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Ukraine’s swine flu death toll rises to nearly 50 - Summary

October 31, 2009 on 4:04 pm | In Health | Comments Off Kiev - The death toll from a swine flu outbreak in Ukraine has risen to nearly 50, President Viktor Yushchenko announced Saturday, having put the number of dead at only 11 the day before. Quoted by the Interfax news agency, Yushchenko said the epidem...

Polio victim dies after 60 years in an iron lung

October 31, 2009 on 9:28 am | In Health | Comments Off Sydney - An Australian polio victim confined to an iron lung respirator for the past 60 years has died, a spokeswoman for Melbourne's Thornbury nursing home said Saturday. June Middleton, who was 83, entered the Guinness Book of Records three years a...

Obama announces end to HIV entry ban

October 30, 2009 on 5:46 pm | In Health | Comments Off Washington - A US rule banning foreigners with HIV or AIDS from entering the United States will be lifted by early January, President Barack Obama announced Friday. The elimination of the 22-year-old rule is meant to put an end to the stigma of being...

Swine flu said to claim 11 in Ukraine - Summary

October 30, 2009 on 3:10 pm | In Health | Comments Off Kiev - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Friday blamed swine flu for the death of 11 people so far, as government officials moved to head off an epidemic. Yushchenko announced the death toll at a press briefing televised nationally and describ...

Germany commissions unique European accelerator to treat cancer

October 30, 2009 on 12:46 pm | In Health | Comments Off Heidelberg, Germany - Europe's first heavy-ion accelerator specially designed to destroy cancer tumours requires as much electricity to run as a town of 10,000 people, the doctor in charge said Friday. The Heidelberg Ion Radiation Therapy Centre (HIT...