Health - News April 8, 2011

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Superbug termed NDM-1 is drug resistant and threatens mankind? (hivehealthmedia)
There's a new Superbug that the World Health organization has termed "NDM-1" that appears to be resistant to all known forms of antibiotics.

Arizona restores organ transplant funding (WNWN-FM Battle Creek)
Arizona has restored funding for some organ transplants that the state cut last year in a controversial move to help close a yawning budget deficit.

CDC says babies need MMR vaccine for measles before traveling abroad (CW33 Dallas KDAF-TV)
The Centers for Disease Control announced today that it is investigating seven cases of measles in American babies who traveled overseas and caught the disease.

Clinic accused of not disclosing sex drug risk (The Baltimore Sun)
At the headquarters of Boston Medical Group in Costa Mesa, six salesmen were working the toll-free appointment line on a recent afternoon, fielding calls from men around the country enticed by newspaper and radio ads promising a "proven" solution to erectile dysfunction in "one office visit." The results are visible "right there in the office," one ...

A look at how a shutdown would affect Americans (WAVE-TV Louisville)
You'd still get your mail - and your usual Social Security payment. But troops' pay might be delayed, and you'd have to put off that spring break trip to a national park.

Social Security stopping mailed earning statements (Topeka Capital-Journal)
Those yearly statements that Social Security mails out - here's what you'd get if you retired at 62, at 66, at 70 - will soon stop arriving in workers' mailboxes.

Return of tuberculosis? Misuse of antibiotics undermining global fight against diseases: WHO (New York City's Hometown Newspaper - ...)
A Congolese woman and her child with malaria speak with a doctor at the Makpandu refugee camp January 14, 2011 outside of the town of Yambio, south Sudan.

Hunger strike focuses anger on Indian corruption (Deseret Morning News)
A public hunger strike by a 73-year-old activist has galvanized Indian anger at rampant, high-level corruption and increased pressure on the government to act.

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