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Stigma part of breast cancer's grip on poor
WASHINGTON - Nurses were training women in rural Mexico to examine their breasts for cancer when one raised her hand to object. If she lost her breast, Harvard public health specialist Felicia Knaul recalls the woman saying, "My man would leave me" - and with him, the family's income.
Nations:Mexico Malawi Rwanda Source:(AP)
2009-11-02
Obama deserving of the 'hype' and the Nobel: Bono
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Rock star Bono on Sunday praised Barack Obama for helping "re-brand" the United States as a leading force in combating the world's most pressing problems, and deemed the president's controversial Nobel Peace prize deserved.
People:Hillary Clinton Joseph Biden Barack Obama Source:(AFP)
2009-10-18
From Haiti, a surprise: good news about AIDS
BLANCHARD, Haiti - When Micheline Leon was diagnosed with HIV, her parents told her they would fit her for a coffin.
Nations:Swaziland Haiti People:George W. Bush Source:(AP)
2009-07-06
Obama urges Americans get tested for HIV
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama on Saturday urged his fellow Americans to get tested for HIV in an effort to reduce transmission of the virus that causes AIDS.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama George W. Bush Source:(AFP)
2009-06-28
Obama focuses on food safety, picks FDA new chief
WASHINGTON - The nation's food safety system is a "hazard to public health" and overdue for an overhaul, President Barack Obama said Saturday as he focused on that task by filling the top job at the Food and Drug Administration.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama Bill Clinton Activities:Obama Admin. Source:(AP)
2009-03-14
| Headlines |
- Stigma part of breast cancer's grip on poor 2009-11-02
- Obama deserving of the 'hype' and the Nobel: Bono 2009-10-18
- From Haiti, a surprise: good news about AIDS 2009-07-06
- Obama urges Americans get tested for HIV 2009-06-28
- Obama focuses on food safety, picks FDA new chief 2009-03-14
- AIDS becomes China's deadliest infectious disease 2009-02-19
- `Slumdog Millionaire' kid stars face uphill battle 2009-02-17
- Why Are Deer Being Smuggled into Texas? 2009-01-08
- Cancer to be world's top killer by 2010, WHO says 2008-12-09
- Bush uses final 50 days in office to tout legacy 2008-12-01
- Governments tackle HIV stigma on World AIDS Day 2008-12-01
- Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells 2008-11-18
- Brad Pitt donates money to support gay marriage 2008-09-18
- Bill Clinton praises France in fight against AIDS 2008-08-04
- Bush eager to sign bill tripling AIDS assistance 2008-07-26
- Senate agrees to triple anti-AIDS funding 2008-07-16
- Wikipedia opens online library on human genes 2008-07-08
- Congress ready to take up pared-down summer agenda 2008-07-06
- New rapid test for drug resistant TB 2008-06-30
- South African TB patients rampage 2008-06-28
- Senate reaches an agreement on global AIDS bill 2008-06-26
- A New Line In the Sand 2008-06-21
- Vitamin D helps colorectal cancer patients: study 2008-06-18
- Potential new weapon against TB: free cell minutes 2008-06-13
- GE, Pittsburgh hospital establish imaging business 2008-06-05
- China evacuates villagers after new flood threat 2008-05-27
- Officials in China rush to evacuate 80,000 2008-05-27
- Conditions ripe for disease in Myanmar delta 2008-05-27
- South Africa wages intensified war on AIDS 2008-05-24
- Deaths from cancer, heart disease, crashes to soar: WHO 2008-05-21
- Cancer, heart disease and crashes set to be big killers: WHO 2008-05-20
- Myanmar health system strained by cyclone 2008-05-19
- Eli Lilly to help train doctors on drug-resistant TB 2008-05-13
- Drug-resistant TB on rise in Britain: study 2008-05-01
- U.N. urges world to help Africa fight malaria 2008-04-26
- Poor diet undermines health of northern Afghans 2008-04-26
- Mutant gene linked to most severe type of TB: study 2008-03-29
- CDC says progress against TB slows in U.S. 2008-03-20
- WHO: Progress in fighting TB slows 2008-03-17
- Global fund seeks $12 billion to fight AIDS and TB 2008-03-10
- Japan pledges extra funds to fight AIDS, TB, malaria 2008-03-02
- WHO says drug-resistant TB spreads fast 2008-02-26
- Measles kills 10 in western China 2008-02-20
- Next plague likeliest to emerge from poor tropical countries 2008-02-20
- Fight looms over global AIDS program 2008-02-02
- Tuberculosis exposure feared on India-to-U.S. flight 2008-01-04
- Jazz great Oscar Peterson dies at 82 2007-12-25
- Jazz great Oscar Peterson dies at 82 2007-12-24
- Tobacco and poverty drive cancer in developing world 2007-12-21
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