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The US flag flies above the Capitol building in Washington, ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - The US flag flies above the Capitol building in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, is to make a rare in-person plea for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care. Photo:Karen Bleier/AFP

US President Barack Obama speaks about healthcare reform legislation ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama speaks about healthcare reform legislation during a daily press briefing in the White House. Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, is to make a rare in-person plea for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care Photo:Saul Loeb/AFP

Protestors wave flags during a news conference 'To Make a Healthcare ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - Protestors wave flags during a news conference 'To Make a Healthcare 'House Call' on Washington' at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, is to make a rare in-person plea for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care Photo:Kris Connor/AFP

Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:17:00 GMT

(AFP) - Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday. Photo:/AFP

An aerial view shows the southern Sudanese town of Malakal, ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - An aerial view shows the southern Sudanese town of Malakal, the capital of Upper Nile state. Southern Sudan is facing a 'serious outbreak' of the deadly kala azar tropical disease, the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) warned on Friday. Photo:Peter Martell/AFP

A southern Sudanese man recovers from the kala azar disease ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - A southern Sudanese man recovers from the kala azar disease at a hospital in Malakal, the capital of Upper Nile state. Southern Sudan is facing a 'serious outbreak' of the deadly kala azar tropical disease, the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) has warned. Photo:Peter Martell/AFP

Sudanese children recover from the kala azar disease in the ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - Sudanese children recover from the kala azar disease in the grounds of a hospital in Malakal. Southern Sudan is facing a 'serious outbreak' of the deadly kala azar tropical disease, the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) warned on Friday. Photo:Peter Martell/AFP

AIDS ribbons. Human Rights Watch on Friday criticised Uganda's ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:05:00 GMT

(AFP) - AIDS ribbons. Human Rights Watch on Friday criticised Uganda's HIV/AIDS bill, some of whose clauses call for mandatory testing of pregnant women, sex offenders and victims, and disclosure of HIV status. Photo:/AFP

Activists from a Ukrainian youth political organization burn ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - Activists from a Ukrainian youth political organization burn a symbolic protective mask during a prostes against swine flu (H1N1) fears organized, in their opinion, by the government. The number of swine flu deaths has grown by more than 370 over a week to pass 6,000, as the pandemic spread into more than 199 countries and territories, World Health Organisation data showed Photo:Sergei Supinsky/AFP

A cow is milked at a farm in Germany.The World Health Organisation ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - A cow is milked at a farm in Germany.The World Health Organisation has called for close monitoring of farm workers and animals for influenza A viruses, following recent cases in a wider range of creatures than pigs. Photo:John Macdougall/AFP

A Sudanese child recovers from the kala azar disease at a hospital ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:57:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Sudanese child recovers from the kala azar disease at a hospital in Malakal, the capital of Upper Nile state. Southern Sudan is facing a 'serious outbreak' of the deadly kala azar tropical disease, the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) warned Photo:Peter Martell/AFP

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said Friday it is cooperating ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:39:00 GMT

(AFP) - Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said Friday it is cooperating with South Korean investigators who are looking into alleged illegal sales of its swine flu treatment Tamiflu. Photo:Mehdi Fedouach/AFP

So far, Citigroup has requested 2,200 H1N1 vaccines and received ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:32:00 GMT

(AFP) - So far, Citigroup has requested 2,200 H1N1 vaccines and received 1,200, according to health department figures. News that US swine flu vaccines, meant to be prioritized for the nation's most vulnerable, are being distributed to Wall Street firms have sparked uproar. Photo:Spencer Platt/AFP

A nurse is pictured filling a syringe with the H1N1 vaccine. ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:32:00 GMT

(AFP) - A nurse is pictured filling a syringe with the H1N1 vaccine. News that US swine flu vaccines, meant to be prioritized for the nation's most vulnerable, are being distributed to Wall Street firms such as Goldman Sachs, have sparked uproar. Photo:George Frey/AFP

Stem cell cultures are held up at a lab. A breakthrough mix ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:09:00 GMT

(AFP) - Stem cell cultures are held up at a lab. A breakthrough mix of stem cell and gene therapy halted a lethal brain-wasting illness in two young boys, and could prove effective against other genetic disorders, researchers reported Thursday. Photo:/AFP

Signs are seen on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington, ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:48:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Signs are seen on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, to support a Republican press conference about health care legislation. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Alex Brandon)

The logo of the US Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA). The US ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - The logo of the US Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA). The US food and drug safety watchdog warned Thursday that an over-the-counter men's sex aid, labeled as all-natural, contains a chemical similar to the active ingredient in Viagra and could be dangerous. Photo:/AFP

Picture taken in August 2009, a medical laboratory technician ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - Picture taken in August 2009, a medical laboratory technician conducts a HIV test in a government hospital in Jakarta. Waning international donor support for the fight against AIDS is a threat to a decade of progress in HIV treatment, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Thursday. Photo:Romeo Gacad/AFP

