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STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Sweden's Medical Products Agency opened an inquiry Wednesday into vaccinations for swine flu made by British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, suspected of provoking narcolepsy.Published 23 days, 1 hour, 52 minutes ago |
KANO, Nigeria (AFP) - The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Nigeria's northern state of Bauchi has risen from 47 to 67 in the past week, a senior state health official said on Wednesday.Published 23 days, 4 hours, 13 minutes ago |
LONDON (AFP) - Teenage smoking in England has declined since the legal age for buying cigarettes was raised to 18, according to new research published Wednesday.Published 23 days, 6 hours, 41 minutes ago |
MOSCOW (AFP) - Moscow is to ban sales of spirits and other strong alcohol at night and in the early hours of the morning in a bid to wean Russia off one of its biggest health scourges, reports said Wednesday.Published 23 days, 6 hours, 43 minutes ago |
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Nearly one in five American teens, some 6.5 million youngsters, suffered from hearing loss in 2006, a rise of around 30 percent from 12 years earlier, new research showed Tuesday.Published 23 days, 21 hours, 33 minutes ago |
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Almost one million children in the United States are potentially misdiagnosed with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) because they were the youngest and least mature in their kindergarten classes, a US study released Tuesday found.Published 23 days, 22 hours, 16 minutes ago |
OTTAWA (AFP) - An ageing Canadian nuclear reactor that had produced one-third of the world's supply of medical isotopes before it closed for repairs last year was restarted on Tuesday.Published 24 days, 3 hours, 22 minutes ago |
SEOUL (AFP) - A group of South Koreans crossed the tense border into North Korea Tuesday for the first time since a travel ban was imposed three months ago, officials said.Published 24 days, 4 hours, 15 minutes ago |
ATHENS (AFP) - Greece's health ministry said on Tuesday it was stepping up the fight against West Nile virus which has killed four people since the beginning of the month.Published 24 days, 4 hours, 24 minutes ago |
PARIS (AFP) - France will start screening patients for the NDM-1 bacterium, an antibiotic-resistant superbug that has unleashed a health scare, a medical watchdog said on Tuesday.Published 24 days, 5 hours, 11 minutes ago |
