Public Health
Public health and public health issues. Thanks to modern technology, information on public health and the issues that it entails are just a mouse click away. Most sites on the Internet that pertain to local, national, and/or international public health belong to groups like the World Health Organization that provide research and educational materials on various issues related to the state of health and available medical care in different communities throughout the world. In addition, these public health sites usually feature discussions on the laws and methods developed to improve global medical care and quality of life. This section features various online resources on public health.
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| First Cervical Cancer Vaccine Approved in Us The US medicines watchdog today granted a licence for the first vaccine against cervical cancer, which kills around 240,000... |
Childhood Obesity Study How many more dire predictions do we need from one childhood obesity study after another before we take action? Let's make... |
| FDA Committee Recommends Warnings on ADHD Drugs Federal science advisors have voted to recommend that serious warning labels be posted on Ritalin and other stimulants used... |
When Studies Mislead: The Skinny on Low Fat Diets The recent, well-publicized government study claiming that a low-fat diet does not cut health risk was flawed and its... |
| The Situation With Vaccines For Bird Flu and Other Types of Flu With everyone on the brink of panic regarding a bird flu pandemic, many are wondering if a vaccine has been developed and... |
Threat of Deadly Bird Flu The likelihood of another [pandemic] is very high, some say even certain," Leavitt said in Thailand, where he is... |
| World AIDS Day in Argentina In Argentina, the numbers are alarming. If we look at them together with a cultural approach we find out that wile 120,000... |
The Cutter Incident: How America's First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis Saving Vaccines: Why Legal Protection for Drug Companies Will Ultimately Protect Us All - Most scientists agree that a... |
| Human Waste Disposal; A Survival Issue The most recent tragedies that our Nation faced were the natural disaster of hurricanes. As I watched the commentaries on... |
WHO says Aids drug target unlikely to be hit One million people in developing countries are now taking Aids drugs, according to figures released yesterday by the World... |
| Is the Newborn Surfactant Synthesis Study Ethical? Is it ethical to subject healthy newborns to clinical studies? Do the benefits outweigh the risks? Will enough newborns... |
Drug Warnings Blown Out of Proportion With all the recent stories in the news about drug warnings, the public begins to doubt the safety of all drugs, and worse... |
| Getting The Flu Vaccine This Year Is Risky Business We see it every year – a flu vaccine shortage. And with this shortage comes many, many problems. What are the problems we... |
FDA Regulations: Making Your Voice Heard When the FDA plans to issue a new regulation or revise an existing one, it carefully considers the public’s comments and... |
| The Challenge That is AIDS Fighting AIDS is one of the causes anybody who is somebody wants to be associated with… it means sharing the platform with... |
US Investigates Flu Vaccine Shortage The United States attorney's office has opened an investigation into last week's closure of a Liverpool factory that led to... |
| Black Women in Us 23 Times As Likely to Get Aids Virus African-American women are 23 times as likely to be infected with the Aids virus as white women and account for 71.8% of... |
Cholesterol-buster Raises Safety Concerns 'When diet and exercise aren't enough," says the jaunty slogan, alongside a picture of a sprightly couple leaping into... |
| Cut-price Drugs Offer Hope to Millions WHO sets out strategy for getting treatment to three million in the developing world. The World Health Organisation... |
'Ban All Tobacco' - Us Health Chief The surgeon general of the United States, Richard Carmona, has said he would support the abolition of cigarettes and all... |
| Hope rises in Africa for Aids vaccine Skim low over Lake Victoria on the approach to Entebbe and with a setting sun you catch a glint from the white buildings... |
Aids Activists Resort to Civil Disobedience Activists in South Africa are planning to launch a civil disobedience campaign this week to pressure President Thabo Mbeki... |
| Hospitals Aren't Shops, and Patients Aren't Customers In the health service, as in education, internal markets lower standards. Competition is a good thing. It drives the mighty... |
Aids is Surging in Asia, Warns Un There will be an "explosive" spread of Aids into new areas unless more resources are freed to fight the growing... |
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