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Freeze on HIV spending sparks concern in Africa
Kampala (AFP) Feb 3, 2010
A US decision to freeze spending on treatment for HIV in several African countries has prompted concern that some of the gains made against the AIDS epidemic since 2003 could be reversed.
President George W. Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), launched in 2003, focused largely on treating patients in urgent need of medicine, but the new US administration's programme has shifted a ... more
In Haiti, doctors struggle with new wave of injured
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Feb 8, 2010
Nearly a month after an earthquake devastated Haiti, medical teams still treat trauma patients but also face a new wave of ailments linked to poor hygiene and squalid, cramped living conditions.
After three sleepless nights with debilitating pain in her lower back, 53-year-old Anne Setoute waited for her turn at the Canape Vert hospital in the capital Port-au-Prince.
Her house came crash ... more
An Answer To Another Of Life's Big Questions
Monash, Australia (SPX) Feb 08, 2010
Monash University biochemists have found a critical piece in the evolutionary puzzle that explains how life on Earth evolved millions of centuries ago.
The team, from the School of Biomedical Sciences, has described the process by which bacteria developed into more complex cells and found this crucial step happened much earlier in the evolutionary timeline than previously thought.
Te ... more
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First Vietnam bird flu death in 2010
