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An Anopheles stephensi en:mosquito is obtaining a en:blood meal from a human host through its pointed en:proboscis. Note the droplet of blood being expelled from the abdomen after having engorged itself on its hosts blood. This mosquito is a known en:malarial vector with a distribution that ranges from en:Egypt all the way to en:China. Source: en:CDC    (js1)
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 The Times 
A third of malaria drugs in Africa are ineffective
div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } | More than a third of antimalarial drugs sold in Africa have failed quality tests, research shows. | The study of ... (photo: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / )
AIDS-HIV/aaeh
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 The Australian 
African AIDS strategies failing
| THE fight against the AIDS epidemic in Africa is founded on ineffective strategies and should focus on male circumcision and reducing promiscuity, according to leading scientists in the field. | HIV... (photo: GFDL / Joewright )
Baby Bottles  Star Tribune 
Baby bottles are the latest worry

| Of all the concerns a parent faces in raising a child, Margaret Thomas didn't think her daughter's sippy cup would be a problem. | But after hearing about potential developmental and reproductive pr... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag )
Health   People   Photos   Science   Society  
meal/ntf1  ARS 
Sizing up Teen Snacking
web | May 9, 2008 | The effect of snacking on teenagers' dietary intakes of recommended nutrients and MyPyramid food groups has been examined, and the findings are both positive and negative. After an... (photo: Public Domain / /)
Food   Health   Nutrition   Photos   Teens  
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Ducks are sold in a market in Ha Tay Province,Vietnam, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 (tmg1) Independent online
Bird flu resurfaces in India

| Kolkata, India - Veterinary workers were getting ready to cull thousands of backyard poultry to contain an outbreak of bird flu in India's eastern state of West Bengal ... (photo: AP / Chitose Suzuki)
Health   India   Kolkata   People   Photos  
 lowland gorilla /aaeh CBS News
Great Ape Turns 55 At Dallas Zoo
A gorilla recognized as the world's oldest in captivity celebrated her 55th birthday by munching down a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats. | Jen... (photo: creative commons / Kabir Bakie)
Dallas   Food   Monkey   Photos   Wildlife  
 Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher talk on the patio outside the Oval Office, August 17th, 1987. cg1 Toledo Blade
Hillsdale will honor Thatcher
HILLSDALE - A bronze statue of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher will be dedicated today at Hillsdale College as part of commencement activities this weeken... (photo: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library)
British   Business   Ceremony   Photos   Science  
KLdy1 - Mar08 - children - kids - growing up - parenting - todlers. (dy1) The Enquirer
Advocates help foster kids
| Because of ProKids and special advocates, foster children can look for a brighter future. | ProKids, a nonprofit organization, trains and supports volunteers to work wi... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
Children   Food   Health   Photos   Society  
 Laughter by David Shankbone (tmg1) The Enquirer
Believers laugh off doubt that giggles are good
| Hear the one about the doctor who prescribed daily laughter instead of medicine? Such thinking might be no joke. | For years, people have touted the healing power of la... (photo: GNU)
Health   Lifestyle   Medicine   People   Photos  
 The President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam addressing the gathering on the occasion of the World AIDS Day, in New Delhi on December 01, 2006 - india - hires - am1 The Times Of India
Nuke deal does not compromise India's sovereignty: Kalam
|     NEW DELHI: Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, one of the principal figures behind the May 1998 nuclear tests that shook the world, has said that India s... (photo: PIB)
Delhi   India   Nuclear   Photos   Politics  


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