Moenchengladbach - A doctor on trial in one of Germany's largest hospital scandals allegedly applied a catalogue of dubious medical practices which some of his patients did not survive, a German court heard on Thursday. Over several hours, prosecutor...
October 1st, 2009 | Health | Comments Off
Pristina - Dozens of children, 14- and 15-year-olds from a school near the Kosovo capital of Pristina, were brought to hospital Thursday with signs of poisoning. The hospital is in a chaos, the patients are in hallways because we do not have enough ...
October 1st, 2009 | Health | Comments Off
Taipei - A Taiwan company on Thursday launched what it called the world's first spray capable of destroying the swine-flu virus. VirusBom costs 350 Taiwan dollars (10 US dollars) and can be used 700 times, Money Marketing communication Ltd. It contai...
October 1st, 2009 | Health | Comments Off
Washington - The United States will provide 5 billion dollars in new grants for medical research, which will also create thousands of new jobs, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday. The funds will come from the American Recovery and Reinvestmen...
September 30th, 2009 | Health | Comments Off
Sofia - Bulgarian health authorities on Wednesday reported the country's first death from swine flu, after a 30-year old man succumbed to the illness. The man from the town of Samokov, 50 kilometres south of Sofia, showed symptoms of the flu on Septe...
September 30th, 2009 | Health | Comments Off