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New U.S., Mexico Staging Border Binational Health Week (Oct. 15, 2004)
New Project Gets AIDS Information to Those Who Most Need It (Oct. 14, 2004)
U.S. Health Agency Moving Toward Smallpox, Plague Vaccines (Oct. 8, 2004)
Health Agency Urges Vaccine Work Amid Rising Bird Flu Reports (Oct. 6, 2004)
Pesticides Serious Health Threat to Children in Developing World (Sept. 28, 2004)
Scientists Develop New Non-Invasive Medical Imaging Technique (Sept. 16, 2004)
U.S. Promoting Expansion of Health-Care Services in the Americas (Sept. 15, 2004)
Global Health Campaign for Fruits, Vegetables Gaining Momentum (Sept. 3, 2004)
International Team Shows Why Ginseng Has Opposing Health Effects (Sept. 1, 2004)
FDA Approves Treatments for Exposure to Radioactive Agents (Aug. 13, 2004)
U.S.-Afghan Council Seeks to Match Resources with Health Needs (Aug. 11, 2004)
U.S. Ocean Observation Data Prevent Public Health Threat (Aug. 6, 2004)
U.S. Sends Audio Health Care Books to Afghanistan (Aug. 4, 2004)
New Law to Provide Medical Countermeasures Against WMD Attack (July 23, 2004)
U.S. Health Agency Supports Diabetes Study in Central America (July 20, 2004)
More Health Care Workers Needed to Combat AIDS (July 16, 2004)
House Vote on Tobacco Could Imperil Fix For U.S. WTO Violations (July 15, 2004)
U.S. Agency Supports Medical Waste Management in Croatia (July 12, 2004)
Vitamins Reduce AIDS Symptoms in Tanzanian Pregnant Women (July 2, 2004)
Polio Threat Rising in Africa, U.N. Health Agency Warns (June 23, 2004)
U.S. Backs Observer Status for Taiwan at World Health Assembly (June 16, 2004)
G8 Leaders Address Security, Poverty, Health and Development (June 14, 2004)
Commerce's Evans Committed to Sustaining Healthy Oceans (June 14, 2004)
International Immunization Campaign Begins in Darfur (June 8, 2004)
CDC Compares U.S., Canadian Health Systems (June 3, 2004)
Tobacco Linked to Poverty, U.N. Health Agency Reports (June 1, 2004)
U.S. Government Issues Strongest Warning Ever on Smoking (June 1, 2004)
USAID Awards $6 Million For Medical Injection Safety in Africa (June 1, 2004)
U.S. Health Agency Takes First Step toward Bird Flu Vaccine (May 28, 2004)
World Health Assembly Adopts Preventive Health Care Strategy (May 25, 2004)
U.S. Disease Agency Revises Health Travel Advisory System (May 21, 2004)
China's Latest SARS Outbreak Has Ended, U.N. Health Agency Says (May 21, 2004)
U.S. Urges International Pursuit of Better Health (May 20, 2004)
OECD Nations Aim for High-Performing Health Systems (May 18, 2004)
U.S. Health Officials Discuss New Review Process for HIV/AIDS Drugs (May 17, 2004)
Expedited FDA Review of HIV/AIDS Drugs Announced (May 17, 2004)
HIV/AIDS Action Might Improve Global Health, U.N. Says (May 12, 2004)
U.S., China Cooperating on Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health (April 26, 2004)
U.N. Stresses Road Safety on World Health Day (April 7, 2004)
U.S. Health Officials Look to Vaccine Research on World TB Day (March 25, 2004)
FDA Boosts Efforts to Inform Foreign Food Facilities of New Rules (March 17, 2004)
U.N. Health Agency Sets Meeting on Pandemic Response (March 10, 2004)
Size of Asian Bird Flu Outbreak Unprecedented, Health Agency Says (March 4, 2004)
DeSutter Says States Who Proliferate Should Learn From Libyan Model (March 1, 2004)
Rumsfeld Thanks Kazakhstani Peacekeepers Who Served in Iraq (Feb. 26, 2004)
Afghans to Receive Health and Literacy Training (Feb. 20, 2004)
WHO Urges Continued Vigilance Against Bird Flu in Asia (Feb. 19, 2004)
U.N. Health Agency Issues Timeline on Bird Flu Outbreak (Feb. 13, 2004)
