House approves FDA regulation of tobacco products
The federal government would for the first time have regulatory powers over the tobacco industry under a bill the House approved Thursday after years of campaigning by anti-smoking forces.

House Votes To Give FDA Control Over Tobacco

After more than a decade of debate, federal oversight of the way cigarettes are made and sold appears closer than ever. The House approved a bill Thursday giving the Food and Drug Administration jurisdiction over tobacco.

Director Mark Rydell on James Dean
The UNC College of Arts and Sciences brought director Mark Rydell ("Cinderella Liberty," "On Golden Pond," "The Rose,") to Chapel Hill this week for a retrospective of his films, which have receved 26 Academy Award nominations.
House approves expanded FDA regulation of tobacco products
The House on Thursday voted to give the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented powers to regulate the tobacco industry, after years of crusading by anti-smoking groups for the government to exert more control.

SOUTH AFRICA: Nurses Should Be Backbone of ARV Treatment
DURBAN, Apr 2 (IPS)Effectively scaling up South Africans’ access to antiretroviral (ARV) treatment will require decentralisation of health services from hospitals to clinics and allowing nurses to manage and eventually to initiate ARV treatment and care.