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US controls bird flu vaccines over bioweapon fears

By ROBIN McDOWELL, Associated Press Writer; Oct 11, 2008 04:14 AM PDT

AP - When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard. Full Story

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Autumn Sees More Women With Bunion Problems
Oct 12, 2008 02:02 PM PDT, HealthDay
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDay News) -- With the transition from summer to fall, doctors note an increase in bunions among their female patients, according to the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons.
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Health Highlights: Oct. 12, 2008
Oct 12, 2008 02:02 PM PDT, HealthDay
HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
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New Genetic Links to Baldness Discovered
Oct 12, 2008 02:02 PM PDT, HealthDay
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDay News) -- New genetic links to male pattern baldness have been discovered by researchers in England and Germany.
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West African first ladies to join fight against female circumcision
Oct 12, 2008 12:54 PM PDT, AFP
AFP - First ladies from seven west African countries gather here Monday for a conference on ways to end female circumcision, a widespread practise in the region despite efforts to end it.
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Deadly illness in SAfrica linked to Lassa fever: report
Oct 12, 2008 12:51 PM PDT, AFP
AFP - The cause of a viral haemorrhagic fever which recently killed three people in Johannesburg may be related to the Lassa fever virus of West Africa, health officials said Sunday.
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Two more genes linked to common skin cancer
Oct 12, 2008 11:04 AM PDT, Reuters
Reuters - Scientists have found two new genetic variations that appear to increase the risk of the most common skin cancer among people of European descent.
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Researchers find easier way to make stem cells
Oct 12, 2008 10:03 AM PDT, Reuters
Reuters - Researchers trying to find ways to transform ordinary skin cells into powerful stem cells said on Sunday they found a shortcut by "sprinkling" a chemical onto the cells.
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Mystery S.Africa disease may be rodent borne
Oct 12, 2008 08:40 AM PDT, Reuters
Reuters - A disease that has killed three people in South Africa and forced others into isolation wards may be rodent borne, a health official said Sunday, SAPA news agency reported.
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AIDS vaccine focus shifts after disappointments
Oct 12, 2008 05:17 AM PDT, Reuters
Reuters - A global AIDS vaccine conference this week will seek fresh strategies against the HIV virus, with experts weighing the value of basic laboratory research against large-scale human clinical trials after a string of disappointments.
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37 human anthrax cases in northern Iraq outbreak
Oct 12, 2008 04:48 AM PDT, Reuters
Reuters - Thirty-seven people have been infected by anthrax in northern Iraq in the country's first outbreak of the disease since the 1980s, the health minister in the Kurdish autonomous region said Sunday.
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