Epidemic News

By Lyse Comins and Arthi Sanpath Fraud syndicates are using identity theft to exploit the huge number of life and funeral policies being taken out because of the HIV and Aids pandemic.

HEADLINES author/source:Star published:Sat 15-Nov-2008 Sewer lines are in a state of disrepair, and raw sewage flows across Harare township streets By Stanley Gama Zimbabwe's capital could be in the throes of a ...

Diabetes is attacking young people aged between 12 and 18, according to Diabetes New Zealand.

The American Diabetes Association will join International Diabetes Federation and their worldwide global diabetes efforts on World Diabetes Day, November 14, to raise awareness of the growing diabetes epidemic.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Medical Anthropology" report to their offering.

As air-filled inflatable tents, a mobile medical center took shape Thursday at the Kentucky Exposition Center, complete with triage and isolation areas, a nursing station and room for 45 beds.

According to the 2007 State Victimization Survey, 18 percent of Indiana women surveyed reported having experienced some type of sexual assault in her lifetime, and 13 percent reported having been raped.

SW Radio Africa The precarious water situation in Harare, which is also under a serious threat of a cholera epidemic, forced the adjournment of Parliament on Tuesday to the 16th December.

Tens of thousands of refugees at a frontline camp in eastern Congo will be urgently moved to prevent them being caught in crossfire between rebels and the army, aid officials said on Thursday.

Novartis brings "diabetes to light" and unites with the International Diabetes Federation by taking part in the IDF's Monument Challenge and lighting the corporate headquarters in Basel, Switzerland in blue.

HEADLINES author/source:Zimbabwe Independent posted on this site:Sun 16-Nov-2008 Suggestions that hundreds of people could have died across the country By Lucia Makamure The Zanu PF politburo was on Wednesday ...

Marion County and the state received a failing grade for the high number of premature births reported in 2005, the most recent period for which statistics are available.

PORT LOUIS, 14 November 2008 - Over 500 people from Mauritius, Madagascar, Reunion Island, the Comoros and Seychelles attended the seventh conference on AIDS in Indian Ocean, and shared their growing concern ...

The type 2 diabetes epidemic that continues to sweep across the United States has left an estimated 24 million Americans struggling with the disease, up more than 3 million people since 2005.

During her doctoral degree studies she became President of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease as the first African and the first President from south of the globe.

Some health officials are concerned that a growing trend to criminalize the transmission of HIV will undercut gains made in the fight against the virus worldwide, the AP/Yahoo! News reports.

November is National Hospice Month. In a week that brought the historic election of the first African American to the U.S. presidency, Ministry Home Care Hospice witnessed an historical moment of its own.

Editor's Choice Main Category: Eye Health / Blindness Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses ; Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 12 Nov 2008 - 0:00 PST According to a study published in ...

A majority of Americans, including many health-care workers, believe that people who have lung cancer are at least partly to blame for their disease, a new survey finds.

SEATTLE, Washington, Nov 13 - Working for sustainable development in Kenya, which ranks 148th out of 177 countries on the United Nations development index, is a daunting task.