Mr. Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister has noted that some Civil Society Organisations involved in the campaign against HIV/AIDS and funded by the Aids Commission were not using the funds for the intended purposes.

It should not be taken for granted that all sports persons are HIV free.

The Director General (DG), National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Professor John Udoko, has said about 3million Nigerians are living with the dreaded Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency syndrome

SPEAKER of the National Assembly Amusaa Mwanamwambwa has advised parliamentarians to enact legislation that will provide for stiffer sanctions against practices that exacerbate HIV/AIDS infection.

COMPANIES have been called upon to come up with HIV policies for the workplace which will define their position and practices for preventing the transmission of the virus and for handling cases of HIV infection or Aids among employees.

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Inspection reports from a Nestle USA cookie dough factory releasedFriday show the company refused several times to provide Food and DrugAdministration inspectors with complaint logs, pest-control records andother information.

A potential fall swine flu immunization campaign may involve anunprecedented 600 million doses of vaccine, though officials saidFriday they haven't figured out how to administer so many doses oraccurately track side effects if a seasonal vaccine is givensimultaneously.

Two Chicago women have died after falling ill with swine flu, bringing the state's total number of deaths in the global epidemic to 12.

Hundreds of other Guard members from Indiana, Oregon and West Virginiawere protecting workers hired by a subsidiary of the giant contractor,KBR Inc., to rebuild an Iraqi water treatment plant. The area, as itturned out, was contaminated with hexavalent chromium, a

A Houston lawyer says his firm has been hired by the doctor whoreportedly was with Michael Jackson when the pop star was fatallystricken in his Los Angeles home. William M. Stradley, a partner in the firm of Stradley, Chernoff &Alford,

The African National Congress and Cosatu in KwaZulu-Natal have released a press release condemning doctors for their "unprofessional" strike action in the province.

STRIKING health workers have been given an ultimatum to report for work by Monday, failure to which they should consider themselves fired for staying away without authority for more than 10 days.

Health officials were on Friday evening investigating a suspected case of H1N1 flu that was referred to Kenyatta National Hospital.

The Medical Stores Department (MSD) is rarely off newspaper headlines. This is understandable because as the essential drugs procurement arm of the Government, it holds millions of lives across the country.

A suspected case of swine flu in Nairobi has been ruled out by tests at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) laboratories.