Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has rubbished claims that canned fruits from Thailand contain Human Immunodeficiency Virus . He said HIV lived in human body fluid and could not live in canned food which had undergone high temperature heat treatment.
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Report: 37,000 Louisiana jobs at risk if Obamacare is repealed
An estimated 37,000 Louisiana jobs will be lost if Congress ends the Medicaid expansion program and premium tax credits linked to the federal Affordable Care Act, according to a new nonpartisan report. Repealing the health-care law would lead to a $639.7 million loss in state and local taxes; a $39.1 billion loss in business output; and a $21.5 billion hit to the gross state product, according to the report from the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and nonprofit Commonwealth Fund.
US scrambles to clear egg exports to bird flu-hit South Korea
In 2015, the eggs imported from Europe after the bird flu ravaged domestic chicken flocks has made the US food companies to record the current highs. United States officials are urgently seeking an agreement with South Korea that would allow imports of American eggs so farmers can cash in on a shortage caused by the Asian country’s worst-ever outbreak of bird flu.
Supply Chain Management Advisor
The Supply Chain Management Advisor will be responsible for working with the Ministry of Public Health , Ministry of Health , PMI’s implementing partners and other malaria stakeholders to develop national forecasting and quantification, and identification of malaria commodities gaps for both countries. The Supply Chain Management Advisor will serve as a focal point of and clearing house for malaria commodity information and act as a resource for National Malaria Control Programs and PMI’s implementing partners.
Why more heart-related deaths happen around the holidays
… Australia. “When temperature is removed as a likely cause that leaves a reasonably small pool of established social, health and health-system-related risk factors,” Knight added by email. Previous research has documented a spike in deaths from …
South Korea: Acting president orders all-out efforts to control H5N6 in one week
Via KBS World Radio: Acting President Orders All-out Efforts to Steady AI in 1 Week . He;s the acting president because the elected president was recently impeached.
Most bizarre festivals you can join in 2017
… sticks thrown out of a window by a priest. The sticks themselves are considered sacred talismans and grant a year of health, wealth and happiness to whoever can grab one and hang on to it. Competitors throw themselves down Coopers Hill in pursuit of …
Federal government offers snapshot of Obamacare enrollment in Ohio
Buttons on a Healthcare sign up table are ready to be handed out for any resident signing up today for Obamacare in 2014 during a tour stop at Cuyahoga Community College’s metro campus to help promote the signup before the March 31 deadline. The tour, called “Countdown to Get Covered”, stopped in Cincinnati and Columbus also to encourage folks to sign up for health care coverage before the deadline.
Christmas wish appeal
In the flight simulator: Mitchell was awarded a surprise internship with Virgin Australia, Starlight’s official Wishgranting partner, to kick start his career in aviation. Starlight Children’s Foundation has launched its 2016 Christmas Appeal, calling on Australians to help raise more than $526,000 to grant 80 life-changing Starlight Wishes for seriously ill children and young people across the country.