health - "government"

By Christine KearneyNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates pledged $375 million on Wednesday to fight what they called a global tobacco epidemic.The billionaires said the money would go to anti-smoking groups working with governments of developing countries such as India and China to curb tobacco use.Bloomberg, who championed New York City's groundbreaking smoking ban in 2002, is adding $250 million over four years to a program he started several years ago that has $125 million committed to it.

AP - Only jalapeno peppers grown in Mexico are implicated in the nationwide salmonella outbreak, the government announced Friday in clearing the U.S. crop.

The State government will give an extra $38 million to the Royal Flying Doctors Service.

The New South Wales Greens are calling on the State government to follow similar moves in the United States and ban trans fats in foods.