Students gather outside of their classroom in Nairobi in June ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - Students gather outside of their classroom in Nairobi in June 2009. A Danish firm has launched Vitamin A-packed chewing gum in Nairobi to help fight malnutrition among children in developing countries, the company said in a statement Thursday. Photo:Tony Karumba/AFP

Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko visits a children ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko visits a children hospital in western Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi. Health authorities in Ukraine said Thursday the death toll from an outbreak of flu and respiratory infections had risen to 95, but added the epidemic showed signs of easing. Photo:Alexander Prokopenko/AFP

South Sudanese infants and their mothers are cared for in a ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT

(AFP) - South Sudanese infants and their mothers are cared for in a malaria ward at the main hospital in Juba in April 2009. Millions of people in South Sudan and Darfur face dire and worsening health conditions and a severe shortage of care, the World Health Organisation warned Thursday. Photo:Tony Karumba/AFP

In this photo taken Tuesday April 14, 2009 a pedestrian passes ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:31:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this photo taken Tuesday April 14, 2009 a pedestrian passes an AIDS eductaion billboard in Johannesburg. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Denis Farrell-File)

A police officer opens a bag of cocaine that was seized in 2008. ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - A police officer opens a bag of cocaine that was seized in 2008. Cocaine's relentless march through Europe's social order showed no sign of abating in 2009, an annual report into drug use and addiction showed on Thursday. Photo:Elmer Martinez/AFP

A man smokes a cannabis joint. Cocaine's relentless march through ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - A man smokes a cannabis joint. Cocaine's relentless march through Europe's social order showed no sign of abating in 2009, according to an annual report into drug use and addiction by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. Photo:Thomas Wirth/AFP

A bag containing seized ecstasy pills. Cocaine's relentless ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - A bag containing seized ecstasy pills. Cocaine's relentless march through Europe's social order showed no sign of abating in 2009, according to an annual report into drug use and addiction by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. Photo:Douanes Francaises/AFP

Spanish police unload a shipment of cocaine that was intercepted ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - Spanish police unload a shipment of cocaine that was intercepted in northwestern Spain. Cocaine's relentless march through Europe's social order showed no sign of abating in 2009, according to an annual report into drug use and addiction by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. Photo:Miguel Riopa/AFP

An Afghan woman wears a protective mask in Kabul. The World ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Afghan woman wears a protective mask in Kabul. The World Health Organisation has urged people not to drop their guard over the swine flu pandemic and insisted on the value of vaccination despite the broadly mild symptoms of the virus. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

A 9-year-old girl gets a checkup in September 2009 in Miami, ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:11:00 GMT

(AFP) - A 9-year-old girl gets a checkup in September 2009 in Miami, Florida. Despite spending more than twice as much as other developed countries, the United States still lags behind in terms of access and quality, an international survey said. Photo:Joe Raedle/AFP

US President Barack Obama (bottow R) addresses a joint session ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:11:00 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama (bottow R) addresses a joint session of Congress on his embattled healthcare reform plan in September 2009 at the US Capitol in Washington, DC .Despite spending more than twice as much as other developed countries, the United States still lags behind in terms of access and quality, an international survey said Photo:Saul Loeb/AFP

'Baby Z' is pictured in Melbourne. The Australian baby has become ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - 'Baby Z' is pictured in Melbourne. The Australian baby has become the first person to be cured of a rare and often fatal brain-poisoning condition thanks to an experimental treatment previously tested only on mice. Photo:/AFP

A nurse draws the H1N1 vaccine into a syringe at a vaccination ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:07:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A nurse draws the H1N1 vaccine into a syringe at a vaccination clinic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Pawel Dwulit

Cats are pictured at an animal shelter. Vets in the US state ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:26:00 GMT

(AFP) - Cats are pictured at an animal shelter. Vets in the US state of Iowa said Wednesday that a household cat had tested positive for swine flu -- the first known case in the world of the new pandemic strain spreading to the feline population. Photo:Jean-Philippe Ksiazek/AFP

U.S. World Health Organization Assistant Director Keiji Fukuda ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:31:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - U.S. World Health Organization Assistant Director Keiji Fukuda attends a conference on swine flu in Cancun, Mexico, Friday, July 3, 2009. The World Health Organization's top flu scientist often describes the virus he's studied for years as 'humbling.' And Dr. Keiji Fukuda isn't alone in marvelling at the mercurial nature of influenza. Flu scientists repeat almost as a mantra that the only thing predictable about flu is its unpredictability. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Miguel Tovar

Children have fun swimming in a water reservoir about 30 kms ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:31:00 GMT

