| Ash cloud poses no health risk: WHO The ash cloud over Europe poses no health risk beyond areas close to the volcano in Iceland, the World Health Organization says. cbc.ca |
AIDS funding cuts risk African lives: report Doctors are being forced to turn away people with HIV/AIDS in eight African countries as donors cut funding amid the global economic meltdown, aid group Médecins Sans Frontières says. cbc.ca |
N.W.T. hospital clamps down on medical faxes The Northwest Territories' main hospital has tightened its medical fax policy, after confidential patient files were mistakenly faxed to the CBC this week. cbc.ca |
Type 2 diabetes, low income linked in women Type 2 diabetes in some women is linked with low levels of household income and education, a Statistics Canada study suggests. cbc.ca |
44% of gay, bisexual men with HIV don't know it One in five sexually active gay and bisexual men in the United States has the AIDS virus, and nearly half of those don't know they are infected, a federal study suggests. cbc.ca |