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Iraq confirms cholera outbreak south of Baghdad

Sep 8, 2008 07:07 AM PDT

AP - Cholera has broken out in a province south of Baghdad and at least 20 cases of the waterborne disease have been confirmed there, a Health Ministry official said Monday. Full Story

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Cholera prompts state of emergency in Iraq province
Sep 8, 2008 08:48 AM PDT, Reuters
Reuters - Officials in Iraq's Babil province declared a state of emergency on Monday after an outbreak of cholera in the area.
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Iraq confirms cholera outbreak south of Baghdad
Sep 8, 2008 07:07 AM PDT, Associated Press
AP - Cholera has broken out in a province south of Baghdad and at least 20 cases of the waterborne disease have been confirmed there, a Health Ministry official said Monday.
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Health Tip: Stay Safe on the School Bus
Sep 8, 2008 06:01 AM PDT, HealthDay
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Children should know how to safely board and leave the school bus, and what to do during the ride to and from school.
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Health Tip: Understanding Serving Sizes
Sep 8, 2008 06:01 AM PDT, HealthDay
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- The nutritional content of most foods is labeled according to serving size. But how much do you know about serving sizes?
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French plastic surgeon gets jail sentence for 'garage surgery'
Sep 8, 2008 05:09 AM PDT, AFP
AFP - A French court on Monday sentenced a cosmetic surgeon to four years in prison for mutilating and endangering the lives of dozens of his patients.
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Fifty-nine-year-old Frenchwoman gives birth to triplets
Sep 8, 2008 04:47 AM PDT, AFP
AFP - A 59-year-old Frenchwoman has given birth to triplets who are in good health, the Paris hospital treating her said on Monday.
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Hurricane Threats: Time to Batten Down the Hatches
Sep 7, 2008 08:47 PM PDT, HealthDay
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- With Tropical Storm Hanna having bruised much of the U.S. East Coast, and the far more dangerous Hurricane Ike hot on her heels, federal officials are offering checklists of advice for people living in the paths of violent Atlantic storms.
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Cholera epidemic spreads in Guinea-Bissau, stable in Guinea: WHO
Sep 7, 2008 02:06 PM PDT, AFP
AFP - A cholera epidemic which has claimed 90 lives to-date in Guinea Bissau, with more than 3,900 people suffering from the disease, is spreading but no new cases have been reported from neighbouring Guinea, the WHO said Sunday.
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Bulgaria's road carnage drains blood banks, boosts illegal blood trade
Sep 7, 2008 12:50 PM PDT, AFP
AFP - The high number of injuries from car accidents on Bulgarian roads this summer has drained the blood banks, boosting an already existing illegal blood trade, according to doctors.
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Alarm as Indonesia thumbs nose at West over bird flu
Sep 6, 2008 09:47 PM PDT, AFP
AFP - With nearly half the world's human bird flu deaths, concern is building over Indonesia's refusal to share virus samples and its health minister's increasingly strident denunciations of global "conspiracies".
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