Medicine

France criticizes Myanmar for barring aid ship (AP via Yahoo! News)

17 May 2008

France criticized Myanmar's military junta on Friday for refusing to allow a French Navy ship with 1,500 tons of aid for victims of Cyclone Nargis to deliver food and medicine with small boats and helicopters.

High-Tech Japanese, Running Out of Engineers (New York Times)

17 May 2008

As young Japanese choose careers in better-paying fields like finance and medicine, it is an uphill battle recruiting the engineers needed by the country?s large digital technology industry.

CDC: Syringe reuse linked to hepatitis C outbreak (AP via Yahoo! News)

17 May 2008

A hepatitis C outbreak was caused by workers improperly reusing syringes and medicine vials at a Las Vegas clinic, federal health officials said Friday.