Posts Tagged ‘world’
Global jump in swine flu deaths
Friday, October 30, 2009 14:21 Comments OffThe number of swine flu deaths reported worldwide jumps by 700 in a week, latest World Health Organization figures reveal.
Call to act on maternal mortality
Monday, October 26, 2009 16:27 Comments OffHealth ministers from around the world say swift action must be taken to reduce global maternal mortality rates.
Tourette’s trauma
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 9:05 Comments OffHow grief at best friend’s death left man with syndrome
Move to cut child diarrhoea death
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 9:05 Comments OffAn international initiative has been launched to cut the number of children who die from diarrhoea around the world.
The 5 Minute Decision that Saved the World in 1983
Saturday, October 10, 2009 22:14 Comments OffWritten by Gimundo Ever heard of Stanislav Petrov? Probably not—but you may very well owe him your life
Aid group in child mortality plea
Monday, October 5, 2009 2:33 Comments OffChild deaths around the world could be dramatically reduced with a relatively small investment, Save the Children says.
Many more receiving HIV therapy
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:19 Comments OffFalling prices and increased testing have led to a marked rise in the number of people in the poorest parts of the world receiving treatment for HIV.
September 11, 2001 As Seen From Space
Friday, September 11, 2009 15:36 1 CommentCollected by Internet Pop Culture We’ve seen so many shocking and startling images of 9/11 from the perspective of people on the ground but what did that terrible day look like from space? As you will see from the following photos the chaos taking place in lower Manhattan was very visible from more than 250 miles above Earth inside the International Space Station. View of the World Trade Center days later from the North.
Child mortality drop ‘too slow’
Thursday, September 10, 2009 19:17 Comments OffMortality rates among the world’s under-fives continue to fall but the UN children’s agency Unicef says the decline is too slow.
China approves swine flu vaccine
Sunday, September 6, 2009 22:59 Comments OffChinese health authorities approve a vaccine that they say prevents swine flu with a single dose.












