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| CDC director: To keep Ebola away, fight it in Africa The first priority of federal health officials is to protect Americans from Ebola, but "an outbreak anywhere is potentially a threat everywhere," the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday. In recent days, a handful of lawmakers, ... | |
| Sierra Leone records 121 Ebola deaths in a single day FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone recorded 121 deaths from Ebola and scores of new infections in one of the single deadliest days since the disease appeared in the West African country more than four months ago, government health statistics showed on ... | |
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| Ebola Victim's Journey From Liberian War to Fight for Life in US Parishioners, many of them Liberian, prayed for victims of Ebola during a church service in Euless, Tex., on Sunday. Credit Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story Share ... | |
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| Flu jab drive launched ahead of winter Four-year-olds in England are to be offered free flu vaccinations for the first time as part of the annual drive to get people protected before winter. Public Health England (PHE) wants widespread vaccination to stop flu spreading to "at risk" people. | |
| Thailand hits party scene to combat rising HIV among gay men BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Bare-chested male models strutted through the glitzy ballroom in Bangkok to the beat of house music while dozens of young gay men waited anxiously, working up the nerve to have a blood test. The mostly female ... | |
| Simmons president's diagnosis inspires group to walk Simmons College students rose with the sun and assembled on campus Sunday, some groggy and pillow-creased but displaying energy and alertness that belied the hour. Inspired by Helen G. Drinan, college president, whose frank acknowledgment last ... | |
| 86-Year-Old Thai King Has Gallbladder Surgery Thailand's 86-year-old king underwent surgery to have his gallbladder removed, and doctors said the procedure went well and the monarch's overall condition had improved since he was hospitalized three days ago, a palace statement said Monday. | |
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| Officials confirm N.J. boy died of enterovirus The Kingston Trio became the supreme folk music group of the late 1950s and 1960s, beginning with t... Life Blogs. -Browse by Topic-, Cycling, Food, For kids, Fitness, Joe Blundo, Pop culture, Old houses, Pets, Real estate, Theater. Life & Entertainment Blog ... | |
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| Breast Cancer — And Beyond One in eight women will get breast cancer. The good news is that the death rate from breast cancer has dropped about 2 percent per year since 1990, thanks to earlier detection, new treatments and a better understanding of the disease. Our unique approach ... | |
| Enterovirus killed New Jersey child, health official says Enterovirus D-68 is responsible for the death of a 4-year-old boy in New Jersey, a state medical examiner determined this weekend. It is the first case in which the virus has been cited as a direct cause of death. Hamilton Township health officer Jeff Plunkett ... | |
| Nasal spray flu vaccine extended to two million children All children aged between two and four can have the jab-free flu vaccine this year, experts said, to prevent serious illness. Around two million children in the UK will be offered the nasal spray vaccine as part of the programme to vaccinate 19m people in ... | |
| Should the Flu Vaccine be Mandatory? So I caught the flu [a while back and was] pretty miserably sick for going on 7 days; fever, achy, cough. Also cranky, peevish, and insufferable. My hair hurts! Is that even possible? I usually get a flu shot, but I didn't get one this year. Why not? I just didn't get ... | |
| New York City Steps Up Preparations to Be Ready for Ebola Cases Have you been to West Africa in the last three weeks? If so, did you come into contact with someone sick with the virus? If the caller has traveled to one of the countries where the disease continues to spread, a series of protocols is supposed to kick in, starting ... | |
| Hydrocodone Rescheduling Becomes Official The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) reclassification of hydrocodone-combination products from Schedule III agents to the more restrictive Schedule II is scheduled to go into effect today, Oct. 6. The rescheduling of the combination agents, which ... | |
| Eating With Large Buddy ? This Report May Change Your Decision So next time you are out, eating with your fat chums you may like to think about a new study by a Southern Illinois Varsity . The new analysis by the Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab and the Mayonnaise Medical Hospital , that concerned 82 students ... | |
| New Genes Found that Determine Your Height How tall you are is strongly related to the genes you inherit, and previous studies suggested that as much as 80% of the variance in height among people is due to their DNA. And in the largest genetic study of height-related genes to date, scientists involved in ... | |
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| Ebola Patient in Dallas 'Fighting for His Life,' CDC Director Says Dallas: The Ebola patient in a hospital is "fighting for his life," but he remains the only confirmed victim of the disease in the United States, and public health officials remain confident about their ability to contain the disease, the director of the Centers for ... | |
| Popular painkillers will be harder for patients to get ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — ST. LOUIS – It's going to be more difficult to refill prescriptions for the most popular painkillers starting today, when new federal rules move products with hydrocodone into a stricter drug class reserved for the most dangerous and ... | |
