Drug makers await change in India
India's pharmaceuticals industry is preparing to swallow a horse pill, and foreign drug makers want to be there when the medications kicks in. On the first day of 2005, Indian drug companies must
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Lead toxicity in urban kids cross danger levels
In an alarming finding, about 30 per cent of children in urban cities and towns in India were found to have higher than the recommended levels of lead toxicity which would cause serious health
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Ireland critical of British treatment of foot-and-mouth
Ireland slammed Britain's handling of a three-week-old outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease as a scandal, but London insisted it was in control despite reporting the biggest daily increase in cases so
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Senate repeals rules aimed at repetitive-motion injury at work
The US Senate has voted to repeal new rules that President Bill Clinton issued four months ago with the aim of protecting tens of millions of Americans from workplace injuries.
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Foot-and-mouth cases spread in U.K.
Thirteen more cases of foot-and-mouth disease have been confirmed in Britain, bringing the national total to more than 120, the chief veterinary officer said.
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Angling body's concern over poaching of fish
The Himachal Angling Association has expressed concern over the large scale poaching fish in the Beas river flowing through Kangra valley.
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Tobacco panel sets California legal fees
The Tobacco Fee Arbitration Panel said that full, reasonable compensation for California attorneys in four tobacco lawsuits is $637.5 million, to be paid by tobacco companies. The panel's findings
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Foot-and-mouth 'spinning out of control'
Farmers' leaders clashed with the Government on Monday over whether the foot-and-mouth epidemic was out of control. The dispute came as the number of confirmed cases rose by 25, the biggest daily
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EU livestock bans 'should not prevent limited slaughter'
New European Union restrictions on animal movements and markets to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease will not affect the UK's new limited slaughter scheme, but may affect plans for holding
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EU finds no cancer link to NATO uranium arms
A European Union panel concluded that depleted uranium in armor-piercing weapons used by NATO in Kosovo had no detectable effect on human health. The conclusion concurred with the alliance's own
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AIDS-drugs makers escalate price war
An extraordinary price war is breaking out in the market for AIDS drugs in poor countries, as pharmaceuticals giants seek to blunt a growing threat from generic-drug companies and recoup some moral
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AIDS activists win skirmish in South Africa
AIDS activists scored a victory against international drug companies by putting the suffering of AIDS victims back at the center of a landmark legal suit seeking to stop South Africa from importing
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Man-made chromosome
Japanese scinetists said recently they have built an artifical chromosome, which might aid efforts to use gene therapy to treat disease such as muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis.
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Greece rocked by four earthquakes
Four strong earthquakes shook central Greece on Wednesday, but caused no injuries or
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Parkinson's setback
The New England Journal of Medicine published the disheartening results of a careful study to determine whether fetal nerve cell transplants can help patients with Parkinson's disease. It is a
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The price of health without frontiers
Merck's decision to supply Aids drugs to the developing world at cost could unleash an uncontrollable global price war : a
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TN tanneries told to pay compensation
The Loss of Ecology Authority, set up by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), has asked the tanneries of Vellore district to pay a compensation of Rs.26.82 crore to 29,193 families
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Rajasthan fails to reach drought relief target
The cash-strapped state government is yet to attain the goal it has set for relief works in the drought-hit areas. The government has created only 88 per cent of the employment it announced for
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Aussie tips on fighting pollution
Several new and innovative procedures used in controlling pollution in Australia were show-cased today at an interactive seminar between the Australian and Indian
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'Orissa must prepare for moderate quakes'
Orissa residents should be prepared for moderate earthquakes in future, though it does not fall under high-risk seismic zone, experts say.