2009-11-27 16:37
A straight British couple who reject marriage but want to seal their love with a civil partnership were told Tuesday they could not because they are not gay. Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle… Read More
Blog Directory > Health & Fitness Blogs > World Health News health-and-fitness Blog >
World Health News Blog
latestworldhealthnews.blogspot.com
Tags:
civil
deal
climate
straight british
white house
hospital
beaches
civil society
civil partnership
house
2009-11-27 16:37
A French artist has struck an unusual deal to sell his latest work: instead of paying up front, the buyer will hand over a regular fee until the artist dies. Christian Boltanski said his dea… Read More
2009-11-27 16:36
With arugula straight from his garden and entertainment by two Oscar winners, President Barack Obama took a fresh take on the state dinner in Washington's top social event since his inaugura… Read More
2009-11-27 16:36
Climate change will imperil health through malaria, cholera, heatwaves and hunger, but many problems can be eased or avoided if countries make wise policy choices, doctors said on Wednesday… Read More
2009-11-27 16:36
The UN AIDS chief said 50 million people are at risk from the disease in China and the government must do more to reach out to civil society and work with vulnerable groups such as homosexua… Read More
2009-11-27 16:36
For the residents of Mocajuba Island, dirt-poor folk who sleep in wooden shacks under the Amazon's vast canopy of green, the once-a-year visit by the hospital ship is an occasion akin to Chr… Read More
2009-11-27 16:36
Lucia Kucharova never cared much about the view from her window until its main feature became a wall separating her and more than 1,000 other Roma from the rest of their village. The white c… Read More
2009-11-27 16:36
One of the enduring images of Rio's beaches -- coconuts opened to yield their sweet water -- is about to be a thing of the past under a new clean-up campaign by authorities. The environment… Read More
2009-11-27 16:36
Italians have vehemently rejected a cabinet minister's proposal that lunch breaks be scrapped to increase productivity, media reported Tuesday. Gianfranco Rotondi, minister for programme imp… Read More
2009-11-27 16:35
Forget the Transformers and Astroboy: Japan's latest robots don't save the world -- they cook snacks, play with your kids, model clothes, and search for disaster victims. In a nation that ta… Read More
2009-11-27 16:33
Nepal's first international fast-food restaurants opened in the capital Kathmandu on Wednesday, reflecting the country's cautious attempts to attract more investment from Western companies… Read More
2009-11-27 16:33
Two "delighted" men became Australia's first same-sex couple to hold a legally recognised civil partnership ceremony Wednesday, under new laws which look set to be quickly overturned. Warren… Read More
2009-11-27 16:33
Squeezed between a rubbish dump and a dry riverbed, Al-Zuhoor has no clean water or electricity and the gypsies who live here are at the margins of the new, ultra-conservative Iraq. In smell… Read More
2009-11-27 16:33
France is to pass a law banning "psychological violence within the couple" and study the idea of tagging violent partners to prevent them stalking their victims, the government said Wednesda… Read More
2009-11-27 16:33
Two giant pandas due to begin a 10-year stay at an Australian zoo could give the local economy a bigger boost than recent visits by Tiger Woods or Lance Armstrong, officials said Wednesday… Read More
2009-11-27 16:33
Pakistan's television networks are heaping political pressure on an increasingly unpopular President Asif Ali Zardari with critical and influential programming that offers a voice to the poo… Read More
2009-11-27 16:33
At the Kampany market on the outskirts of the Afghan capital Kabul, the rain is turning to snow as the livestock traders decide to call it a day and heave their animals back into their truck… Read More
2009-11-27 16:33
Michelin has added a cheap restaurant category to its new Hong Kong and Macau guide unveiled Thursday, after critics accused the culinary bible of ignoring the cities' food-stall culture. Tw… Read More
2009-11-27 16:33
In his prison cell in Concepcion, a town 600 kilometers (400 miles) south of the Chilean capital Santiago, an indigenous leader dreams of recovering his "ancestral lands". The model for the… Read More
2009-11-27 16:26
Squeezed between a rubbish dump and a dry riverbed, Al-Zuhoor has no clean water or electricity and the gypsies who live here are at the margins of the new, ultra-conservative Iraq. In smell… Read More
2009-11-27 16:26
More than a quarter of drinkers in England who exercise regularly do so in an attempt to make up for bingeing on alcohol, according to a survey published on Thursday. A total of 28 percent e… Read More
2009-11-27 16:26
The World Health Organisation said Thursday that it is investigating reports of mutations in the swine flu virus, after half-a-dozen countries recorded cases in which the virus was transform… Read More
2009-11-27 16:26
There are many reasons Japan's population is headed for a sharp decline, but one of them is that for working women giving birth usually spells the death of their careers. The country's new c… Read More
2009-11-27 16:26
France this year returned to its position as the world's top wine producer with an estimated output of 45.7 million hectolitres, the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) said Th… Read More
2009-11-27 16:26
A gay man tying the knot next week in Latin America's first same-sex marriage predicted Thursday that his ground-breaking wedding will inspire other homosexual couples to follow suit. "Our D… Read More
Subscribe to World Health News
Get updates delivered right to your inbox!