Health

For every American: Safer Food regulations

The Food Safety and Modernization Act (SB 510) Bill, made a law by the US Senate recently has been praised by food activists as "the most important food-safety legislation in...

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Global Aids Epidemic 2010: UNAIDS World Report

With World AIDS Day just behind us, a look at the latest UNAIDS Report on the Global Aids Epidemic 2010 show a mix of positive and negative trends on the...

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AIDS: The Environmental Impact

Most newspapers and many websites will run a feature on HIV/AIDS on 1st December, World AIDS Day. But research shows that reports about AIDS in broadsheet newspapers have decreased from...

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Are we too clean?

A new study from the University of Michigan School of Public Health suggests our quest too be clean and infection free could be negatively affecting our health. The study seems...

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Quit smoking! Save the Planet?

In Punta del Este, Uruguay this month the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) gathered to discuss the world's tobacco industry. The Conference agreed on a...

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Asian Food Security Project Granted US $4 million

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing US$4 million to work on food security in Asia. The project, Strategic Research for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security in Asia, proposed in...

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KASPAR the Child-Robot Plays Nice

KASPAR is a limited child. He can smile, blink, and move his head and arms, and play his drum, but that's about all. Even he has friends though: autistic children...

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