AP – South Africa has more people infected with the AIDS virus than any other country, but it also has a new government determined to end the crisis, the head of the U.N. AIDS program said Monday.
AP – Swine flu infections seem to be dropping, but the number of children who died with the illness rose by about 30, according to a government report released Monday.
AFP – Up to 10,000 people die of cancer every year in England because they are diagnosed too late, a top government health official said on Monday.
AP – Big businesses are spending serious time and money trying to limit the swine flu pandemic’s impact on operations, from bankrolling video on good hygiene to training employees to cover for co-workers with critical jobs.
AP – The first rigorous study of behavior treatment in autistic children as young as 18 months found two years of therapy can vastly improve symptoms, often resulting in a milder diagnosis.