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A new kite mark will be developed for public sector canteens that provide nutritious food and encourage healthier eating, the Prime Minister announced today.As part of a Food Matters - Towards a strategy for the 21st Century, the government wants to support the public sector to lead the way in healthy eating by providing healthier food in their canteens. A 'Healthier Food Mark' will signal those public sector canteens that provide healthy, nutritious food to its staff and those in its care.read more

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The U.S. government is considering taking over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac if their funding problems worsen, the New York Times said on Friday, causing shares of the mortgage finance companies to plunge.

The nation's fourth and eighth graders scored higher in reading and mathematics than they did during their last national assessment, according to the federal government's latest annual statistical report on the well-being of the nation's children. Not all the report's findings were positive; there also were increases in the adolescent birth rate and the proportion of infants born at low birthweight.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Nearly half of nonsmoking Americans are still breathing in cigarette fumes, but the percentage has declined dramatically since the early 1990s, according to a government study released Thursday....

The Royal College of Nursing has called on the government to reconsider their plan to remove non-surgical laser treatments from healthcare regulation. The College has said that if the plans go ahead, the government will fail to protect the health and well-being of patients.

Plastic surgeons call on the government to re-evaluate its plans to scrap regulation of cosmetic laser treatments The British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) today joined Which? and other patient and professional organisations in opposing government plans to stop regulating cosmetic laser treatments from 1 October.

The American Medical Student Association (AMSA), the nation's largest independent medical student organization, supports changes made in the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Code on Interactions with Healthcare Professionals. The new code, to which pharmaceutical companies may voluntarily subscribe, acknowledges that gifts do not belong in the health care system.