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Iran shuns US isotopes offer as sanctions clock ticksTehran (AFP) Feb 10, 2010 Iran on Wednesday spurned a US offer to supply it with medical isotopes if it stops further enriching uranium as world powers warned the time for diplomacy was limited and the sanctions clock was ticking. The foreign ministry shunned the US offer as "not logical," after State Department spokesman Philip Crowley floated the idea on Tuesday when Iran said it had begun enriching uranium to 20 percent for a Tehran research reactor. "Shutting down the reactor or stopping the production of medicine is ... read more |
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Washington (UPI) Feb 1, 2009 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says a rare but serious liver disorder has been reported in some HIV patients taking Videx/Videx EC. The FDA said Videx (didanosine) is an antiretroviral medicine first approved in 1991, while Videx EC is a delayed-release version of Videx. Videx/Videx EC is used in combination with other antiretroviral medicines to treat human immunodeficiency viru ... more  
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Feb 1, 2010The US government stepped-up medical relief for Haitians Monday by releasing additional funds to cover the cost of treating critically injured quake victims in US hospitals. The funds will allow hospitals in the United States to receive federal reimbursement for treatment of the "rare patients with life-threatening conditions that cannot be handled within Haiti or by evacuation to another co ... more 
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Jan 29, 2010Haiti's desperate earthquake survivors faced a new threat Friday as the United Nations reported a rise in cases of diarrhea, measles and tetanus in squalid tent camps for victims. A vast foreign aid effort is struggling to meet survivors' needs 17 days after the disaster, which killed around 170,000 people and left one million homeless and short of medicine, food and water. "Several medi ... more |
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Haiti aid effort among biggest in Red Cross historyPanama City (AFP) Jan 27, 2010 The massive relief effort in quake-ravaged Haiti is one of the biggest in the 150-year history of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Wednesday. In two weeks, the IFRC has distributed 2.5 million liters (660,000 gallons) of water, 550 tonnes of medical supplies - all transported in 43 chartered flights - and fielded 21 emergency teams in Haiti, the federation's Panama-based regional headquarters said. "The response to the magnitude-7.0 earth ... read more |
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