WHO expert due in Croatia amid syphilis scare
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it would send an expert to Croatia to investigate whether syphilis had been spread through blood transfusions.
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A rare sexually transmitted disease  that is spreading among gay and bisexual men in Europe could be  poised to surface in the United States, the U.S. Centers for  Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
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The world&#39;s leading hepatitis experts, along with more than 850 physicians, will be meeting in Paris on September 10 and 11 for the first International Conference on the Management of Patients with Viral Hepatitis.
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Visitors to a new exhibition are warned of sexually explicit works and that parental guidance may be required.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg will travel to Croatia on Friday to present the city's bid for the 2012 Olympics to a group of European Olympic committees.
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HANOI  - Two experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO) arrived in Vietnam Sunday to help tackle the latest outbreak of deadly bird flu in the country, an official said.
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The explorer Christopher Columbus is responsible for bringing syphilis into Europe, research suggests.
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Two New York men have been diagnosed with a rare sexually transmitted disease that has recently been making inroads among gay and bisexual men in Europe.
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EU leaders are set to offer Croatia a start date for entry talks - but Zagreb is required to hand over war crimes suspects.
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Ukraine's presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko is having tests in Austria into his mystery illness.
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World Bank officials will hire two independent consultants to investigate complaints about the reliability of HIV test kits in India, they said this week in response to allegations from a doctor who sounded alarms about faulty products.
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The former Indonesian leaderâs lungs showed dangerous signs of infection, doctors and a family aide said.
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Sudan's president meets Friday with Pope Benedict XVI and Italy's leader, a rare, high-profile visit to Western Europe that has raised concern from human rights advocates and some politicians.
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A rare and potentially serious sexually transmitted disease has turned up in a few patients in San Francisco, prompting health officials to issue a public warning.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 13 (IPS) - AIDS has become a "forgotten disease" in  the European Union, according to the man in charge of the  bloc's public health policies.
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UK Minister for International Development Gareth Thomas on Monday was scheduled to give a speech in St. Kitts criticizing reggae musicians whose &quot;homophobic&quot; lyrics might increase stigma against HIV-positive
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BRUSSELS, Jan 23 (IPS) - Questions relating to Kosovo's future status  will almost certainly be the key area of focus for diplomats  dealing with the Balkans this year.