U.N. Health Agency Confirms More Human Deaths from Bird Flu (Feb. 13, 2004)
Public Health Must Take Priority in Bird Flu Epidemic (Feb. 12, 2004)
U.S. Health Secretary Sees Global Progress Against AIDS Epidemic (Feb. 10, 2004)
U.S. Health Secretary Sees Global Progress in Combating AIDS Epidemic (Feb. 9, 2004)
U.S. FDA Issues Warning on Counterfeit Contraceptive Patches (Feb. 6, 2004)
U.S. Military Targets Medical Projects in Africa (Feb. 4, 2004)
U.N. Health Organization Answers Questions on Avian Influenza (Jan. 29, 2004)
U.S. Co-sponsoring Two Conferences on Health-related Issues in Americas (Jan. 28, 2004)
International Public Health Threatened by Avian Flu Outbreaks (Jan. 26, 2004)
U.S. Health Officials Helping Vietnamese Deal with Avian Influenza (Jan. 26, 2004)
U.S. Health Officials Helping Vietnamese Deal with Avian Fluenza (Jan. 23, 2004)
Thompson Welcomes WHO Resolution on Diet and Physical Activity (Jan. 23, 2004)
Bush Announces Initiatives on Economy, Health Care, Education Reform (Jan. 22, 2004)
International Health Officials Launch Dual Attack on HIV/AIDS & TB (Jan. 22, 2004)
Top U.S. Health Official Seeks Hope and Partnerships In Africa (Jan. 15, 2004)
Global Health Leaders Shape New Alliance on Violence Prevention (Jan. 14, 2004)
Coalition in Afghanistan Airlifts Bomb Victims to U.S. Medical Facility (Jan. 9, 2004)
New Iraqi Health System Will Offer Care to All, Official Says (Dec. 18, 2003)
U.N. Issues Study on Health Impacts of Climate Change (Dec. 17, 2003)
Discrimination Persists Among HIV/AIDS Health Care Providers in Americas (Dec. 1, 2003)
U.S. Will Be Prepared for Next SARS Outbreak, Health Officials Say (Sept. 29, 2003)
Poor Plumbing a Likely Cause of SARS Spread, U.N. Health Group Finds (Sept. 29, 2003)
U.S., World Health Officials Brace for Possible Re-emergence of SARS (Sept. 8, 2003)
Survey Finds Stress, Boredom Increase Risk of Teen Substance Abuse (Aug. 28, 2003)
World Survey Shows More Girls Using Tobacco (Aug. 8, 2003)
U.S. Providing Comprehensive Health Care Assistance to Iraqi People (Aug. 5, 2003)
Experts Cite Health Clinics as Source of HIV/AIDS in Africa (Aug. 4, 2003)
Credentials to Be Required for Foreign Health Care Workers (July 31, 2003)
New Leader on Duty at U.N. Health Organization (July 23, 2003)
FDA Task Force Aims to Fight Tide of Counterfeit Drugs (July 18, 2003)
U.S. Health Secretary Says "All of Us Are Soldiers" Against Disease (July 17, 2003)
U.N. Health Agency Says SARS is Contained Worldwide (July 8, 2003)
SARS Transmission Stopped in Toronto, Health Officials Declare (July 3, 2003)
Patients Don't Heed Doctors' Orders, Global Health Study Finds (July 3, 2003)
U.S. Prosecutors Target Those Who Traffic in Human Lives (July 2, 2003)
SARS Transmission Stopped in Hong Kong, U.N. Health Agency Says (June 24, 2003)
U.N. Health Agency Drops SARS Travel Warning for Taiwan (June 18, 2003)
World Health Organization Ends SARS Travel Warning on Singapore (June 3, 2003)
U.N. Health Agency Members Endorse Anti-Smoking Treaty (June 2, 2003)
Health Secretary Praises Passage of HIV/AIDS Relief Bill (May 23, 2003)
Senate's Second Ranking Democrat Wants Taiwan Observers in WHO (May 22, 2003)
Lawmakers Say SARS Crisis Shows Need to Have Taiwan in WHO (May 20, 2003)
U.S. Health Secretary Calls for Global Health Collaboration (May 20, 2003)
U.S. Health Secretary Reports Passage of AIDS Bill to Global Partners (May 20, 2003)
SARS Need Not Close U.S. Doors to Visitors, Health Officials Say (May 15, 2003)
U.S. Health Agency Pursuing SARS Preparedness Strategy (May 13, 2003)
U.S., Global Health "Inextricably Linked," CDC Director Says (May 9, 2003)
U.N. Health Agency Puts Overall SARS Death Rate at 14-15 Percent (May 9, 2003)
