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WHO: Indonesia's bird flu deaths hit 48
Sep 8 2006 9:33PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The World Health Organization has confirmed two more cases of bird flu in Indonesia, one of them fatal, bringing the country's death toll from the virus to 48.
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Vegetative patients may have awareness
Sep 8 2006 6:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Advanced brain scanning uncovered startling signs of awareness in a woman in a vegetative state, British scientists reported Thursday _ a finding that complicates one of medicine's ethical minefields.
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Mo. hospital screening for sleep apnea
Sep 8 2006 6:33PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Carla Carr knew she felt tired a lot, but never suspected sleep apnea. The Fort Gibson, Okla., woman said she'd never been diagnosed, although she'd often be awakened by her husband when he'd catch her not breathing during sleep.
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WHO plans polio vaccinations in Africa
Sep 8 2006 6:19PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The U.N. health agency plans to vaccinate nearly 3 million children in the Horn of Africa this year against polio, a crippling disease that experts fear could spread rapidly along the region's volatile and porous borders.
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China flu samples set for import to CDC
Sep 8 2006 4:14PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - U.S. health officials say they have worked out a "lapse in communications" that was delaying China from shipping bird flu virus samples to the United States.
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Residents: WTC health problems ignored
Sep 8 2006 4:17AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Angry residents gathered near ground zero to denounce the government's handling of Sept. 11-related health problems, saying they have been ignored for years.
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Feds examine safety of mercury fillings
Sep 8 2006 3:13AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials are again examining what's known _ and what's still to be learned _ about the safety of a mercury mixture that's stirred controversy since dentists began using it to fill cavities in the 1800s.
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