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Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Health News

Bush, auto execs' meeting deals with health care, strength of the yen link By Sebastian Blanco
Discussion topics included health care, energy and trade issues, ... Would the government setting up a national health care plan, relieving the Big 2.5 (and so many others) of their direct health care burdens count as a bailout?

Catholic Social Teaching and Health Care link By (Kevin Schmiesing)
John’s University and a contributor to Mirror of Justice, analyzes the current state of health coverage in the United States in light of Catholic social teaching in this article. I have quibbles here and there along the way, ...

Health to get €1bn funding boost in tomorrow’s estimates link Ireland Online - Dublin,Ireland
An extra €1bn will go towards healthcare in tomorrow's budget estimates, according to Minister for Health Mary Harney. Ms Harney ...

Pfizer Animal Health to buy Embrex for 155 mln usd link Forbes - NY,USA
NEW YORK (AFX) - Pfizer Animal Health, a unit of Pfizer Inc, said it has agreed to buy biotechnology company Embrex Inc, a specialist in vaccine-delivery ...

Tallying health costs of illegals link San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Adult illegal immigrants tend to be younger and healthier than their legal-resident counterparts, resulting in relatively low use of health care services ...

Ill health in the family? Blame it on Grandma's cravings link Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Sydney researchers have shown for the first time that a mother's diet during pregnancy can influence not only the health of her children, but also that of her ...

WHO IGWG on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property ... link By Thiru Balasubramaniam
Between October 5, 2006 to November 9, 2006, the WHO Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property (IGWG) released five documents which can be found on the following website. ...

Privately health insured at record level link The Australian - Sydney,Australia
THE number of Australians covered by private health insurance has risen to a record high and young people are leading the charge. ...

Ministry of Health: Chinese citizens should be given priority in ... link People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
... and Taiwan, should be given priority in human organ transplants (where the donors are also Chinese citizens) said Huang Jiefu, Vice Minister of Health, at the ...

Bush, automakers talk health care, trade link BusinessWeek - USA
NOV. 15 3:38 AM ET Detroit's auto industry leaders said they had a productive meeting with President Bush on health care, trade and energy. ...

Food companies to focus on health in ads targeting kids link Seattle Times - United States
... They also said they would not advertise in elementary schools and would ensure that their online "advergames" either promote good health or healthful products ...

Health official to stand trial on fraud charges link ABC Online - Australia
Suspended Health Department official Michael Moodie is to stand trial in the Perth Magistrates Court, after pleading not guilty to 100 fraud-related offences. ...

Netcare profits in good health link Finance24 - Cape Town,South Africa
Johannesburg - Africa's largest private hospital group Network Healthcare Holdings (Netcare) posted a 0.8% rise in annual headline earnings per share and said ...

Health Ministry in 'damage control' over vaccine documentary link New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
The head of New Zealand's meningococcal B immunisation programme says the Health Ministry is running damage control after a controversial television ...