Medicine NewsIRIN/PlusNews on Monday examined a peer education program in Laos directed toward “hidden” men who have sex with men, a group that is “difficult to identify in HIV prevention and surveillance” despite being “probably the largest group of MSM in the country.” Anan Bouapha — a former coordinator for the project, which is run by [...]
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AP – A liquid morphine painkiller given by family caregivers to dying patients can remain on the market, federal regulators have decided after hearing protests over their decision to remove it. The Food and Drug Administration had announced last week that it was ordering manufacturers to stop making 14 medications including the liquid morphine. All [...]
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AP – Americans didn’t suffer more food poisoning last year despite high-profile outbreaks involving peppers, peanut butter and other foods, according to a government report released Thursday. Rates of food-borne illnesses have been holding steady for five years. They had been declining from the mid-1990s until the beginning of this decade, due mainly to improvements [...]
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AP – An extensive investigation has failed to determine how E. coli bacteria was introduced into a northeastern Oklahoma restaurant linked to hundreds of illnesses and one death, the state health board said in a report released Thursday.
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