First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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U.S. health agency seeks SARS patent to keep access open
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that it is seeking a patent on the SARS virus to guarantee the discovery stays in the public domain. The CDC's patent application, if
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Deaths in Hong Kong from SARS total 20%
The first major study of SARS trends estimates that about 20% of the people hospitalized with the diseases in HOng KOng are dying from it, and that more than half of those over 60 die. The findings,
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310 children of 14 yrs infected with AIDS
At least 310 children of 14 years of age have been infected with HIV/AIDS in the country and about 21,000 children have so far become orphans due to the deaths of their parents in AIDS.This alarming
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Kal-azar patients on rise in Bara
The Kalaiya hospital was forced to admit more Kal-azar patients than its usual capacity, and a majority of the patients suffering from this malady were from the Tharu community. The budget provided
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Health concern
Even as five political parties Sunday announced their version of "people's movement" against King Gyanendra's October 4 move, reports have it that at least 38 children died in western Nepal in the
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India ready for new era in monitoring medicines
India's grossly inadequate system of monitoring adverse side-effects that patients might have to medicines has prompted the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to scrap the three existing
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Non-iodised salt being sold in Netrakona dist
Non-iodised salt is being sold in different markets of the district posing a great threat to the public
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Check for SARS finds yellow fever patients
The SARS surveillance at India's international airports is starting to show some results
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Spit and be fined: China's attempt to check SARS
China is attempting to stampout spitting with a campaign against the traditional practice, which doctors say spreads diseases such as the flu-like SARS virus and highly contagious tuberculosis.
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War on AIDS: Global spending should go up 3-fold
A panel of 40 AIDS experts from around the world, belonging to the Global HIV Prevention Working Group, of which Meenakshi Datta Ghosh from the National AIDS Control Organisation in India is