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AFP - Governments bracing for a second, possibly more lethal, wave of swine flu are all grappling with the same unforgiving dilemma: with not enough vaccine to go around, who is going to get jabbed first?

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDay News) — There are a number of ways
that parents of children with asthma can prepare for flu season and the
new school year, says the American Lung Association.

AFP - The World Health Organisation is urging the planet to brace for a second wave of the swine flu pandemic as the heavily populated northern hemisphere edges towards the cooler season when flu thrives.

AFP - For four decades, His Sulabh Sanitation Movement has equipped more than 1.2 million households with eco-friendly toilets and installed 7,500 public lavatories across India.

AP - President Barack Obama is challenging critics of his push to overhaul the health care system to stop making “phony claims” about proposals now the subject of intense coast-to-coast debate.

AFP - US President Barack Obama on Saturday hit back at health care reform critics, saying the debate about his proposals should not be “dominated by willful misrepresentations and outright distortions.”

AP - Spain’s first face transplant patient — the first anywhere to get a new tongue and jaw — has been so pleased by his new appearance that he smiled, hospital officials said Saturday.

AFP - A cholera outbreak in northern Nigeria has killed 13 more people, taking the death toll to 52, the health commissioner said on Saturday.

AP - The World Health Organization’s flu chief urged drug makers on Saturday to donate swine flu vaccines to the world’s poorest countries, which are more vulnerable in the fight against the pandemic.

AP - The World Health Organization said Friday that Tamiflu should only be given to particularly vulnerable people — a warning to countries like Britain where the swine flu drug is being handed out freely.