
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Paris (AFP) May 7, 2009Preventing the swine flu that is spreading across the globe from infecting patients sick with the deadly H5N1 avian flu should be a top priority, especially in Asia, top experts said Thursday. If both viruses wind up in the same individual, they could mix genes and mutate into a form that is both very pathogenic and easily transmitted among humans, said John Oxford, a virologist at London Qu ... more GE to spend 6 bln dollars on high-tech health sector 
Washington (AFP) May 7, 2009General Electric announced Thursday that it will spend six billion dollars between now and 2015 on innovative healthcare technology -- from portable ultrasound machines to low-cost X-ray equipment. "Healthcare is an important industry that is challenged by rising costs, inequality of access and persistent quality issues," GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt said at a Washington press conference ... more Animals On Runways Can Cause Serious Problems At Small Airports 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) May 08, 2009It's a bird. It's a plane. It's a potentially deadly combination. A Purdue University study of 10 small Indiana airports found that animals can gain easy access to runways and infield areas, increasing the likelihood of planes striking those animals. Animal strikes received national attention in January. Commercial pilot and Purdue alumnus Charles "Sully" Sullenberger was forced to land in ... more Health-Care Providers Should Explain Vaccine Refusal Risks 
Atlanta GA (SPX) May 08, 2009Physicians and nurses need to explain the risks of vaccine refusal while respectfully listening to parents' concerns, a special article in the May 7 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine urges. Lead author Saad B. Omer, MBBS, PhD, MPH, is assistant professor of global health and epidemiology at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health, with coauthors from the Johns Hopkins ... more
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