| Scientists unravel the genetics of human height WASHINGTON — It's no secret that if your dad is tall and your mother is tall, you are probably going to be tall. But fully understanding the genetics of height has been a big order for scientists. Researchers on Sunday unveiled what they called the biggest such ... | |
| Eating with Overweight Friends Can Be Bad for Your Health How much influence can an overweight friend have on your eating habits? A lot more than you probably imagined according to recent study published in the journal Appetite. The study suggests that eating with someone who may be overweight can affect ... | |
| Surgeon plans to perform UK's first womb transplant A SURGEON who has spent the past 20 years striving to aid infertile couples is now set to perform Britain's first womb transplant procedure. A SURGEON who has spent the past 20 years striving to aid infertile couples is now set to perform Britain's first womb ... | |
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| Tall tale: scientists unravel the genetics of human height How tall or short a person becomes is estimated to be 80 percent genetic, with nutrition and other environmental factors accounting for the rest. (Reuters). SummaryScientists have finally unveiled the full comprehension of the genetics of human heights. | |
| Events highlight mental health The National Alliance on Mental Illness will be hosting three events this week to raise support for Mental Illness Awareness Week. “I tell people every day (mental illness) is a medical model like any other illness,” said University Health Services clinical director ... | |
| Ebola patient in Dallas in critical state, CDC says DALLAS — The Ebola patient here is “fighting for his life,” but public health officials remain confident about their ability to contain the disease and said no one else in the Dallas area has exhibited symptoms of it, the director of the Centers for Disease Control ... | |
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| Hundreds turn out for breast cancer walk KITTERY, Maine — About 300 walkers participated in the sixth annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event on Sunday, Oct. 5, at the Tanger Outlet Center, according to Mari O'Neil, general manager of Tanger Outlets and committee chairwoman for the ... | |
| Photographer covering Ebola: The world must see MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The biggest danger in a war zone is not seeing the enemy. What people face here in Liberia is a war, and no one has seen the enemy. From the balcony of the hotel that has become the de facto international Ebola crisis ... | |
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| LITKE: The NFL should wear less pink and more purple The NFL's idea of outreach to women was once described as “shrink it and pink it.” That is, taking the same stuff the league was already selling to men, scaling it to size and then splashing on a lot of pink dye. That's not enough anymore. Fans saw pinked-out ... | |
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| Dallas Community Gives Lift as U.S. Ebola Scare Takes Hold Pastor George Mason had a message for his Dallas congregation amid images of health officials donning hazardous-materials suits and travelers fretting about sitting near Ebola-infected fliers: Compassion means suffering with someone. Dallas County ... | |
| 4-Year-Old Enterovirus Victim Was 'Like a Shy Puppy Full of Love' Eli Waller, the 4-year-old New Jersey boy whose death is the first blamed on the respiratory disease enterovirus 68 was "a beautiful mix of eagerness and hesitancy, need and striving, caution and surprise, all of which were grounded in a pure, unconditional ... | |
| A second term for Gov. Rick Scott would bring huge tests TALLAHASSEE — Supporters of Gov. Rick Scott say that if you liked his first term in office, you'll love his second. But critics say that if Scott is liberated from having to face voters again, he'll revert to the divisiveness that marked his first year in office. | |
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| Tall tale: scientists unravel the genetics of human height WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It's no secret that if your dad is tall and your mother is tall, you are probably going to be tall. But fully understanding the genetics of height has been a big order for scientists. Researchers on Sunday unveiled what they called the ... | |
| Tests clear doctor of Ebola, CDC says WORCESTER — The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that Dr. Richard A. Sacra had tested negative for an Ebola relapse, UMass Memorial Medical Center announced in a statement Sunday night. Sacra was removed from the ... | |
| Outbreak of Ebola-like Marburg fever kills man in Uganda KAMPALA Oct 5 (Reuters) - A man has died in Uganda's capital after an outbreak of Marburg, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, authorities said on Sunday, adding that a total of 80 people who came into contact with him were quarantined. | |
| One woman's mental health mission Mental As … is a week of programs and events put on by the ABC to coincide with Mental Health Week to get people talking about mental illness, that catch-all term for a range of conditions that will affect about half of us in our lives. Monday's major ... | |
| Dining With Overweight Friend? This Study May Change Your Mind So the next time you are out, dining with your overweight friends you might like to consider a new study conducted by a Southern Illinois University. The new research by the Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab and the Mayo Medical Clinic, that involved ... | |
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