Archive for April, 2008
Chinese virus infections rising
A lethal intestinal virus which has already claimed 20 lives could cause more deaths in eastern China.
Afghan ‘health link’ to uranium
The BBC hears that rising rates of child health issues in Afghanistan may be linked to depleted uranium weapons.
UK foreign doctor block ‘unlawful’
Junior doctors face tougher competition this year after a bid to give UK-trained medics priority in applying for jobs fails.
Heparin contamination ‘deliberate’
US officials say Chinese-made ingredients for a blood-thinning drug may have been deliberately contaminated.
LSD inventor Albert Hofmann dies
Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the hallucinogenic drug LSD, dies at the age of 102.