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BREAKING NEWS 70 percent of hospital patients in Zimbabwe have HIV/AIDS: NGO HARARE (AFP) Apr 02, 2004 Around 70 percent of patients admitted to Zimbabwe's hospitals suffer from HIV and AIDS-related illnesses, a health expert said Friday. China ends daily reporting on SARS epidemic BEIJING (AFP) Apr 02, 2004 China's Ministry of Health Friday ended its daily reports on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), noting only four confirmed cases of the deadly disease had been discovered since the beginning of winter. |
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China launches nationwide epidemic reporting computer network BEIJING (AFP) Apr 02, 2004 Chinese hospitals and disease prevention and control centers nationwide this week began reporting infectious diseases to the government through a new computer network, state media said Friday. S. Africa starts free anti-retrovirals for HIV patients in key province JOHANNESBURG (AFP) Apr 01, 2004 South African health authorities Thursday began distributing free anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs to HIV/AIDS patients in the country's richest province of Gauteng, a health department spokesman said. Asia facing higher HIV risk as youths become more sexually active SINGAPORE (AFP) Apr 01, 2004 Asia's youth are becoming increasingly susceptible to HIV through "boyfriend-girlfriend" relations as many become sexually active at a younger age, regional health experts warn. Three percent of African AIDS patients have access to antiretrovirals DAKAR (AFP) Mar 31, 2004 Only three percent of the 3.9 million AIDS patients in Africa who could benefit from anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) have access to them, delegates at a forum were told here Wednesday. Three percent of African AIDS patients have access to antiretrovirals DAKAR (AFP) Mar 31, 2004 Only three percent of the 3.9 million AIDS patients in Africa who could benefit from antiretroviral drugs have access to them, delegates at a forum were told here Wednesday. China punishes 3,798 civil servants for negligence during SARS epidemic BEIJING (AFP) Mar 31, 2004 China has punished a total of 3,798 civil servants for negligence during the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), state media reported Wednesday. |
Canadian researchers start trials for new anti-AIDS vaccine OTTAWA (AFP) Mar 30, 2004 Canadian researchers announced Tuesday the start of clinical trials for a new anti-AIDS/HIV vaccine aimed at replacing so-called drug cocktails. Suspected SARS cases in Scotland get all-clear LONDON (AFP) Mar 30, 2004 Four suspected SARS cases were admitted to hospital in Scotland on Tuesday, but discharged a few hours later after doctors concluded that they did not have the deadly virus. Four people suspected of contracting SARS taken to hospital LONDON (AFP) Mar 30, 2004 Four people suspected of having contracted SARS, including three Asian tourists, were taken Tuesday to hospital in Edinburgh and kept in isolation, health officials said. Scientists to test gels in Africa that could prevent HIV: BBC LONDON (AFP) Mar 27, 2004 British scientists are to launch trials in five African countries for special new gels that may help prevent the transmission of the HIV virus, the BBC reported on Saturday. FDA greenlights rapid HIV/AIDS detection test WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 27, 2004 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved marketing a rapid oral test for HIV/AIDS, calling it an alternative for people averse to blood testing. Fructose sweetener eyed as cause of US obesity epidemic: study WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 25, 2004 A corn sweetener that has been used to sweeten food and soft drinks since the 1970s may be partly to blame for the United States' galloping obesity epidemic, US researchers said Thursday. |
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