US Controls bird flu vaccines over bioweapon fears

United States export regulations bar exports of vaccines for avian bird flu and dozens of other viruses to five countries designated "state sponsors of terrorism". The regulations have raised concern within the mdical and scientific communities because of recent concerns about bird flu which has killed more than 240 people across the world since 2003, nearly half of them in Indonesia. Bioethicists say limiting vaccines could raise moral questions of whether some countries should be denied because of decisions based on foreign policy.
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UN General assembly ban on all human cloning to be reconsidered by UN Ethics Panel

The International bioethics Committee (IBC) of the United Nations Eductional, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will debate the permissibility of therapeutic cloning at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on October 28, 2008. An IBC working group calls for human reproductive cloning to be banned at the international level by a legally binding convention, while guidelines for regulating human embryo and stem cell research in countries where it is legal should be developed at the international level.

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Chinese Imports Banned Amid Tainted Milk Scandals

China tainted milk scandal fans fear of imports; 12 countries as far as Colombia ban dairy
- By Jeremiah Marquez,
The Associated Press, Hong Kong.

According to the ABC News, more than a dozen countries have banned or recalled Chinese dairy products, after the tainted milk scandal. Among those countries are Bangladesh, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia and Kenya.

As a measure of precaution, France haulted imports of Chinese biscuits.

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. Vigilance needed to ensure safe Infant Food - WHO and FAO alert countries to possible spread of melamine-contaminated dairy products

GLOBAL HANDWASHING DAY

In the fight to save children's lives, today October 15, 2008 marks the first Global Handwashing Day

Dear parents and colleagues,
Do you know that diarrheal diseases and pneumonia are responsible for approximately 3.5 million child deaths every year, and that diarrheal diseases alone kill more than 5,000 children under the age of five everyday? A recent study done by the scientists from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, have showed that more than one in four commuters has bacteria from faces on their hands. This suggested that people were not washing their hands properly after using the toilet. Do you know that washing hands with soap, families and communities can help reduce child morbidity rates from diarrheal diseases by almost 50%? Handwashing with soap is one of the most effective and inexpensive ways to prevent diarrheal diseases and pneumonia.

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http://www.unicef.org/media/media_45956.html?q=printme.
October 15, 2008
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Published 2008/10/14 23:56:45 GMT

Hospital cleaning chemical fears

Hospitals have been warned not to over-dilute cleaning chemicals amid fears that this could boost antibiotic resistance in bacteria. ... click for more

• Marketers of electronic cigarettes should halt unproved therapy claims