New FDA rules curtail tobacco ads, sales | WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration unveiled rules yesterday that will severely restrict the way the tobacco industry can advertise and sell cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products, espe... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) The Boston Globe Health Photos Sales Smoking Tobacco |
World Bank OKs record $1.05 billion for Indian schools WASHINGTON: The World Bank on Thursday approved a record $1.05 billion credit line to help get more children into schools in India, the largest ever investment in education by the poverty-fighting ins... (photo: WN / Geeta) The Times Of India Education India Photos Poverty World Bank |
Concern over miseries faced by poor kids | Special Correspondent | JAIPUR: Development practitioners and experts attending a State-level consultation on the status of child rights here have expressed concern over a large number of children s... (photo: WN / Geeta) The Hindu Human Rights Kids Photos Poverty Rajasthan |
Michael Jackson is gone but the money machine rolls on | In the summer of 1995 Michael Jackson was a minimal presence in the pop world. At the offices of Time Out, where I worked, a fax arrived announcing that later that afternoon a 30ft statue of Jackson... (photo: AP Photo / Mike Fiala) The Times Celebrities Entertainment Music Photos Singer |
Should schools test our children's fitness? | Sir, While Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer, is to be applauded for drawing attention to children's health and wellbeing, his suggestion of an annual fitness test to make children more ... (photo: WN) The Times Health Medical News Photos Youth |
New FDA rules restrict tobacco marketing to kids New York | For the first time, the US government is setting new national rules and regulations on the advertising and marketing of tobacco products. | Enlarge | On Thursday, the secretary of Health an... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) The Christian Science Monitor Health Kids Photos Smoking Tobacco |