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South Africa: Serious shortage in antirevtroviral funding
June 21, 2009A one-billion rand (US$123 million) shortfall in South Africa's public sector antiretroviral (ARV) programme could jeopardise treatment programmes as soon as September, a health expert has warned.
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Climate change brings new diseases
June 21, 2009BERLIN, Jun 19 (IPS) - As its name suggests, the West Nile virus, a leading cause of a form of meningitis and a neuro-invasive disease, has until recently been reported mostly in tropical and sub-tropical African...
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LGBT civil rights groups score another victory
June 21, 2009A US Census Bureau spokesperson reportedly told reporters this past week that his organization intends to count officially the number of same-sex married couples for the 2010 census. Steve Jost of the Bureau told reporters Friday,...
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Unions, allies to rally in Washington for health care
June 20, 2009WASHINGTON (PAI)--There’s a mass march on Washington for health care, after all, on June 25. Unionists from around the country are set to descend that day on the nation’s Capital to demand universal, quality, affordable health...
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It’s still Main Street versus Wall Street
June 20, 2009Original source: Over the past few months, we've had conversations across our union and across our country about how to improve the lives and future of working families. The good news is that for the first...
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