BMJ  2005;331:714 (1 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.714

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US doctors' group backs down: The American Academy of Family Physicians has announced that it will allow the activist group No Free Lunch to rent an exhibit booth at its annual convention in San Francisco later this month. The academy was criticised after it denied space to the group while allowing the fast food company McDonald's and drug companies to exhibit ( BMJ 2005;331: 653[Free Full Text], 24 Sep).

Avian flu outbreak kills six: The H5N1 avian flu in Indonesia has killed six people since the first death in July. A further 20 people who show symptoms of the disease are under observation. All cases are linked to infected birds. The World Health Organization is helping the Indonesian authorities to stockpile the antiviral drug oseltamivir as protection against a mass outbreak.

E coli breaks out in Wales: At least 117 people, mostly children, have been affected by an . . . [Full text of this article]


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