U.S.: "War Comes Home" with Ft. Hood Shootings By Dahr JamailPHOENIX, Arizona - While investigators probe for a motive behind the mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas Thursday, in which an army psychiatrist is suspected of killing 13 people, military personnel at the base are in shock as the incident "brings the war home". MORE >>
HEALTH: Uganda’s Counterfeits Bill Threatens Access to Medicine By Wambi MichaelKAMPALA - Uganda is considering an anti-counterfeit bill which analysts say will impair the country’s ability to import and export cheap but effective generic medicines. Activists fear that the bill, once enacted, will deny Ugandans access to safe, effective, quality and affordable generic medication which currently forms the bulk of Uganda’s medicine imports. MORE >>
LESOTHO: AIDS Orphans get Helping Hand By Letuka MaheMASERU - Fifteen-year-old Ntsebeng Tlokotsi* sighs with relief as she is given 140 dollars. Along with it she receives a bag of maize meal and cooking oil. It is a government handout, and she qualifies for this only because both her parents are dead. MORE >>
Q&A: ‘ODA Is What Governments Want to Do at Their Whim’ By Helen ClarkHANOI - Think of a world where rich nations did not fund what was popular but instead collaborated to solve the developing world’s most pressing health needs. MORE >>
HEALTH: New Task Force Targets Poor in Breast Cancer Fight By Chryso D'AngeloNEW YORK - The rate of breast cancer in developing countries is on the rise, according to the Harvard School of Public Health, which estimates that the poor will account for more than 55 percent of breast cancer deaths this year. MORE >>
SRI LANKA: Anxiety Persists Over Safety of Rubella Vaccine By Amantha PereraCOLOMBO - Sudarma Senevirathana’s teenage daughter is at an age when she can already be given the ‘rubella’ vaccine, administered free of charge by government health officials at schools. MORE >>
PAKISTAN: Polio Vaccination: One Hurdle Down, One More to Go By Ashfaq YusufzaiPESHAWAR, Pakistan - Until the Taliban were forced to flee by the military, the militant group’s deadly opposition to vaccination had been severely hampering efforts to make Pakistan a polio-free country in the foreseeable future. MORE >>
HEALTH: Southern Researchers Fill Gap on Neglected Diseases By Stephen LeahyCANCUN, Mexico - With HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis occupying the global health spotlight, few resources are devoted to the "neglected tropical diseases" like dengue fever, hookworm infection and schistosomiasis that afflict some one billion people. MORE >>
HEALTH: Vaccines, Antibiotics Could Slash Pneumonia Deaths By Chryso D'AngeloUNITED NATIONS - Seven-month-old Marta lived in the central highlands of Guatemala when she came down with a high fever and rapid, shallow breathing. MORE >>
RIGHTS-US: Lawsuit Probes Role of Psychologists in Terror War By William FisherNEW YORK - The state board responsible for licensing - and disciplining - psychologists in Louisiana is accused of turning a blind eye to serious allegations of abuse against one of its members, including complicity in beatings, religious and sexual humiliation, rape threats and painful body positions during his service as a senior advisor on interrogations for the U.S. military in Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. MORE >>
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