| _______________ | 1 | | 13.5m earmarked for public health initiatives | | Public health minister Dawn Primarolo has unveiled a package of measures to help break down the barriers between primary care trusts and local authorities when tackling pockets of poor health. She announced 11m for the communities for health scheme, to | | 6h 9min 27sec ago | |
| _______________ | 2 | | U.S. Opens Food Safety Office in Beijing; Chinese Boost Own Surveillance | | NEW YORK (Nov. 19) - The Food and Drub Administration today opened an office in Beijing that will serve as the first step in its effort to try to improve food and drug safety standards around the world, according to the agency and news media reports. The | | 6h 22min 26sec ago | |
| _______________ | 3 | | Philippines Sends Medical Teams To Fight Typhoid Outbreak | | MANILA (AFP)--The Philippine military has mobilized medical teams to help fight an outbreak of typhoid fever that has left more than 100 people hospitalized northeast of Manila, the military said Thursday. Teams of doctors, nurses and laboratory | | 6h 33min 27sec ago | |
| _______________ | 4 | | Suspected Cholera Kills 2 In Southern Philippines | | (RTTNews) - A suspected outbreak of Cholera in the settlement of Tagoloan in Misamis Oriental in southern Philippines killed two persons. More than 1500 others are in the hospitals, health officials said. The Philippines National Epidemiology Center | | 6h 42min 26sec ago | | | | |
| _______________ | 8 | | New FDA Offices in China Opened to Ensure Food Safety of Exports | | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will open three offices in China this week to help ensure export safety while China is preparing to place offices in the U.S. as well. The first FDA office in Beijing will be opened on Wednesday, followed by one in | | 7h 38min 26sec ago | |
| _______________ | 9 | | ERMA Approves GM Equine Influenza Vaccines | | The Environmental Risk Management Authority has approved an application to conditionally release two genetically modified vaccines for equine influenza, subject to strict conditions. Chair of the Authoritys decision-making committee Dr Kieran Elborough | | 8h 27sec ago | |
| _______________ | 10 | | GUINEA-BISSAU: Cholera contained but source still unknown | | Photo: Marc-André Boisvert/IRIN MSF dismantles its cholera isolation tents in Bissau as the epidemic subsides BISSAU, 19 November 2008 (IRIN) - After more than six months of battling cholera in Guinea-Bissau the epidemic is now under control health | | 8h 31min 26sec ago | |