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Sunday 11 November 2007
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Infant Mortality In USA Improves, But Still Compares Badly With Other Industrialized Nations
Written by Christian Nordqvist
While the infant mortality rate in the USA has carried on to falling, compared to other industrialized nations around the globe, the country is ranked very near the bottom. In 1960 US infant mortality rate stood at 26 deaths...
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Superbug Risk From High Occupancy Rates In One Third Of NHS Trusts - Randerson, Wales
Almost a third of Welsh NHS Trusts have dangerously high occupancy rates that put patients at risk of contracting superbugs, according to analysis by the Welsh Liberal Democrats, as the UK party publishes its Florence...
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Human Fertilisation And Embryology Bill Published, UK
Health Minister Dawn Primarolo published the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill to reform the regulation of human embryology and ensure that Britain remains a world leader in medical research...
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