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AP - The number of swine flu-related deaths outside of Mexico rose after the U.S. reported its third fatality and Costa Rica its first, but both men also suffered from complicating illnesses, health officials said.

AFP - The death toll from swine flu has topped 50 as Costa Rica reported its first fatality from the virus and Japan and Norway joined a growing list of nations with confirmed cases.

AFP - About 150 people smoking pot and wearing T-shirts with a cannabis leaf print gathered in Amsterdam Saturday as part of a world-wide action in favour of the legalisation of marijuana.

AFP - Nine chemicals, including headlice treatment lindane, have been added to a list of poisonous substances that are to be eliminated under the Stockholm Convention, the UN Environment Programme said on Saturday.

Reuters - A Washington state man with H1N1 influenza died last week, health officials said, the third U.S. sufferer to die as the new flu strain confirmed in more than 2,200 Americans appeared in Japan and Australia.

AFP - The third US fatality from swine flu has been confirmed in the northwestern state of Washington as officials pointed out that the spreading disease posed a serious problem.

HealthDay - SATURDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) — People’s teeth are wearing
away at a faster rate than ever, dissolving under a blistering acid attack
that they’ve brought on themselves, dental experts say.

HealthDay - SATURDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) A new antimicrobial paint kills
disease-causing bacteria, mold, fungi and viruses, said the U.S.
scientists who created the product.