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According to Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu calls the hospitals for serious 
measures in health concerns regarding bird flu epidemic. He says for prevention and control of human bird flu cases, China faces a ‘grim’ situation.
Three deaths have been reported in the past two weeks. Four were infected with bird flu. Chen Zhu emphasizes on cooperation between health ministry and agriculture authorities. He says that precise diagnose and treatment is required.
Recent deaths included a toddler’s mother who was not checked for the causes of death. She was said to have severe pneumonia, but no further investigations were done to check whether it was bird flu or not.
The Chinese news paper that reported the death, mentions that she was in contact with poultry before her death. Her death without much investigations have raised many concerns, but vice director of virus control and prevention with the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shu Yuelong says, “The current cases are separate cases. There’s no connection.”
Scientist has discovered an antibody that breaks down and suppresses an appetite stimulant that is produced by the human body.
Researchers from the Scripps Research Institute told that the antibody catalyst, GHT-11E11 became the cause to increase the metabolic rate in fasting mice and restricted their eating after 24 hours without food.
A gastric hormone gherlin, which promotes weight gain and fat storage through metabolic actions, is counteracted by the antibody. The substance is released by the body to boost eating during calorie restriction.
A WHO report shows that life expectancy difference between the worlds’s poorest and richest countries can be more than 40 years.
The World Health Organization found huge inefficiencies and inequalities when it examined primary health care systems around the world.
The report urges for action to tackle unfairness and reinforce primary care.
WHO director-general, Margaret Chan says: “we have to take proper action and it is needed to focus on primary care to affect significant change.”
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