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Carbon monoxide kills nine miners in ChinaBeijing (AFP) July 5, 2010 Nine miners died from carbon monoxide poisoning over the weekend at a colliery in central China, state media reported Monday, in the latest accident to plague the notoriously dangerous industry. Three miners died in the pit, while six others who were initially rescued died later in hospital, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing Liu Xianghua, the deputy director of the coal mining bureau in the city of Yiyang. An initial probe found that two miners were working in the shaft when toxic ... read more |
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Paris (AFP) June 16, 2010HIV drugs can be administered as effectively by nurses as by doctors, a finding that could yield major benefits in the fight against AIDS in Africa, researchers said on Wednesday. In a trial carried out at two South African front-line clinics, 408 patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were assigned to antiretroviral (ART) drugs monitored by doctors, and 404 others to drugs mon ... more  
Zaria, Nigeria (AFP) June 14, 2010The United States on Monday donated a multi-million dollar facility for the detection and treatment of tuberculosis to Nigeria, where around 400,000 people suffer from the disease. Located on the outskirts of the northern city of Zaria, the facility includes a state-of-the-art bio-safety laboratory and a medical staff training centre as well as clinics for people living with HIV and AIDS. ... more  
Washington (AFP) June 9, 2010Seventy-one people in Louisiana have suffered health problems that officials believe are linked to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the state's department of health and hospitals said Wednesday. Fifty of those who have reported symptoms including throat irritation, cough, shortness of breath, eye irritation, nausea, chest pain and headaches, worked on oil rigs or were part of the effort ... more |
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Google Donates 3,000 Solar Chargers To International Medical CorpsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 08, 2010 Google.org has donated 3,000 solar chargers to International Medical Corps, as a gift-in-kind valued at $216,000. International Medical Corps' medical and community health teams operating in areas of the developing world that have cell phone coverage but little or no electricity will be able to use the devices to charge their phones. "Mobile phones are ubiquitous in the developing world today, but electricity is not," said Nancy Aossey, President and CEO of International Medical Corps. "We a ... read more |
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