Saturday July 31st 2010, 9:53 pm
Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, has announced a cull of regulators to save £180mn in the health sector, consigning the agency that handles public health emergencies to oblivion and splitting up the fertility watchdog.
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Lansley pushes shakeup of health regulators
Blue ear disease hits 11 provinces in Vietnam
Saturday July 31st 2010, 10:52 am
As of Friday (July 30), blue ear disease has affected pigs in 11 provinces across the country, the Department of Animal Health reported.
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Opinions: IDUs and HIV; AIDS 2010; International Violence Against Women Act
Saturday July 31st 2010, 12:36 am
In a Los Angeles Times opinion piece, Evan Wood, associate professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia, writes about the Vienna Declaration, a document he helped to draft, that calls for international leaders to revise drug policies to incorporate greater scientific evidence and promote HIV prevention, treatment and care for drug users.
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