Relief workers cite risk of disease among survivors
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Cases of diarrheal illness are being reported across tsunami-ravaged areas of South Asia, and World Health Organization authorities estimated yesterday that as many as 5 million survivors of the calamity are at dire risk of disease because they lack basic necessities for survival: water, sanitation, shelter, and food.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Tsunami-stricken  Indonesia has escaped major disease outbreaks so far but  hundreds of thousands of people are at high risk due to poor  conditions in refugee camps, the World Health Organization said  Monday.
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Rescuers battled to reach survivors in stranded villages, restore basic services and prevent the outbreak of deadly diseases across South Asia in the aftermath of an undersea earthquake and subsequent tsunami that ravaged the region.
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Activists, entertainers and health workers gathered across Asia as health officials say the risk of catching the disease is rising for women and girls.
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The survivors of the tsunami in South Asia face a long and fairly predictable list of threats to their health, starting with injuries sustained in the event itself, progressing to water- and
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Respiratory and waterborne diseases could break out in areas affected by the tsunami disaster that hit southern Asia, a United Nations official warned Wednesday.
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Survivors from the gargantuan tsunami that swept across Asia will face a host of new threats in the coming days and weeks: viruses and bacteria in the water
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Bad weather, smashed infrastructure and logistical snarls have made it difficult to get food and medical supplies to survivors.
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NEW YORK  - Workers at one U.S. nuclear facility have suffered higher-than-average rates of certain cancers, a study shows -- suggesting that on-the-job exposures are to blame.
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World leaders meeting on Thursday to  discuss aid efforts for Asia's tsunami-hit countries were  warned the death toll could double to about 300,000 unless  action was taken this week to prevent disease.  The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday it had  sent emergency treatment to the region for diarrheal diseases  such as cholera and dysentery but while the aid was reaching  many places, access to safe drinking water remained inadequate.
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NEW YORK  - When a person is first diagnosed with cancer and undergoes treatment, their work may suffer; but in the long run, most people who survive cancer work a similar number of hours as anyone else, new study findings show.
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A new study finds that cancer casts a long shadow on the lives of survivors, harming their ability to work and perform daily chores more than a decade after diagnosis.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Rachmat has a nasty gash on his leg from cleanup duty. Marni, an old-timer, has a laceration on her forehead. Their fellow workers are also nursing cuts and scrapes.
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The relief effort moves in fits and starts in 11 nations where infrastructure has been destroyed and disease looms. By Chris Brummitt / Associated Press.
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As local officials struggled to account for the dead and missing, another challenge began to loom: heading off disease.
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Survivors of last month's quake and tsunami in Indonesia still face the risk of deadly disease outbreaks such as cholera, but epidemics could be controlled, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday.
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The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that disease in the aftermath of southern Asia&#39;s tsunami disaster could kill as many people as the deadly waves and earthquake have.