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Chickens have role in guarding public health (The Press-Enterprise)
The lowly chicken, a dumb cluck of a bird that tastes better than it looks, sometimes serves a higher role in life -- as a watchdog for human health.
Freed Betancourt in good health (Deutsche Welle)
Former Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt has been given a clean bill of health after a series of medical tests at a Paris military hospital. She told French television that she was "very surprised" not to have any physical side-effects from six years of captivity in the Colombian jungle.
Health Highlights: July 5, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Health symposium to advise on rural strategies (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Some of the world's leading experts in rural health have gathered in Brisbane for the inaugural Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium, starting today.
FG Seeks W?Bank?s Assistance on Health Delivery (This Day)
Federal Government has asked for N5.8 billion ($50 million) from the World Bank to improve the health sector. Minister of Health, Dr Hassan Lawal, made the request at a meeting of World Bank-assisted Health Systems Development Project (HSDP11) with State Commissioners of Health in Abuja.
Health officials prepare for West Nile Virus season (Lisbon Morning Journal)
LISBON - The Columbiana County Health Department no longer tests for West Nile Virus because they know it's here, although the numbers have dropped significantly. The first confirmed case of a bird infected with WNV in the county was in 2002. "Once it's verified, it's here, and it's not going away," said County Health Commissioner Robert Morehead, who was contacted about last week's announcement
Restaurants face tougher health rules (Winston-Salem Journal)
Local health departments in North Carolina are using new inspection standards that officials say put more importance on practices that prevent customers from getting sick.
Museum key to better health for minorities (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Dr. Louis W. Sullivan is one of those retirees who won't stay retired. The longtime Atlanta physician and U.S. health and human services secretary in the first Bush administration continues to help raise money for the Morehouse School of Medicine, which he helped start as the founding dean and president. Now 74, he's on Grady Memorial Hospital's new board and several others ? including serving ...
Freed Betancourt given clean bill of health (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Former Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt said she had been given a clean bill of health on Saturday after a series of medical tests at a Paris military hospital.
Teachers' health care needs revisions (The Kalamazoo Gazette)
This was to be the year that Michigan school officials mounted an aggressive attack on health-care costs.
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