USAID Awards $10 Million Iraq Health Services Contract (May 2, 2003)
Asylum Granted to Iraqi Who Aided Jessica Lynch Rescue (May 1, 2003)
WHO Drops Toronto from SARS Travel Warning List (April 30, 2003)
State Department Issues SARS-Related Advisory on International Travel (April 28, 2003)
Congressman Says Taiwan Should Have Observer Status in WHO (April 16, 2003)
U.N. Health Official Praises World Effort on SARS (April 14, 2003)
U.S. Military Briefing on Medical Care for U.S., Iraqi Casualties (April 14, 2003)
Taiwan -- Participation in World Health Organization (April 11, 2003)
Experts Say SARS Has Potential to Become Major Health Threat (April 9, 2003)
Breakthrough Near on Fast-Spreading Pneumonia, U.N. Health Agency Reports (March 28, 2003)
U.S. Health Officials Reaffirm Commitment to Conquering TB (March 25, 2003)
U.S. Health Agency Combats Infectious Diseases Around the World (March 24, 2003)
WHO, UNAIDS Reaffirm HIV as a Sexually Transmitted Disease (March 17, 2003)
House Passes Bill Promoting WHO Observer Status for Taiwan (March 13, 2003)
Beers to Leave State Department for Health Reasons, Powell Announces (March 4, 2003)
Bills Seek Taiwan Observer Status at World Health Assembly (Feb. 7, 2003)
WHO Warns of Food Supply Vulnerability to Terrorism (Feb. 4, 2003)
FDA Proposes Rule of Prior Notice of Shipped Food (Jan. 31, 2003)
Gates Foundation Grant Targets Worst Global Health Problems (Jan. 28, 2003)
World Health Organization, U.S. NGO Create Disease Fund (Dec. 5, 2002)
U.S. Health Secy. Urges Citizen Involvement Against HIV/AIDS (Dec. 4, 2002)
WHO Launches Global Campaign to Prevent Violence Against Women (Nov. 26, 2002)
U.N. Health Agency Issues Road Map for Better Health (Nov. 1, 2002)
WHO answers questions about biotechnology foods (Oct. 18, 2002)
Text: House Passes Taiwan-World Health Organization Bill 407-0 (Oct. 15, 2002)
Text: U.S. Announces First Grants for International Tobacco Research (Sept. 25, 2002)
Excerpt: U.S. Health Agency Issues Smallpox Vaccination Plan (Sept. 23, 2002)
U.S. Launches Children's Health Indicators Initiative at Summit (Sept. 2, 2002)
Text: WHO, WTO Say Benefits Possible From Trade-Health Cooperation (Aug. 22, 2002)
Byliner: U.S. Senator Frist Op-Ed on "Deciding Who is Protected Against Smallpox" (Aug. 9, 2002)
Text: U.S. Health Agency Begins Trial of New Heart Disease Therapy (Aug. 7, 2002)
Text: Report Says More U.S. Children Covered by Health Insurance (July 15, 2002)
AIDS Activists Confront U.S. Health Secy. Thompson (July 9, 2002)
Text: U.N. Health Agency Warns of Risks of Popular Birth Control Method (June 28, 2002)
U.S. Proposing WTO Drug Licensing Plan for Health Emergencies (June 24, 2002)
Text: More Sports, Less Smoking is No-Tobacco Day Message (May 24, 2002)
Bush Calls for Reforms to Strengthen Medicare (May 18, 2002)
Text: Thompson Affirms U.S. Commitment to International Public Health (May 14, 2002)
Text: "Dangerous" Lifestyles Threaten Health, U.N. Official Says (May 13, 2002)
Text: Workplace Violence Disrupting Medical Care, WHO Reports (May 10, 2002)
Text: Taiwan -- Observer Status in World Health Organization (May 10, 2002)
Corporations, Governments Work to Correct Vitamin, Mineral Deficiencies (May 9, 2002)
Text: Congressional Committee Reviews Health Threats of Air Pollutants (May 8, 2002)
Text: Genetic Research Will Bring Medical Advances, Save Lives (April 30, 2002)
Text: Stem Cell Agreement Announced by National Institutes of Health (April 11, 2002)
Text: U.N. Health Agency Promotes Plan for Healthy Aging (April 9, 2002)
Text: Aid Agencies Outline Health Care Reconstruction Plan for Afghanistan (April 5, 2002)
