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The Nebraska government by Jan.1, 2009, will end the practice of offering state employees different health insurance plans based on the ZIP codes in which workers live, the AP/Sioux City Journal reports (AP/ Sioux City Journal, 8/10). A lawsuit was filed last year in the Lancaster County, Neb.

Allergic and other reactions to antibiotics cause an estimated 142,000 trips to emergency rooms a year in the U.S., according to a government study.

MANAMA - Bahrain government has seized three shipments of electronic smoking devices for violating the public health rules, health official said yesterday.

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The Asbestos Diseases Foundation says an abandoned white asbestos mine at Barraba, in northern New South Wales, is dangerous, and the State government must act urgently to clean it up.

The P.E.I. government announced Wednesday it is spending $835,000 to enhance its breast cancer screening program, but wait times will get worse before they get better.

The threat to Britain and its health service from obesity is as grave as that posed by terrorism, a government adviser says.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the operator of the largest non-government HIV testing program in California, praised the California Legislature for its passage this week of Assembly Bill 2899 (Portantino, D-Pasadena). 'AB 2899 will revolutionize the way we do HIV testing in California, and we strongly urge the Governor to sign this bill,' said Michael Weinstein, President of AIDS Healthcare Foundation.