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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MPs warn against forced HIV tests for asylum seekers
Mandatory HIV tests for asylum seekers on entry to Britain would breach the UK's human rights obligations and could increase the threat to public health by deterring those already here from being
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Stress leads to tobacco merger talk
The dire state of the tobacco industry was underscored with a report that British American Tobacco is considering a defensive merger of its US business with RJ Reynolds, while the prospect of
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Discovery of HIV cases sets off alarm bells
The recent disclosure that 17 people in Larkana are HIV positive has set off alarm bells in the community of doctors and also that of social workers. The persons whose blood samples were tested
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WHO Says SARS Contained but Threat Remains
The World Health Organization (WHO) says the global outbreak of the respiratory illness SARS had been contained as it removed Taiwan from its list of areas with recent local transmission of the
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Viral fever deaths on the rise in Andhra Pradesh
"It is an undeclared emergency all over the Andhra Pradesh state due to the ever rising number of deaths among children in Karimnagar, Warangal, Adilabad and parts of Nizamabad, and doctors have been
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Ottawa 95 percent certain mad cow born in Canada
The cow that tested positive for mad cow disease in the western province of Alberta in May was 95 percent likely to have been born in Canada, a senior official says. The Canadian Food Inspection
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Singapore on Hygiene Blitz after SARS
After dragging on a cigarette at Singapore's busy Bugis shopping district, Rafiz bin Sulaiman coughed and spat on the ground. Seconds later, Singapore authorities swooped on the smartly dressed
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Canadian may have 1st 2003 case of West Nile virus
Health officials in Canada's Atlantic province of New Brunswick should know this week if a man in his 60s has West Nile virus -- possibly the first case of the mosquito-spread disease in North
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Campaign to make Thrikkakara panchayat rat-free to be launched
Even as the garbage disposal programme is gaining momentum in Thrikkakara grama panchayat, Kerala, authorities are planning to launch yet another campaign to make the panchayat the first ever
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Ministry enforces anti-smoking law
The Pakistan education ministry endorsed the notification issued by the health ministry on implementation of the anti-smoking ordinance. An official announcement issued stated that the education