Latest World News Update ENGLISH http://www.currentglobalnews.com admin@currentglobalnews.com Health authorities from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the government of Angola have revealed that bromide poisoning may be the source of a mystery illness first reported in early October. The outbreak of over 400 reported cases of a neurological disorder was centred in the Cacuaco district...2007-11-25http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2529 Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a drug-resistant strain of bacteria, killed nearly 19,000 Americans in 2005 alone, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. That is more people than were killed by AIDS in the United States. More than 194,000 Americans...2007-10-17http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2458 Researchers at Duke University believe that they have found the purpose of the vermiform appendix, long thought to be useless. The theory, published in the Journal of Theoretical Biology this week, is that the appendix creates and protects helpful microorganisms for a persons digestive system. For...2007-10-07http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2432 On Saturday a local villagers claimed a meteorite slammed into a field outside of Carancas, near Lake Titicaca in the Puno region of Peru on the border of Bolivia. It emitted a sweet but noxious odor. It has now been blamed for a mass illness affecting roughly 200 villagers with nausea, vomiting, digestive...2007-09-20http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2380 The World Health Organization (WHO), non-governmental aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have sent experts to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to assist local health authorities with a recent outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic...2007-09-16http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2367 At least four people in Peru have contracted HIV, the virus that causes AIDS after receiving blood transfusions that were infected with the deadly virus. As a result, all of Perus 240 blood banks have been closed pending further investigation and an emergency has been declared by the government....2007-09-14http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2360 United States First Lady Laura Bush underwent elective surgery on Saturday at George Washington University Hospital and is now resting comfortably at the White House, according to spokeswoman Sally McDonough. Last month, the First Lady injured her neck and shoulder during a hiking trip. The neck...2007-09-08http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2341 The source of a recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Surrey, UK has been discovered by investigators at the Pirbright laboratory where investigations began in August. The Health and Safety Executive informed the BBC that they had pinpointed the source to possible biosecurity lapses in a pipe...2007-09-05http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2329 The World Health Organization (WHO) is investigating an outbreak of an, as yet, unidentified illness in the central region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). To date, the illness has killed more than 100 people. The illness, first thought to be typhoid fever but now more likely a haemorrhagic...2007-09-02http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2321 After testing positive for salmonella, a California produce company has recalled fresh bagged spinach from the United States and Canada. Food officials state there have been no immediate reports of illness linked to the tainted spinach that was distributed by Metz Fresh LLC. In Canada, the product...2007-09-01http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2316 According to the Trust for Americas Health (TFAH) research group, obesity rates in 31 states in the United States continued to climb. Not one state showed a decline in obesity rates in the latest report released Monday. The data presented in the Trust for Americas Healths F as in Fat: How Obesity...2007-08-28http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2294 The Canadian government, through Health Canada, has issued an additional warning to Canadians not to use Neem Active Toothpaste with Calcium, as testing revealed the presence of high levels of harmful bacteria. The same brand of toothpaste was subject to a recall July 26, 2007 when it was found to contain...2007-08-26http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2285 Health authorities in Finland have banned a squirrel from visiting a SIWA supermarket in the central Finnish city of Jyväskylä. The squirrel had previously been allowed in by the stores manager, Irene Lindroos, where it would enter daily via the open front door, and help itself to a Kinder Egg chocolate...2007-08-24http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2274 Luciano Pavarotti, 71, a world-famous opera singer has been admitted to the hospital due to a high fever. The cause of the fever is currently unknown, however some reports say that he is being treated for pneumonia. His condition is being reported as stable. He [Pavarotti] is currently under observation...2007-08-10http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2240 The government department responsible for the health of Canadians, Health Canada, issued a warning to Canadians not to use a brand of toothpaste found to contain unacceptable levels of diethylene glycol (DEG). The toothpaste is branded as India Neem Active Toothpaste with Calcium and is manufactured...2007-07-30http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2203