Fact Sheet: NIAID Cites Clinical Trials Showing Nevirapine to be Safe (March 29, 2002)
Text: U.S. Health Secretary Visits Africa on Disease-Fighting Mission (March 29, 2002)
Arab-American Doctor Named to Senior Medical Post in Bush Administration (March 28, 2002)
Fact Sheet: White House Announces Health Policy Nominees (March 26, 2002)
Text: Health Secy. Thompson Renews Commitment to Fight Tuberculosis (March 24, 2002)
Text: U.S. Health Institutes Release HIV/AIDS Drug Trials Statement (March 22, 2002)
Health Secretary Hails Establishment of Global AIDS Fund (March 14, 2002)
Text: Vitamin Deficiencies Causing Disease in Afghanistan, U.N. Reports (March 14, 2002)
Text: U.N. Health Agency Appeals for Funds for Afghan Health (March 4, 2002)
Text: WHO Says Unhealthy Environments Kill 3 Million Children a Year (March 3, 2002)
Text: U.N. Health Agency Studies HIV/AIDS in Afghanistan (Feb. 14, 2002)
Text: HHS Secretary Calls Global Disease Fund Start-Up "Remarkable" (Feb. 13, 2002)
Senator Submits Bill on Taiwan's Status at World Health Assembly (Feb. 12, 2002)
Text: More than 350 Tons of Medical Supplies Shipped to Afghanistan (Feb. 11, 2002)
Text: U.N. Health Agency Warns of Flu in 2002-2003 (Feb. 6, 2002)
Text: U.N., Afghan Interim Government Work to Establish Health Agency (Feb. 4, 2002)
Text: Developing World Gets Access to Medical Data via Internet (Jan. 31, 2002)
Text: U.S. Health Agency Aids States in Bioterrorism Preparedness (Jan. 31, 2002)
Text: Planning Begins for Reconstruction of Afghan Health Sector (Jan. 28, 2002)
Text: Better Health Critical to Afghan Future, WHO Envoy Says (Jan. 23, 2002)
Text: WHO Cites Development of Medicine Supply System in Afghanistan (Jan. 15, 2002)
Text: U.N. Health Agency Calls for Greater Investments in Global Health (Jan. 14, 2002)
U.S. Involved With Efforts to Improve Afghan Health Crisis (Jan. 8, 2002)
Relief Organizations Strive to Improve Afghan Health Care (Jan. 4, 2002)
Text: U.N. Health Agency Returns Staff to Afghanistan (Jan. 3, 2002)
Text: HHS Announces New Bioterrorism Research Programs (Dec. 6, 2001)
Text: HHS Secy. Thompson on World AIDS Day 2001 (Nov. 30, 2001)
Text: UNAIDS, WHO Release "AIDS Epidemic Update 2001" (Nov. 28, 2001)
Text: Better Health Key to Afghanistan's Development, WHO Says (Nov. 26, 2001)
Text: World Health Organization on Mental Health in Afghanistan (Nov. 6, 2001)
Texts: Bill Introduced on Health, Education of Afghan Women, Kids (Oct. 25, 2001)
Text: U.S., U.K. to Collaborate on Health Care, Response to Bioterrorism (Oct. 10, 2001)
U.S. to Assist Those Who Seek a Peaceful, Economically Developed Afghanistan (Oct. 1, 2001)
WHO Urges Nations to be Prepared for Biological, Chemical Attacks (Sept. 27, 2001)
U.S. Health Chief Expresses Gratitude for World Support After Attacks (Sept. 25, 2001)
Cheney: Terrorists, Those Who Harbor Them, Face "Full Wrath" of U.S. (Sept. 17, 2001)
Text: Amendment Proposed Regarding 2002 World Health Assembly (Aug. 2, 2001)
Text: FDA Announces Rules on Bioengineered Foods, Feeds (Jan. 1, 1998)
Photo Galleries of People who Expressed Condolences (Jan. 1, 1998)
Text: FDA Proposes New Blood Supply Guidelines (Jan. 1, 1998)
Text: U.S. Agency to Host Conference on Health Care in Asia (Jan. 1, 1998)
U.S. Embassy Holds Home Infusion Therapy (Jan. 1, 1998)
Text: HHS Secretary Thompson on Stem Cell Research (Jan. 1, 1998)
Text: U.S. Health Secretary Announces New Plan to Stop Mad Cow Disease (Jan. 1, 1998)
Text: WHO Press Release on International Food Safety Meeting (Jan. 1, 1998)
Text: FDA Boosts Scrutiny of Shrimp, Crayfish Imports for Drug (Jan. 1, 1998)

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