October 9th, 2009 / Health / Comments Off
Zagreb - Croatia on Friday watered down its ban on smoking in cafes and restaurants just five months after it was introduced - in what one newspaper criticized as a defeat of common sense. Changes to the anti-smoking law now allow cafes smaller than...
October 8th, 2009 / Health / Comments Off
Hong Kong - Hong Kong hospitals on Thursday began turning away women from mainland China arriving to give birth to ensure the city could cope with a surge in local births expected in the next three months. The territory has imposed a three-month ban ...
October 8th, 2009 / Health / Comments Off
Budapest - A 33-year-old woman has become the third Hungarian to die following infection with swine flu, the Hungarian Health Minister Tamas Szekely said on Thursday. The woman had been undergoing debilitating chemotherapy and radiation treatment for...
October 8th, 2009 / Health / Comments Off
Kiev - Three Ukrainians died and seven were hospitalised after eating poison mushrooms, the Interfax news agency reported. The accident took place in the central Ukrainian city Kirovograd, after a man aged 78 gathered a substantial number of mushroom...
October 8th, 2009 / Health / Comments Off
Essen - Germany has had its first confirmed swine flu fatality, medical tests released Thursday confirmed. The 36-year-old woman died of multiple organ and lung failure on September 25. Extensive tests showed that the H1N1 virus - commonly known as s...