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Biggest child-killers: Pneumonia and diarrhea

such as cholera and rotavirus, kill 1.5 million kids each year, most under 2 years old. The children die from dehydration, weakened immune systems and malnutrition. Often they get sick from drinking dirty water. Children collect stagnant water for use ...

From MARGIE MASON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Salt Lake Tribune,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: UNICEF,  Melinda Gates,  World Health Organization

AIDS, malaria eclipse the biggest child-killers

HANOI, Vietnam Diarrhea doesn't make headlines. Nor does pneumonia. AIDS and malaria tend to get most of the attention. Yet even though cheap tools could prevent and cure both diseases, they kill an estimated 3.5 million kids under 5 each a year ...

From MARGIE MASON, San Diego Union-Tribune,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: UNICEF,  Melinda Gates,  World Health Organization

Top expert warns of swine-bird flu mix

MEXICO CITY Bird flu kills more than 60 per cent of its human victims, but it doesn't easily pass from person to person. Swine flu can be spread with a sneeze or a handshake, but it kills only a small fraction of the people it infects. So what ...

From MARGIE MASON, Globe and Mail,  8 May 2009

Related Topics: Robert Webster,  World Health Organization,  Margaret Chan

Top flu expert warns of a swine flu-bird flu mix

patient is recovering in Egypt, while another died in Vietnam -- a reminder that the H5N1 virus is far from gone. Mexico City » Bird flu kills more than 60 percent of its human victims, but doesn't easily pass from person to person. Swine flu can be ...

From MARGIE MASON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Salt Lake Tribune,  8 May 2009

Related Topics: Robert Webster,  World Health Organization,  Margaret Chan

Swine flu goes person-to-pig; could it jump back?

MEXICO CITY—Now that the swine flu virus has passed from a farmworker to pigs, could it jump back to people? The question is important, because crossing species again could make it more deadly. The never-before-seen virus was created when genes from ...

From MARGIE MASON, Boston Globe,  4 May 2009

Flu spreads as experts prepare for the worst

THE A-H1N1 flu extended its reach through Europe and Latin America, with at least five countries reporting new cases yesterday. Health experts were investigating a case of the virus jumping from a person to pigs, trying to determine if the disease ...

From MARGIE MASON, Shanghai Daily,  3 May 2009

Spain, Germany, Italy, Britain have new flu cases

Spain, Germany, Britain and Italy all confirmed new cases of swine flu on Sunday, with Spain becoming the hardest-hit nation in Europe amid the outbreak. Health experts were investigating a case of the virus jumping from a person to pigs in ...

From MARGIE MASON, Taiwan News,  3 May 2009

Spain leads Europe in swine flu cases with 20

Swine flu extended its reach through Europe and Latin America, with at least five countries reporting new cases on Sunday. Health experts were investigating a case of the virus jumping from a person to pigs, trying to determine if the disease was ...

From MARGIE MASON, Taiwan News,  3 May 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama

Swine flu experts wait and see

MEXICO CITY Health experts walked a tightrope Sunday, unsure whether the swine flu epidemic was starting to fizzle out or was just in a lull before another surge, as Spain reported 20 confirmed cases, making it the hardest-hit nation in Europe. Health ...

From MARGIE MASON, Globe and Mail,  3 May 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Felipe Calderon

Germany, Italy report new cases of swine flu

Health experts walked a tightrope Sunday, unsure whether the swine flu epidemic was starting to fizzle out or was just in a lull before another surge. Germany and Italy reported new cases, and Hong Kong kept 350 under quarantine in a downtown ...

From MARGIE MASON, Taiwan News,  3 May 2009

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