Tag: health
group name: oneworldus
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October 02, 2006 11:36 AM EDT --
Health groups are rejoicing this week after a federal judge in New York gave the go-ahead to the largest class action lawsuit in U.S. history. Smokers of "light" and "low tar" cigarettes . . .
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October 14, 2008 11:46 PM EDT --
October 7, 2008
Aaron Glantz , OneWorld US
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 7 (OneWorld) - Tucked away on page 310 of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout bill Congress passed last Friday was a provision . . .
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October 15, 2008 12:24 AM EDT --
October 14, 2008
Haider Rizvi , OneWorld US
NEW YORK, Oct 14 (OneWorld) - Despite significant progress in global efforts to reduce poverty, hundreds of millions of people across the . . .
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November 14, 2006 10:10 AM EST --
Seafood consumers in industrialized countries can help save the world's wild fish stocks, according to a new study that provides a ray of hope just days after researchers announced that if current . . .
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September 02, 2008 02:51 PM EDT --
September 2, 2008
Haider Rizvi , OneWorld US
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 1 (OneWorld) - A vast majority of Latino workers in the United States are forced to work for long hours and . . .
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September 09, 2008 02:54 PM EDT --
September 3, 2008
Nicholas Benequista , OneWorld US
ADDIS ABABA, Sep 3 (OneWorld) - The most pressing food crisis in the world at present is in Ethiopia, according to John Holmes, the . . .
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October 17, 2007 11:23 AM EDT --
NEW YORK, Oct 16 (OneWorld) - Apple's iPhone contains hazardous chemicals that can endanger human health and the environment, say scientists associated with the environmental organization Greenpeace . . .
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June 10, 2008 03:31 PM EDT --
Haider Rizvi
OneWorld US
Fri., Jun. 6, 2008
NEW YORK, Jun 5 (OneWorld) - He came to the United States a few years ago, dreaming that he would lead a prosperous life. But his fate . . .
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February 06, 2007 10:27 AM EST --
Despite a setback in clinical trials, health advocacy groups remain supportive of the need to develop a biomedical product that women can use to protect themselves against HIV infection.
Last week, researchers . . .
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October 29, 2008 02:48 PM EDT --
October 28, 2008
Jeffrey Allen and Brittany Schell , OneWorld US
WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (OneWorld) - From New York to England to Southeast Asia, higher food prices are forcing people to . . .
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August 21, 2008 08:06 PM EDT --
August 20, 2008
Haider Rizvi , OneWorld US
NEW YORK, Aug 20 (OneWorld) - Following revelations about the latest death of a detainee in the custody of U.S. immigration officials, lawyers . . .
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October 23, 2006 12:22 PM EDT --
The United States, in a twist on social Darwinism, maintains protection standards so low that they shield only the strongest people from cancer-causing radiation. So say scientists whose conclusions are . . .
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June 19, 2008 03:01 PM EDT --
James Tager
OneWorld US
Tue., Jun. 17, 2008
WASHINGTON, Jun 16 (OneWorld) - The greatest effect of China's Wenchuan Earthquake may not be on Sichuan Province's buildings, . . .
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August 11, 2008 03:38 PM EDT --
Haider Rizvi, OneWorld US Thu Aug 7, 10:37 PM ET
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 7 (OneWorld) - It will be a difficult -- but not impossible -- task to develop an AIDS vaccine , say independent medical . . .
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September 02, 2008 02:46 PM EDT --
August 28, 2008
Haider Rizvi , OneWorld US
NEW YORK, Aug 27 (OneWorld) - A new study released by the World Bank this week has raised concerns among humanitarian workers worldwide as more . . .
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October 28, 2008 12:14 PM EDT --
October 22, 2008
Alison Raphael , OneWorld US
WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (OneWorld) - A student and activist coalition is urging cell phone users to "Cell Out" this afternoon in solidarity . . .
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November 28, 2007 10:33 AM EST --
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 14 (OneWorld) - Environmentalists are calling for an international ban on bunker fuel, a particularly noxious petroleum product used to power most ocean-going cargo ships, including . . .
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October 19, 2007 11:42 AM EDT --
Every year since world leaders signed the Millennium Declaration committing to meet eight world-changing goals by 2015, mass rallies have been held around the globe to remind governments of their commitments . . .
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October 05, 2006 10:53 AM EDT --
The emotional ravages of war are at issue following the surrender to military officials of Specialist Darrell Anderson, a decorated U.S. soldier who fled to Canada rather than return to Iraq.
Anderson, . . .
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November 26, 2008 10:21 AM EST --
The finalists for OneWorld's People of 2008 have been announced ! Prepare to be blown away.
Due to the overwhelming number of incredible nominations we received, the list has been expanded . . .
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