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Headed to ER? Some post waits by text, billboard

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 13:56
By LAURAN NEERGAARD 2010-08-23T18:56:15Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- Need an X-ray or stitches? Online, via text message or flashing on a billboard, some emergency rooms are advertising how long the dreaded wait for care will be, with estimates updated every few minutes....

Romania, Bulgaria have EU's sickest health systems

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 10:04
By ALINA WOLFE MURRAY 2010-08-23T15:04:06Z BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- No sutures and other basics; a dire shortage of staff; catastrophic hygiene; then this - a hospital blaze that killed five premature babies. Romania's hospital system is on the ropes....

Romania, Bulgaria have EU's sickest health systems

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 10:04
By ALINA WOLFE MURRAY 2010-08-23T15:04:06Z BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- No sutures and other basics; a dire shortage of staff; catastrophic hygiene; then this - a hospital blaze that killed five premature babies. Romania's hospital system is on the ropes....

Romania, Bulgaria have EU's sickest health systems

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 10:04
By ALINA WOLFE MURRAY 2010-08-23T15:04:06Z BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- No sutures and other basics; a dire shortage of staff; catastrophic hygiene; then this - a hospital blaze that killed five premature babies. Romania's hospital system is on the ropes....

Malaysia warns of waterborne disease after deaths

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 03:27
By 2010-08-23T08:27:57Z KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia has closed parks and warned the public about swimming and dumping trash in rivers after up to 10 people died from a disease spread by rats....

Malaysia warns of waterborne disease after deaths

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 03:27
By 2010-08-23T08:27:57Z KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia has closed parks and warned the public about swimming and dumping trash in rivers after up to 10 people died from a disease spread by rats....

Malaysia warns of waterborne disease after deaths

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 03:27
By 2010-08-23T08:27:57Z KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia has closed parks and warned the public about swimming and dumping trash in rivers after up to 10 people died from a disease spread by rats....

Kenyan court sentences 2 TB patients to 8 months

Sat, 08/21/2010 - 07:03
By TOM ODULA 2010-08-21T12:03:13Z NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A court has sentenced two tuberculosis patients who skipped their medications to spend eight months in prison to avoid spreading the deadly disease among the public, a senior health official said Saturday....

Kenyan court sentences 2 TB patients to 8 months

Sat, 08/21/2010 - 07:03
By TOM ODULA 2010-08-21T12:03:13Z NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A court has sentenced two tuberculosis patients who skipped their medications to spend eight months in prison to avoid spreading the deadly disease among the public, a senior health official said Saturday....

Africans text message to check if drugs are real

Fri, 08/20/2010 - 13:35
By MARIA CHENG 2010-08-20T18:35:24Z LONDON (AP) -- For Africans wondering whether the malaria drugs they've bought are real, there may soon be a quick way of finding out: sending a text message....

Africans text message to check if drugs are real

Fri, 08/20/2010 - 13:35
By MARIA CHENG 2010-08-20T18:35:24Z LONDON (AP) -- For Africans wondering whether the malaria drugs they've bought are real, there may soon be a quick way of finding out: sending a text message....

Africans text message to check if drugs are real

Fri, 08/20/2010 - 13:35
By MARIA CHENG 2010-08-20T18:35:24Z LONDON (AP) -- For Africans wondering whether the malaria drugs they've bought are real, there may soon be a quick way of finding out: sending a text message....

Africans text message to check if drugs are real

Fri, 08/20/2010 - 13:35
By MARIA CHENG 2010-08-20T18:35:24Z LONDON (AP) -- For Africans wondering whether the malaria drugs they've bought are real, there may soon be a quick way of finding out: sending a text message....

Study: Smoking scenes on the decline in top movies

Thu, 08/19/2010 - 16:28
By STEPHANIE NANO 2010-08-19T21:28:20Z NEW YORK (AP) -- There's a lot less smoking in the movies these days, a new report shows....

Study: Smoking scenes on the decline in top movies

Thu, 08/19/2010 - 16:28
By STEPHANIE NANO 2010-08-19T21:28:20Z NEW YORK (AP) -- There's a lot less smoking in the movies these days, a new report shows....

Study: Smoking scenes on the decline in top movies

Thu, 08/19/2010 - 16:28
By STEPHANIE NANO 2010-08-19T21:28:20Z NEW YORK (AP) -- There's a lot less smoking in the movies these days, a new report shows....

Study: Smoking scenes on the decline in top movies

Thu, 08/19/2010 - 16:28
By STEPHANIE NANO 2010-08-19T21:28:20Z NEW YORK (AP) -- There's a lot less smoking in the movies these days, a new report shows....

Egg recall tied to salmonella grows to 380 million

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 20:16
By MIKE STOBBE and MARY CLARE JALONICK 2010-08-19T01:16:09Z ATLANTA (AP) -- Hundreds of people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs in four states and possibly more, health officials said Wednesday as a company dramatically expanded a recall to 380 million eggs....

Egg recall tied to salmonella grows to 380 million

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 20:16
By MIKE STOBBE and MARY CLARE JALONICK 2010-08-19T01:16:09Z ATLANTA (AP) -- Hundreds of people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs in four states and possibly more, health officials said Wednesday as a company dramatically expanded a recall to 380 million eggs....

Egg recall tied to salmonella grows to 380 million

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 20:16
By MIKE STOBBE and MARY CLARE JALONICK 2010-08-19T01:16:09Z ATLANTA (AP) -- Hundreds of people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs in four states and possibly more, health officials said Wednesday as a company dramatically expanded a recall to 380 million eggs....