(AFP) - Children have fun swimming in a water reservoir about 30 kms outside of Praia. Businesses, schools and government offices will shut in Cape Verde Friday for a day of mobilisation to try to curb a dengue epidemic which has killed four people since Sunday, authorities announced Wednesday. Photo:Alexander Joe/AFP

A man disinfects his hands after bringing a cholera patient ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - A man disinfects his hands after bringing a cholera patient to a medical centre. A fresh cholera outbreak has killed 20 people and left 200 others infected in northern Nigeria's Adamawa State in the past week, a senior health official said Wednesday. Photo:Seyllou/AFP

Pakistani men try to identify their relatives' bodies at a hospital ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - Pakistani men try to identify their relatives' bodies at a hospital after a suicide bomb blast in Rawalpindi on November 2. The bomb site, still blocked by police, is about 200 metres (yards) from army headquarters where last month 10 gunmen kept up a nearly 24-hour siege that left 23 people dead and deeply embarrassed the military. Photo:Aamir Qureshi/AFP

Pakistani policemen check a motorcyclist as they cordon off ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - Pakistani policemen check a motorcyclist as they cordon off a street after a suicide bomb attack in Rawalpindi. The indiscriminate killing, beamed into living rooms by television channels broadcasting round the clock, is cultivating a state of fear and uncertainty across Pakistan. Photo:Aamir Qureshi/AFP

A Pakistani woman mourns the death of her relative outside a ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Pakistani woman mourns the death of her relative outside a hospital after a suicide bomb blast in Rawalpindi on November 2. Pakistanis are 'losing quality of life', constantly in a state of fear and anxiety which is leading to ailments as well as sleep disorders. Photo:Aamir Qureshi/AFP

An Ukrainian undertaker, wearing a protective mask, carries ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:40:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Ukrainian undertaker, wearing a protective mask, carries a cross in front of his office in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. Eighty-six people have died in Ukraine from flu and respiratory infections, the health ministry said, in an epidemic the World Health Organisation said could be largely due to the A(H1N1) virus. Photo:Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP

Burkina Faso is to supply its entire population with six million ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - Burkina Faso is to supply its entire population with six million mosquito nets after research has shown many of the mosquitoes in the country have developed resistance to insecticides. The development fuels a malaria crisis in the West African nation -- over a disease which claims the life of an African child every 30 seconds, and has one million victims worldwide. Duration: 02:03. Photo:/AFP

A mother and her child sit on a bed covered with a mosquito ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - A mother and her child sit on a bed covered with a mosquito net near Bagamoyo, Tanzania in late October. Researchers have said the most clinically advanced malaria vaccine so far should be ready for use in three to five years after Phase three trials began in May. Photo:Tony Karumba/AFP

A laboratory technician collects a blood sample from a infant ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - A laboratory technician collects a blood sample from a infant suspected to have malaria in Bagamoyo, north of Dar es Salaam in October 2009. The most clinically advanced malaria vaccine so far should be ready for use in three to five years after Phase three trials began in May, researchers have said. Photo:Tony Karumba/AFP

Known for its anaesthetic, anti-inflammatory and even antibiotic ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 GMT

(AFP) - Known for its anaesthetic, anti-inflammatory and even antibiotic qualities, the leech is making a return to the world of medicine. In Russia, 10 times more of the blood-suckers are grown than anywhere else in the world and leech therapy is nothing new. Duration: 01:55 Photo:/AFP

Leeches squirm inside glass jars at the International Medical ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 GMT

(AFP) - Leeches squirm inside glass jars at the International Medical Leech Centre not far from Moscow, in Udelnaya. Founded in 1937, the Centre raises three million specimens per year and touts itself as the world's largest leech-growing facility. Photo:Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP

Russian lab technician Natalya Lepyoshkina handles a jar of ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:00 GMT

(AFP) - Russian lab technician Natalya Lepyoshkina handles a jar of leeches at the International Medical Leech Centre not far from Moscow, in Udelnaya. Founded in 1937, the Centre raises three million specimens per year and touts itself as the world's largest leech-growing facility. Photo:Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP

A child is seen staring behind a belly of his pregnant mother. ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - A child is seen staring behind a belly of his pregnant mother. Women who take folic acid supplements during the later months of pregnancy may be increasing their baby's risk of developing asthma, according to a newly released Australian study. Photo:Choi Won-Suk/AFP

A registered nurse injects a dose of the H1N1 flu vaccine at ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:03:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A registered nurse injects a dose of the H1N1 flu vaccine at a Toronto health clinic on Thursday, October 29, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Medical masks on display at the Hyatt Regency Washington Hotel ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - Medical masks on display at the Hyatt Regency Washington Hotel in Washington, DC. People over the age of 50 who are hospitalized with swine flu are the group most likely to die from the illness, but (A)H1N1 flu remains a young person's illness, US researchers said Tuesday. Photo:Tim Sloan/AFP