Drug firms could ‘destroy effect of malaria pills’
· WHO warning angers pharmaceutical bosses
· UN agency criticised over disease control failures
We’re not going bonkers, we just have a new disease
Michelle Hanson: Sylvia and I have been worried for some time that our minds were on the way out.
Turkey to test thousands in bid to contain bird flu outbreak
The World Health Organisation has asked Turkey for permission to send teams into infected villages to take blood samples, swab throats and interview families.
Hidden victims highlight ease of transmission
Hundreds of people are believed to have caught bird flu from infected poultry, but were not diagnosed because their symptoms were too mild, scientists revealed yesterday.
Bird flu fears grow as human cases spread westwards across Turkey
· Father describes how three children died· Cull begins in rural town to prevent H5N1 mutating
New Yorkers in grip of diabetes epidemic
· 800,000 have disease that proves threat across world
· Immigrants most at risk thanks to American diet
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