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1 December 2007
Britain:
government cuts funding as bird flu outbreak is confirmed
18 September 2007
Britain:
Foot and mouth disease strikes again
15 March 2006
Chikungunya
epidemic on the French Island of Réunion: a "natural"
catastrophe
13 March 2006
Bird
flu threat grows in Europe and Africa
6 March 2006
Nobel
Prize for Medicine for gastric ulcer breakthrough
4 March 2006
Bird
flu in India: profits override public health concerns
21 February 2006
Bird
flu sparks emergency measures in India, Europe, Africa
4 November 2005
The
dangers of a global birdflu pandemic
20 October 2005
Lack
of government preparation for flu pandemic
10 September 2005
EU
states downplay risk as bird flu spreads toward Western Europe
31 March 2005
New
malaria study reveals huge underestimation of disease
29 March 2005
New
cases of bird flu underscore dangers of a global pandemic
8 October 2004
Medicine
and the market: the Vioxx and flu vaccine debacles
11 September 2004
As
superbug problem mounts, drug companies slash antibiotics research
31 July 2004
Polio
epidemic threatens Africa
9 February 2004
US
blocks UN proposal to combat obesity
6 February 2004
Asian
bird flu threatens to trigger worldwide epidemic
3 February 2004
Poisoning for profit: Book exposes US corporate cover-up
of toxic pollution
Part 2
Poisoning for profit: Book exposes US corporate cover-up
of toxic pollution
Part 1
10 June 2003
Toronto:
New SARS outbreak provokes nurses' protest
24 May 2003
Canada:
Budget cuts played pivotal role in SARS crisis
14 May 2003
Malaria's
appalling death toll in sub-Saharan Africa
13 May 2003
The science and sociology of SARS
Part 2: Science, internationalism and the profit motive
12 May 2003
The science and sociology of SARS
Part 1: Viruses and the nature of present outbreak
15 April 2003
SARS
outbreak the result of poor social conditions
27 February 2003
Ebola
outbreak in the Congo
23 August 2002
West
Nile Fever spreading throughout US
18 April 2002
Report
shows impact of poor sanitation on world's health
11 December 2001
Cholera
epidemic spreads in Nigeria
7 September 2001
Sleeping
Sickness rampant in Sub-Saharan Africa
21 August 2001
Diabetes:
a major new health problem
26 July 2001
TB
threat grows in Britain
19 July 2001
TB
poses major health threat
8 May 2001
Largest
recorded outbreak of TB in a British school
22 March 2001
Tuberculosis
on the rise in the Washington DC area
16 May 2000
Deadly
drug-resistant tuberculosis threatens millions
18 April 2000
Measles
epidemic continues in Sri Lanka due to poor health and social
conditions
7 October 1999
New
York City reports outbreak of West Nile virus
22 July 1999
TB
on the rise in Britain
11 December 1998
Interview with an Australian specialist
Tuberculosis: an deadly epidemic out of control
7 November 1998
The resurgence of a killer disease
Millions die each year of malaria
31 October 1998
A
new UN report:
AIDS devastation in Africa
23 September 1998
Two
reports highlight the growth of global poverty and ill-health
5 September 1998
Sleeping
sickness ravages
Central Africa
25 June 1998
HIV/AIDS
epidemic ravages Africa
20 June 1998
Reports document worldwide epidemic
The worst year in history for tuberculosis |
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