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African players see malaria fight as World Cup legacy
AFP – Fri Dec 4, 12:03 pm ET

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CAPE TOWN (AFP) - Former Cameroon goalkeeper Joseph-Antoine Bell said Friday that eradicating malaria should one of the legacies of the first World Cup in Africa. Full Story »
Pregnancy complications 'kill 144' Nigerian women a day
AFP – Fri Dec 4, 7:09 am ET

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LAGOS (AFP) - The number of women dying from pregnancy-related complications in Nigeria is akin to a plane crashing every day, but the crisis gets less noticed amid pandemics such as AIDS and malaria, activists say. Full Story »
Insomnia sufferers double in Taiwan: study
AFP – Fri Dec 4, 2:45 am ET

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TAIPEI (AFP) - The number of Taiwanese suffering from chronic insomnia has nearly doubled in three years, as economic worries caused by the global downturn have brought more sleepless nights, according to a new study. Full Story »
Researchers develop new hepatitis C treatment
AFP – Thu Dec 3, 2:25 pm ET

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - An experimental treatment targeting hepatitis C was able to inhibit replication of the virus in the bloodstream of chimpanzees and could treat chronic infections in humans, a new study said Thursday. Full Story »
Internet scam targets swine flu vaccine seekers
AFP – Thu Dec 3, 1:50 pm ET

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - US health officials on Thursday warned of an Internet scam doing the rounds which says all adults are required to register a personal swine flu vaccination profile with the federal authorities. Full Story »
Netherlands reports mutant swine flu death
AFP – Thu Dec 3, 12:24 pm ET

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THE HAGUE (AFP) - Dutch authorities said Thursday a patient infected by a mutant strain of the swine flu virus had died, but added that this was not the cause of death. Full Story »
Marshalls take emergency measures to tackle tuberculosis
AFP – Thu Dec 3, 12:02 pm ET

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MAJURO (AFP) - The government of the Marshalls Islands is taking emergency measures to tackle an outbreak of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the western Pacific nation, officials said Thursday. Full Story »
Rotting camels 'poison Aussie water supplies'
AFP – Thu Dec 3, 10:33 am ET

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SYDNEY (AFP) - The rotting carcasses of thousands of wild camels who have died of thirst in Australia's desert Outback are polluting vital waterholes and sacred sites, a report said on Thursday. Full Story »
Severely ill hospital patients need swine flu drug boost: WHO
AFP – Thu Dec 3, 9:48 am ET

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GENEVA (AFP) - The World Health Organisation on Wednesday recommended boosted antiviral treatment for hospital patients with severely weakened immune systems who contract swine flu, following recent clusters of Tamiflu resistance. Full Story »
US medical task force 'fumbled' mammogram message
AFP – Wed Dec 2, 7:25 pm ET

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The heads of a high-level US medical panel acknowledged Wednesday they "fumbled the message" about when women should begin having routine screening mamograms in a controversial report last month. Full Story »