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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new device can quickly detect 92 different viruses, including several strains of the H5N1 avian flu virus or other emerging new infections, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Voluntary HIV tests should be offered to all patients attending clinics, for whatever reason, in countries where AIDS is widespread, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Using a new procedure to rapidly diagnose transient ischemic attacks (TIA) in patients seen in the emergency department is more efficient and less costly than the traditional procedure of patient admission, according to a report in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's food and drink industry must step up its fight against obesity over the next three years or face new regulations, a spokesman for the European Union's health chief said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has placed in isolation a man who may have exposed fellow passengers and crew on two May trans-Atlantic flights to a tuberculosis strain that is extremely hard to treat, officials said on Tuesday.