Tuesday, Aug 25th
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Major inequalities in health and life expectancy persist worldwide, according to an independent World Health Organization commission which on Thursday called for all countries to offer universal health care.
"The health inequities we see in the world are absolutely dramatic in their scale," Michael Marmot, a WHO health researcher, who chaired the commission, told reporters.
 US healthcare officials recently said a food-poisoning outbreak tied to alfalfa sprouts and involving multiple germs... |
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 Common personal care products widely contain unlabeled toxic chemicals, results from a new peer-reviewed study suggest.... |
 Hantavirus. Ebola. West Nile. Measles. And, of course, cyclospora — that stomach parasite making people miserable... |
