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Argentine president has cancer

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Wed, 12/28/2011 - 01:22

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is to have an operation for thyroid cancer on 4 January, government officials announce.


 

Central Line Infections Down in U.S.

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Wed, 10/19/2011 - 14:21

(MedPage Today) -- Healthcare-related infections fell across many categories in 2010, but hospitalizations for Clostridium difficile infections were up slightly, government officials said.


 

AP sources: Govt to expand E. coli tests in meat

Headlines from the Associated Press  Mon, 09/12/2011 - 14:39

WASHINGTON (AP) -- For years government officials have tested meat for only one strain of E. coli. Now they will test for seven, a move that will hasten recalls of infected meat....


 

2 more Germans die of E.coli infection

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Sat, 05/28/2011 - 06:42

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In Germany, A Better H1N1 Vaccine For Politicians?

TIME: Top Science and Health Stories  Tue, 10/27/2009 - 02:30

The German government has ordered two different batches of swine flu vaccine -- one with fewer side effects for government officials and soldiers, another for everyone else.

Not only are Germans irate, they're avoiding getting the jab


 

Q's without A's: 6 mysteries about swine flu

Headlines from the Associated Press  Fri, 05/01/2009 - 10:33

Government officials, public health experts and business leaders have faced a lot of questions about swine flu this week, and three words keep popping up in their answers: "We don't know."...