TV kidney competition outcry
A Dutch television show is criticised for offering a terminally ill woman’s kidneys as a prize.
Archive for May, 2007
Brazil to subsidise contraception
Brazil announces a $51m plan to make birth control pills more affordable for the country’s poor.
Death penalty for China official
China sentences the former head of its Food and Drug Administration to death for corruption, state media says.
Support staff ‘do midwife tasks’
Support staff hired to help midwives could put mothers and babies at risk by doing their jobs, claims a report.
Scientists find bird flu antibody
An international team of scientists isolates antibodies that could protect against bird flu in humans.
Apple juice ‘may prevent asthma’
Children who drink plenty of apple juice may be less likely to develop asthma symptoms, say scientists.
Stress ‘harms nurses’ sex lives’
Almost half of nurses feel their sex lives are being damaged by the emotional stress of their job, a poll suggests.
Fifa bans high-altitude football
Football’s governing body outlaws internationals at high-altitude, angering some Latin American nations.
Rallies as Venezuelan TV closes
Protests in Caracas, BBC News reports here: Thousands of people have demonstrated in Caracas as Venezuela’s oldest TV network went off air after President Hugo Chavez did not renew its licence.