Cured meats linked to worsening asthma symptoms

(Reuters Health) – Eating large amounts of cured meats was linked to worse symptoms among asthma sufferers, a French study found.

Supervised injection site for addicts could save San Francisco money, lives

(Reuters Health) - Addicts regularly use drugs on the streets of San Francisco, and some people there say giving addicts a safe, clean place to shoot up – and clean needles – could help curb overdose deaths and diseases.

France finds bird flu in new part of country

PARIS (Reuters) - Local authorities in France confirmed on Monday an outbreak of severe bird flu in the Deux-Sevres administrative department in the west of the country, an area previously unaffected by a recent spate of bird flu cases.