Hispanic Health News Stories

'Cricket attacker' held in Lahore

BBC News feed example - June 17, 2009 - 3:04pm
Police in Pakistan arrest one of seven men suspected of attacking Sri Lanka's cricket team in Lahore in March, officials say.

Fresh protest under way in Tehran

BBC News feed example - June 17, 2009 - 2:45pm
Tens of thousands again take to the streets in Iran's capital after Mir Hossein Mousavi urges peaceful election protests.

National Health Care Reform Must Include Remedies for Racial ... - Weekly Challenger

Hispanic Health search - June 17, 2009 - 2:44pm

National Health Care Reform Must Include Remedies for Racial ...
Weekly Challenger, FL
Some members of Congress have already taken steps and proposed ways of closing the health care gaps by introducing a new bill. Members of the Congressional Tri-Caucus, which is comprised of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Hispanic ...

National Health Care Reform Must Include Remedies for Racial ... - Weekly Challenger

Google News Diabetes - June 17, 2009 - 2:44pm

National Health Care Reform Must Include Remedies for Racial ...
Weekly Challenger, FL
Among the racially disparate health statistics, just under half of all African-Americans suffer from a chronic disease. Blacks suffer from diabetes at almost twice the rate of Whites and the HIV rate for African-Americans is seven times as high, ...

Crash survivor killer loses claim

BBC News feed example - June 17, 2009 - 2:42pm
A man who claimed the trauma from a rail crash caused him to kill has no right to claim compensation for years spent in detention, the Law Lords rules.

Boy, 6, dies on Beaver Scout trip

BBC News feed example - June 17, 2009 - 2:28pm
A six-year-old boy dies after falling into a river during a supervised walk with his Beaver Scout group.

Experts question UK broadband tax

BBC News feed example - June 17, 2009 - 2:14pm
What will 50p a month from every household with a phone actually buy on the broadband market?

Blast fears at chemical fire site

BBC News feed example - June 17, 2009 - 2:11pm
About 180 people are evacuated and five schools closed as fire crews warn of possible explosions in a chemical plant fire.

Woman held in nursery porn probe

BBC News feed example - June 17, 2009 - 2:08pm
A woman, a man and a teenage boy are arrested by police investigating allegations of child sex abuse made against a Plymouth nursery worker.

New Kids cancel Australian tour

BBC News feed example - June 17, 2009 - 2:04pm
Reunited boy band New Kids On The Block cancel their Australian tour, blaming the "worldwide recession".

Bubonic plague reported in Libya

BBC News feed example - June 17, 2009 - 1:52pm
The WHO sends an expert to Libya to look into a reported outbreak of bubonic plague not far from the Egyptian border.

Romanian groups to be re-housed

BBC News feed example - June 17, 2009 - 1:47pm
Romanian families who fled their homes in Belfast after a spate of racist attacks are to be temporarily re-housed.

Dingoes 'could help rare species'

BBC News feed example - June 17, 2009 - 1:42pm
Replenishing huge areas of Australia with dingoes would help endangered animals and could aid some farmers, researchers say.

Devine could trigger by-election

BBC News feed example - June 17, 2009 - 12:49pm
Labour MP Jim Devine says he may force a by-election after his deselection by the party over his expenses claims.

Claudia police search local pub

BBC News feed example - June 17, 2009 - 12:36pm
Detectives investigating the disappearance of York chef Claudia Lawrence carry out a "detailed" search of her local pub.

Planned Parenthood = Primary, Preventive Care - RH Reality Check

Hispanic Health search - June 17, 2009 - 12:34pm

Planned Parenthood = Primary, Preventive Care
RH Reality Check, DC
These services are particularly critical to improving the health of low-income women, and Hispanic and African-American women. Cervical cancer occurs most often in Hispanic women according to ACS; the rate is over twice that in non-Hispanic white women ...
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Day in pictures

BBC News feed example - June 17, 2009 - 12:05pm
Eye-catching images from around the world

Mutinous Congo troops fire at UN

BBC News feed example - June 17, 2009 - 11:55am
Soldiers fire shots at a UN peacekeeping base in the latest in a string of army mutinies over pay in eastern DR Congo.

New occupation

BBC News feed example - June 17, 2009 - 11:29am
Israeli settlers take to wine making in the West Bank

Farming 'resilient to recession'

BBC News feed example - June 17, 2009 - 11:22am
The global agriculture sector is more resilient to the financial crisis than other sectors, the UN's FAO says.