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Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) — Human bird-flu infections may rise in
Asia as people handle more poultry for next week’s Lunar New Year
celebrations, according to a United Nations veterinarian who
tracks the virus in birds.
Health authorities in China, South Korea and Vietnam have
stepped up surveillance of H5N1 avian influenza among poultry
ahead of the festival, which starts Jan. 26. Production of
chickens and ducks swells as much as three times in the Read the rest of this entry »

One of Mia Farrow’s 15 children has died.
star lost her 35-year-old adopted daughter Lark Song Previn, at New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn on Christmas Day, report news sources.
The New York City medical examiner did not reveal the cause of death. Previn had been ailing for a decade, suffering from AIDS-related illnesses.
A service at St. Saviour Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn on Tuesday (Dec. 30) was followed by her cremation. Previn Read the rest of this entry »

Cuyahoga County Commissioners have agreed upon a location to build the new Convention Center and Medical Mart showroom.
The Convention Center will be built at 500 Lakeside Avenue, the current location of Cleveland’s now standing Convention Center.
The decision was announced by the Cuyahoga County Commissioners at a 5:15 p.m. press conference.
The decision came after a day of closed door meetings involving Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, County Read the rest of this entry »

., a Watertown biotechnology company, said it has sold the rights and assets of bevirimat, a potential HIV drug, for $7 million.
The buyer is another biotech firm,
of Salt Lake City, Panacos said.
In a statement, Panacos president and chief executive Alan W. Dunton said: “Our goal has been to develop drugs with novel mechanisms of action to give people living with HIV new treatment options. In order to achieve this goal and to manage capital Read the rest of this entry »

Published February 9, 2009
People with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental illnesses are having trouble getting care since Hurricane Ike closed many of the county’s treatment facilities, health workers say.
Since the hurricane struck Sept. 13 and disrupted mental health services, patients with psychosis and suicidal thoughts travel to a Houston hospital to receive treatment. Some wait for days in the emergency room at Read the rest of this entry »

VINELAND — In recognition of Heart Month, South Jersey Healthcare will host its second annual Women’s Heart Health Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Centerton Country Club in Pittsgrove.
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, and nearly 39 percent of all female deaths in the nation result from cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and stroke. The conference will offer local women valuable health information and tips Read the rest of this entry »

About $11,000 in cash was recovered along with the drugs; no weapons were found. Police are consulting with federal authorities to determine the next steps in the investigation.
Officials said the largest cocaine seizure previously made by city police was 60 pounds in 2006. Yesterday’s take was not a record for drugs found in Baltimore, however; federal agents seized more than a ton of cocaine, worth $25 million, from an East Baltimore warehouse Read the rest of this entry »

conferences and meetings that set international norms on issues including human rights, public health, family planning and HIV/AIDS. But advocacy groups of varying stripes have already begun pressing the administration to end an era in which faith-based groups blocked funding for abortions in the developing world and helped place conservative values — including abstinence-only sex education — at the heart of U.S. health efforts.
“The American Read the rest of this entry »

Published January 2, 2009
TEXAS CITY — A 22-year-old woman was charged Friday with leaving her 2-year-old daughter locked in her car in the parking lot of a bar while she was inside drinking.
It was one of two child endangerment cases Texas City police investigated during the New Years holiday.
Officers were called to the Scruples bar in the 2300 block of Palmer Highway about 12:15 a.m. Friday on a report of an intoxicated woman causing a Read the rest of this entry »