health - "government"

Washington/Mexico City - The drug methadone is illegal in Mexico, but the government relaxed its rules allowing AIDS conference participants who use the drug, to have free access to it. Methadone, an orally administered prescription drug that manages...

Tasmanian MP Paula Wriedt has admitted she had an affair with her government driver and is suffering depression.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Falling government revenues amid a slowing economy, coupled with increased federal spending, will result in a U.S. budget deficit this year of around $400 billion, the Congressional Budget Office estimated on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If the trends of the past three decades continue, it's possible that every American adult could be overweight 40 years from now, a government-funded study projects.

HIV/AIDS researchers and advocates on Monday at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City said governments and health communities need to scale up male circumcision efforts to prevent HIV, particularly in at-risk countries in Eastern and sub-Saharan Africa, Reuters reports.

Report says governments in Asia and Pacific need to step up spending on public health systems and lower income disparities to ensure child survival rates are sustained

Physicians for Human Rights activist tells VOA arrest of two physician brothers is especially strange since they once operated with full approval of Iranian government

Millions of people are becoming infected because governments are overlooking studies showing that behavior modification works, AIDS experts said Tuesday.

-- Cigarette company Reynolds American Inc. spent $615,715 in the second quarter to lobby on anti-smoking programs and other issues, according to a recent disclosure report.The Winston-Salem, N.C.-based company also lobbied the federal government on other tobacco-related legislation that involves the labeling and mailing of cigarettes.

A unit of Altria Group, which owns Marlboro maker Philip Morris USA, spent more than $3.9 million in the second quarter to lobby on taxes and other issues, according to a recent disclosure report.Altria Client Services Inc. also lobbied the federal government on legislation involving tobacco prevention, cigarette trafficking and labor issues.The Richmond, Va.-based company supports legislation to give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate cigarette makers. . . .Cindy Hayden, who previously worked for Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., was among those registered to lobby for Altria