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Mother-to-child HIV transmission rates remain high in Uganda, despite services made available by the government to prevent MTCT, IRIN/PlusNews reports.

Brussels - Residents of the Belgian town of Fleurus have been told not to consume locally-produced vegetables and dairy products following a leak of radioactive iodine at a nearby nuclear facility, Belgian media reported Friday. The interior ministry...

Two South African mothers await DNA results after their babies were mixed up and one died, local media reports.

Health care 'may be taking a back seat' at the Democratic National Convention but 'liberal activists are fighting to make sure it is center stage during the presidential campaign,' The Hill reports.

Medicare overpaid for irinotecan, a cancer drug sold by Pfizer under the name Campostar, by $6.5 million in March because of a delay in updating its pricing formula, according to a report released on Tuesday by the HHS Office of Inspector General, Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times reports. A generic version of the drug was approved for sale on Feb. 20.

Texas is at the top of the heap again - this time we are the most uninsured state, health care-wise, in the country. Oh wait, being without health insurance coverage is not a good thing, is it? One in four people in Texas can't afford to have health insurance.The U.S. Census Bureau released a report today stating that the number of uninsured in America was down to just 15.3% in 2007. But not in Texas. In 2007, Lone Star state residents went from 23.9% uninsured to 24.8%.John Greeley, public information officer for the Texas Department of Insurance told Hair Balls:read more

Florida's nursing shortage could have a 'crippling' effect on the state in 10 years if the issue is not addressed, according to a report by the Florida Center for Nursing, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. For the study, a team of researchers led by Jennifer Nooney, the center's director of research, examined trends in the demand for nurses at state hospitals and other health care service providers based on the rising level of health care needed by the aging population.read more

Health officials and experts from countries in the Asia-Pacific region with a low prevalence of HIV/AIDS Thursday in Manila, Philippines, pledged to intensify national efforts to curb the spread of the disease, the Independent Online reports. The delegates at the three-day meeting also said that there is a need for governments, civil society groups and international development partners to improve efforts to deliver interventions to at-risk populations.read more

Nearly 12% of American Indian and Alaska Native deaths over a four-year period were alcohol related, according to a CDC report released on Thursday, AP/USA Today reports. Researchers found after examining death certificates from 2001 to 2005 that 11.7% of deaths -- or 1,514 deaths -- among American Indians and Alaska Natives were alcohol-related. During the same time period, 3.3% of all deaths in the U.S. were related to alcohol. The report also found:read more

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) plans to apply for federal funding to support abstinence-only sex education programs for organizations and schools in the state, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. According to the Inquirer, the state health Department is applying for approximately $1.