Brundtland elected WHO head in surprise vote
Gro Harlem Brundtland, age 58, won the World Health Organization leadership by the 32 member executive board in Geneva. She will assume office July 27 and vows to reform the troubled agency.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1998
Page
3
Gro Harlem Brundtland, age 58, won the World Health Organization leadership by the 32 member executive board in Geneva. She will assume office July 27 and vows to reform the troubled agency.
A tobacco lawyer praised the Council for Tobacco Research for decades of smoking and health studies, denying it is a cigarette industry tool. He cited CTR funded links between smoking and lung cancer birth weight and heart disease, arguing state costs of smoking illnesses at 1.77 billion. Minnesota leads 40 state suits to reach opening statements.
IRS Commissioner Charles Rossetti will unveil a plan to reorganize the agency into four taxpayer service divisions covering individuals small businesses large corporations and pension plans nonprofits and governments. The proposal aims to shift focus to serving taxpayers with a streamlined structure and advisory efforts while lawmakers prepare reforms.
A New Zealand study reports mothers who drink over four cups of coffee daily have babies with doubled risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Tea and cola caffeine show similar links, with effects possibly extending months after birth.
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