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Public Health: the risks of the UK's flying doctors

A perfect storm of legal, political and commercial interests came together with the result that two people who called for a home visit from a doctor are dead.

Public Health: transplant surgeon indicted for queue jumping

Dr. Richard R. Lopez Jr., 54, was the director of the liver transplant scheme at St. Vincent Medical Centre in Los Angeles, USA. He has been indicted by a federal grand jury for lying to the nati...

Public Health: jail for healthcare fraud

In the USA, a Californian resident has been jailed for healthcare fraud - that was also a tax evasion scam and money laundering scheme using publishing companies.

Public Health: Delhi's bad flu day

Health Authorities in Delhi, India, have reported the highest number of cases of A(H1N1) flu confirmed in a single day.

Public Health: H1N1 - the disease that won't lie down and die

The number of new cases of H1N1 flu is bad enough, but news of "clusters" of resistance to treatment is increasing even as the take-up of vaccination slows in some places.

Public Health: UK gov forced to guarantee cancer care

UK's Labour Government wants to keep the elderly, infirm and chronically sick out of specialist care facilities, with "social care" being the watchword. The cancer lobby mounted a rapid...

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