AFP - MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Children, long neglected in the fight against AIDS, still lack access to effective HIV detection programs and treatments, participants warned Thursday, at a six-day world AIDS conference.
Average ER waiting time nears one hour in the U.S., CDC says
The Canadian Press - ATLANTA - The average time that hospital emergency room patients wait to see a doctor in the United States has grown from about 38 minutes to almost an hour over the past decade, according to new federal statistics released Wednesday.
Cancer researchers in Calgary develop new way of studying cancer
The Canadian Press - CALGARY - Researchers in Calgary are using cells from a rare form of childhood cancer to develop a new research techniques in hopes of sparking improvements in how the disease is studied.
AFP - HARARE (AFP) - HIV-positive widow Lilian Butau sits on a rickety stool on the veranda of her home in Harare's Mbare township, chewing on a small piece of calcium-rich rock, the only thing she has had to eat all day.