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| Too few seek H1N1 treatment | |
As the H1N1 virus spreads across the globe at unprecedented speed, a recent study has shown that only half of the people who require immediate treatment are actually seeking it. Latest statistics show 114 children dead from the virus since April, despite during a time by which influenza is typically non-existent. Researchers at the CDC have estimated the number of people infected in the United States so far has reached numbers up to 5.7 million, with at least 5000 deaths. |
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| Rice and cotton prices are likely to soar in the coming decade as prices of agricultural commodities boom because of declining inventories and production disruptions, said investor Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings. Rice, wheat, corn and soybeans climbed to recards last year on concern production was lagging behind demand, sparking riots from Haiti to Ivory Coast. Prices drapped as farmers planted more, helping to replenish stockpiles.
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| Parents in some of Africa's poorest countries are cutting back on school, clothes and basic medical care just to give their children a meal once a day, experts say. Still, it is not enough. A record 1 billion people worldwide are hunqry and a new report says the number will increase if governments do not spend more on agriculture. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, which issued the report. 30 countries now require emergency aid, including 20 in Africa. The trend continues despite a goal set by world leaders nine years ago to cut the number of hungry people in half by 2015. |
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