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The CDC announced that the number of Americans contracting AIDS each year is 40 percent higher than previously stated.

HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Immigrant children in theUnited States are less active and less likely to participate in sportsthan U.S.-born children, says a federal government researchers.

Governments and health communities need to ramp up male circumcision to prevent HIV infection, particularly in vulnerable countries in eastern and southern Africa, researchers and advocates said on Monday.

HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Updated government guidelinestake a dim view of prostate cancer screenings at any age and flatlyrecommend against them entirely for men over 75.

An independent link between sleep apnea and mortality has been discovered by a group of Australian researchers, suggesting the prevention and treatment of this condition should be a higher priority for government bodies working to improve community health.The study conducted by the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Sydney found moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was associated with 33% mortality over 14 years compared to 7.7% mortality in people with no sleep apnea.read more

A former patient of Dr Jayant Patel has welcomed a move by the Queensland government to consider laws that force doctors to report surgical errors.

The Queensland government will provide financial assistance to a veterinary clinic in the state's south-east which has been quarantined since last month after an outbreak of Hendra virus.

The Lung Association today released the following statement in response to the recent announcement of fines levied by federal and provincial governments against tobacco companies that aided contraband tobacco sales: The $1.15 billion in fines levied against the tobacco industry by the federal and provincial governments is good news. It underscores the need to hold the tobacco industry to account for the tactics they use against Canadians.

New data obtained by the Australian Drug Foundation (ADF) shows the alcohol industry has been deliberately misleading the public about the impact of the Federal government's alcopop tax.

The mammoth increase in the United States' prison population since the 1970s is having profound demographic consequences that disproportionately affect black males. 'This jump in incarceration rates represents a massive intervention in American families at a time when the federal government was making claims that it was less involved in their lives,' according to a University of Washington researcher who will present findings Sunday (Aug.