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• Twelve million West Africans get yellow fever vaccines

  
  West Africa Doctors Network West Africa Doctors Network — Authority: 126
  The largest-ever yellow fever mass vaccination campaign is set to kick off next week across three African countries. The week-long event will target 11.9 million people across Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone, all three of which are at high risk of yellow fever outbreaks.The campaign – supported by WHO, UNICEF, ...
  2 days ago

• Natural Skin Care Products Are The Answer To Your Skin Care Problems

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 465
  These days many consumers treat synthetic ingredients in their skin care as potentially harmful, and so they should.If you are asking yourself whether natural skin care products are the answer to all your skin care problems? The answer is a definite Yes. I have not come across a single skin problem that cannot be ...
  3 days ago

• U.N. Report : Afghanistan Worst Nation to be Born In

  
  Brave New Wave - Children of a Lesser Revolution — Authority: 481
  The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has indicated Afghanistan as the worst nation for a child to be born in, in their annual The State of the World’ s Children report. Even after an 8 year presence of United States and NATO troops, Afghan children still face high risk of otherwise eradicated diseases, ...
  3 days ago

• UN celebrates 20 years of child rights convention

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  New York, Nov 20 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday called the 20-year-old Convention on the Rights of the Child as a beacon and guide to protect “the youngest and most vulnerable members of society”.The convention was signed into international law in 1989 by the UN General Assembly and it took effect ...
  5 days ago

• Mumps outbreak

  
  News Moms Need — Authority: 130
  When was the last time you ever heard of someone getting the mumps ? While most of us can say it’s been a while (if not, never), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting the largest outbreak of mumps in three years . Most of these outbreaks took place in New York and New Jersey. Friendly ...
  5 days ago

• Afghanistan is world’s worst place to be born: UN

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Geneva, Nov 20 (IANS) Afghanistan is the most dangerous place in the world for a child to be born, the UN has said.It is especially dangerous for girls, the UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) said Thursday, in launching its annual report: The State of the World’s Children, the Online news agency reported. Afghanistan has ...
  5 days ago

• Glogal Update: Congo’s Army Accused of Striking Villages as Refugees Waited for Measles Shots

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 908
  The medical charity Doctors Without Borders has accused the Congolese Army of attacking the villages of Rwandan refugees as they waited for measles shots offered by the charity.
  1 week ago

• Four Dead in South Africa Over Measles Vaccine Fears

  
  The Lay Scientist — Authority: 528
  South Africa is in the grip of a Measles epidemic that has affected over 2,000 people and killed four, with the majority of cases occurring in the Guateng region. But an unusual feature of this outbreak is that it isnt necessarily poorer families being effected. The South African Department of Health have noted ...
  2 weeks ago

• Delivering vaccines in Africa: some unethical obstacles

  
  Global bioethics blog — Authority: 104
  The attention and money thrown at the H1N1 virus seems to grow by the day, even if the numbers of H1N1 related deaths, relative to other causes of mortality (including plain old seasonal flu), are still very modest. People actually die from H1N1, so it is not nice to make light of it, and because it is contagious, the ...
  2 weeks ago

• UW Scientists, Backed by Gates Foundation, Enter “Put Up or Shut Up” Phase with Portable Diagnostic

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 703
  Biotech , Diagnostics , Global Health Luke Timmerman wrote: When somebody gets a fever in a poor country, there is no quick or easy way to tell whether it’s a symptom of flu, malaria, a bacterial invader, or some other bug. And if you don’t what it is, then it’s hard to treat. So it’s only ...
  3 weeks ago

• Whats Scary About the H1N1 Vaccine?

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  The media has portrayed a lot of controversy lately about the H1N1 vaccination. On one side of the debate are reputable physicians who feel that the vaccine can prevent serious illness and save lives, especially for those in high-risk populations. On the other side of the spectrum are those who argue against use of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Being Anti-Vaccination is being Pro-Death-By-Preventable-Disease

  
  The Squid Zone — Authority: 110
  You want to know what not getting vaccinations does? Here you go: The Jenny McCarthy Body Count.Vaccinations have WIPED OUT small pox. Theyve nearly wiped out polio. They were close to wiping out measles, mumps, and rubella until the aforementioned crazy people started the anti-vax bollocks... now kids are dying ...
  4 weeks ago

• Opting-Out

  
  Akkam's Razor — Authority: 127
  If opting-out becomes a reality in the healthcare reform bill, it is almost certain to be a political wedge and a litmus test of Conservative Values for Republicans.  No GOP incumbent will stave off primary challenges without walking the coals and rejecting ’socialized medicine’. As a anecdote, consider this ...
  4 weeks ago

• O.M.G. Pandemic Level 6!

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 144
  It would be wise to stay informed about the new viral strain and the vaccinations so that our choices will incur beneficial outcomes for us all. Fear and hysteria about the pandemic are totally... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  4 weeks ago

• Harrowing plight of thousands to flee fighting in South Waziristan

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 521
  People of Waziristan leave home again © 2009 Tariq Saeed/IRIN Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Thousands of people displaced by the two-week old conflict in South Waziristan, in Pakistan’s northwest, are arriving in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) districts of Tank and Dera Ismail Khan, ...
  4 weeks ago

• 10 Tips for a Healthy Life

  
  The Personal Finance Playbook — Authority: 464
  I dont know if it works...but I LOVE APPLES!!! This is my wife, Rachel’s first post.  She’s got one in the back of her mind about what every kid should have in terms of shots, etc., too.  I don’t know when we’ll see that one, but I sure appreciate her writing this one.  It’s everything I always want my ...
  4 weeks ago

• A Not-So-Split Decision

  
  Science-Based Medicine — Authority: 131
  For those who battle tirelessly against the never ending onslaught of anti-vaccine propaganda, misinformation, and fear, there was great news the other day from Merck. The pharmaceutical company, and maker of the MMR vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella, has decided not to resume production of the individual, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Garlic Health – The Amazing Benefits of Garlic!

  
  BodySupps Blast — Authority: 143
  In this article I’ll be exploring the use of garlic for health . Nicknamed the ‘stinking rose’, this auspicious herb has been revered throughout history as a cure and natural treatment for all manor of conditions. These include mosquito bites, wounds, heart disease, measles, tumors, snake bites, acne, colds, flu ...
  4 weeks ago

• Equatorial Guinea Health And Welfare Ministry Embarks on Vaccination Campaign

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 453
  The Equatorial Guinean Health and Welfare ministry has launched a vaccination campaign against diseases such as tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus, measles and poliomyelitis. The three-day operation targets children aged 0 to 5 years and pregnant women. It aims to achieve over 80% immunization coverage in order to ...
  4 weeks ago

• Should I Give My Kid The Swine Flu Vaccine?

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  Mother: I am debating whether Caitlin should get the H1N1 shot tomorrow. I am not inclined to give her the normal flu shot, mostly because I prioritize vaccines for measles and other things that seem more life-threatening, but H1N1 is scarier. Shes 17 months old. What do you think? (names changed) Rob: This ...
  4 weeks ago

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