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Reuters Health News: 02-27-2006
WELAMASONGA, Tanzania (Reuters) - With billions of dollars pouring in to fight Africa's HIV/AIDS epidemic, Tanzanian AIDS counsellor Gandencia Bazil has a simple request.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Restrictions on abortion that would be the most severe since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized the practice 33 years ago are likely to turn South Dakota into an expensive legal battleground should they become law.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A series of therapy sessions designed to address all aspects of cancer patients' lives, from physical fitness to spiritual well-being, can help maintain their quality of life and even improve it, a new study shows.
LONDON (Reuters) - A re-usable, lightweight suit could help save the lives of thousands of women in poor countries who die each year during childbirth, researchers said on Monday.
PORT LOUIS (Reuters) - The number of people in Mauritius infected with a mosquito-borne disease which is ravaging through the Indian Ocean region has risen to 962 from 341 the previous week, the government said.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Monday reaffirmed Catholic teaching that life begins at the moment of conception, saying embryos are "sacred and inviolable" even before they become implanted in a mother's uterus.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Thabo Mbeki said in a newspaper interview on Sunday that research needed to be done to determine what impact HIV/AIDS was having on the country's public sector.
PARIS (Reuters) - France began vaccinating thousands of geese and ducks against avian flu on Monday while Niger became the second West African country to be hit by a virus which is spreading among birds at unprecedented speed.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California would require manufacturers to phase out the use of hazardous materials in making cell phones, iPods and other electronic devices under a bill introduced by a state lawmaker.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Doctors and psychologists at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay are taking part in practices, including force feeding, that violate medical ethics, say ethicists and medical associations.
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