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Human rights lawyers to sue UN over Haitian cholera outbreak – report

13:34 09/10/2013 Lawyers representing the interests of the victims of Haiti’s historic 2010 cholera outbreak vowed Wednesday to take the UN to court in New York in an effort to secure compensation for the thousands of lives lost and hundreds of thousands of illnesses endured as a result of the outbreak, Reuters reported Wednesday.

Russian surgeon stole heroin from drug mule's stomach – police

16:10 13/08/2013 A surgeon who operated on a drugs mule in an East Siberian town stole heroin from his stomach and was detained while high, regional police said Tuesday.

Russian farm fined over cancer-causing vegetables

15:43 04/07/2013 The management of a state farm in Russia has been fined more than 11 million rubles ($330,000) for using banned hazardous pesticides to grow vegetables that it then labeled as organically grown, the regional Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday.

Drug users to be fined for refusing rehab

10:19 03/07/2013 The State Duma has adopted a bill in the first reading introducing administrative liability for drug users who shirk treatment and medical and social rehabilitation.

Charge added to fake cancer drug case

16:26 02/07/2013 Investigators in Russia's Rostov Region have charged the main defendant in a case involving the distribution of fake cancer drugs with creating a criminal group, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday.

Moscow City Court calls for faster medical examination of arrested individuals

15:28 24/06/2013 The Moscow City Court has proposed developing a simplified procedure for Moscow hospitals to examine individuals who have been placed in custody and claim to have a serious condition, the court's Deputy Chairman Dmitry Fomin said at a roundtable on remand center medical examinations.

State Duma proposes mandatory risk warning for tattoo shop clients

16:18 24/05/2013 A group of State Duma lawmakers from the Liberal-Democratic Party have proposed legislation which will require tattoo shops to warn their clients of associated health risks.

Ministry proposes criminal liability for trade in transplant organs

15:58 16/05/2013 The Healthcare Ministry has proposed adding an article to the Criminal Code on liability for illegal trade in transplant organs.

Ambiguity in Swiss assisted suicide law constitutes rights violation – ECHR

16:28 14/05/2013 A lack of clarity in Switzerland’s assisted suicide law has risen to the level of a rights violation in the case of an elderly albeit healthy woman wishing to end her own life, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Wednesday.

Russia considers ban on organ donations by deceased orphans

14:29 29/04/2013 Parentless children will not be able to serve as organ donors after their death, according to a bill on organ transplantation sponsored by the Healthcare Ministry.

Medvedev: Smoking ban to save up to 200,000 lives a year

13:49 24/04/2013 Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said the ban on smoking in public places will help lower Russians' nicotine dependence and save up to 200,000 lives a year.

Healthcare Ministry allows HIV-positive adults to adopt children

11:32 23/04/2013 Russia's Healthcare Ministry is prepared to allow individuals who are HIV or hepatitis positive to adopt children.

Russian toddler given HIV-infected blood due to negligence

14:20 19/04/2013 An incident in which a toddler was given an HIV-infected blood transfusion was the result of negligence on the part of a St. Petersburg hospital’s staff, prosecutors said when announcing the preliminary results of their investigation on Friday.

Latvian government to cut mala fide taxpayers out of free healthcare program

17:37 16/04/2013 The Latvian government has approved the Healthcare Ministry's proposal to introduce a healthcare tax as part of the income tax.

State Duma adopts bill banning abortion ads

11:56 10/04/2013 The State Duma has adopted a Healthcare Ministry sponsored bill in the first reading which bans the advertisement of pregnancy termination by medical services or traditional practices.

India rejects Novartis cancer-drug patent

13:37 01/04/2013 In a judgment released Monday, the Supreme Court of India refused to extend patent protection for Novartis cancer drug Glivec. The court noted that it was stretched between the policy goals of protecting the pioneering of new medicine and promoting public health.

75% of Russians support higher age for buying booze – poll

15:29 26/03/2013 About three-quarters of Russians support raising the minimum legal age for buying alcohol to 21 from the current 18, according to a poll released Tuesday by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM).

Fines for smoking on Russian airlines may rise to $1,600

14:45 26/03/2013 Fines for smoking on board a plane may rise to 50,000 rubles ($1,625) according to a bill submitted to the State Duma by a group of lawmakers representing all parties.

New York City soda ban excoriated in biting opinion

14:14 12/03/2013 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s battle against the city’s expanding waistline suffered a blow in the state’s supreme court Monday when Justice Milton A. Tingling tossed out a prohibition on the sale of large sugary drinks in an effort to quell the city’s growing obesity epidemic.

Healthcare Ministry to submit organ transplant bill in 2014

14:09 05/03/2013 Russia's Healthcare Ministry plans to draft an organ transplant bill by 2014 and submit it to the Government. A directive on this was added to the official government bank of regulations and directives on Tuesday.

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