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Disney Measles Outbreak Could Get Worse, Experts Warn It may be the happiest place on Earth, but California health officials are warning people to stay away from Disneyland unless they're vaccinated.
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Fast Track on Drug for Ebola Has Faltered As Ebola raged through West Africa last summer, an experimental drug was tried for the first time on two American aid workers in Liberia who were gravely ill with the virus.
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Anger, mistrust in Guinea villages hinders battle to beat Ebola CONAKRY (Reuters) - Angry residents are blocking access for health workers to dozens of remote villages in Guinea, in a sign of persistent mistrust that could threaten President Alpha Conde's aim to eradicate Ebola from the country by early March.
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After Ebola, flu and drug resistance top pandemic threats DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - The worst-ever Ebola epidemic is waning, but after ravaging three West African nations and spreading fear from Dallas to Madrid, it has hammered home the message that the world needs a better detective system for ...
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Pediatrician group urges measles vaccinations amid Disneyland outbreak LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The leading U.S. pediatrician group on Friday urged parents, schools and communities to vaccinate children against measles in the face of an outbreak that began at Disneyland in California in December and has spread to more ...
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What Your Tweets May Say About Your Heart Health Tweeting a lot of four-letter words about how miserable you are or how much you hate stuff? It may offer a glimpse into your heart health, new research shows.
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Disneyland measles outbreak: Cases not limited to the unvaccinated As the measles outbreak that started at Disneyland grew to at least 70 cases Wednesday, much of the attention has focused on how the vast majority of patients were not vaccinated for the highly contagious disease.
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Eating Fish While Pregnant -- Worth a New Look? savesaved; ">. register today. Earn Free CME Credits by reading the latest medical news in your specialty. sign up. by Elizabeth DeVita Raeburn Contributing Writer.
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The Disneyland measles outbreak and the disgraced doctor who whipped up ... Just before 7 p.m. last Thursday, when the Disneyland measles outbreak showed signs it could get much worse, the Los Angeles Times published an outraged editorial.
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Pill-Popping Mommas: 'Many' Pregnant Women Take Opioids, CDC Finds Millions of American women of childbearing age take opioids - and many are swallowing the prescription painkillers before realizing they're pregnant, endangering their unborn babies, federal health officials warned Thursday.
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Nebraska hospital releases patient found not to have Ebola (Reuters) - A Nebraska hospital on Thursday announced it has discharged an American healthcare worker who was at high risk for the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone but who did not develop the disease.
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Disneyland measles outbreak catches many by surprise Visitors arrive at the main entrance to the Disney theme parks, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, in Anaheim, Calif. Seventy people have been infected in a measles outbreak that led California public health officials to urge those who haven't been vaccinated against ...
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Ebola crisis: Experimental vaccine 'shipped to Liberia' The first batch of an experimental vaccine against Ebola is on its way to Liberia. The shipment will be the first potentially preventative medicine to reach one of the hardest hit countries.
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First Ebola Vaccines Head to Liberia The first Ebola vaccines will be shipped to West Africa Friday, loaded aboard a commercial flight from Brussels, Belgium, to Liberia.
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The Disneyland measles outbreak and the disgraced doctor who whipped up ... Just before 7 p.m. last Thursday, when the Disneyland measles outbreak was first emerging, the Los Angeles Times published an outraged editorial.
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Superbug spread through contaminated scopes sickened dozens in Seattle SEATTLE (Reuters) - A drug-resistant superbug infected 32 people at a Seattle hospital over a two-year period, with the bacteria spreading through contaminated medical scopes that had been cleaned to the manufacturer's recommendation, officials said on ...
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Warning for women about opioid painkillers, birth defects As more and more American women take prescription painkillers, health officials are raising the alarm about the risk of birth defects.
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Washington state attorney general calls for raising smoking age to 21 Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is pushing a proposal that would make his state the first in the country to raise the legal smoking age to 21.
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Coffee consumption linked to lower melanoma risk Sunblock you can drink? A new study suggests that drinking coffee could reduce the risk of developing melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, by as much as 20%.
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Infant Grins After 'Seeing' Mom Clearly for First Time An emotional video of a Denver infant smiling after "seeing" her mother clearly for the first time has also made millions of others share in that joy.
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The world is closer to having a real weapon to fight Ebola (CNN) The first doses of the Ebola vaccine were on a commercial flight to West Africa and were expected to arrive on Friday, according to a spokesperson from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) one of the companies that has created the vaccine with the National ...
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Sierra Leone lifts Ebola quarantine measures amid progress FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma on Thursday removed Ebola district quarantine measures intended to curb the spread of the disease, declaring "victory is in sight" after a sharp drop in transmission.
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Long-awaited Ebola vaccine study coming soon in Liberia, US officials say Aug. 12, 2014: The body of a man found in the street, suspected of dying from the Ebola virus, is sprayed with disinfectant in the capital city of Monrovia, Liberia.
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Disneyland seeks to reassure public amid measles outbreak LOS ANGELES Jan 22 (Reuters) - Disneyland sought on Thursday to reassure visitors that the theme park was safe amid a measles outbreak that began there in December and prompted state health officials to urge parents not to bring their unvaccinated ...
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West African Ebola vaccine trials to start soon U.S. scientists will begin the first large-scale tests of Ebola vaccine in West Africa within a few weeks, officials announced Thursday.
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West African Ebola vaccine trials to start soon U.S. scientists will begin the first large-scale tests of Ebola vaccine on people in West Africa within a few weeks, officials announced Thursday.
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US Ready to Test Ebola Vaccines in West Africa Federal health officials plan to start testing vaccines against Ebola in Liberia in the coming weeks, to be followed by trials in Sierra Leone, as well.
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Disney-linked measles outbreak casts light on anti-vaccine movement A major measles outbreak traced to Disneyland has brought criticism down on the small but vocal movement among parents to opt out of vaccinations for their children.
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Ebola has devastated gorilla, chimpanzee populations Over time, Ebola has wiped out an estimated one-third of the world's gorillas and almost the same amount of chimpanzees, and a PhD student warns that something needs to be done - and fast - to ensure they don't soon become extinct.
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Sierra Leone lifts Ebola quarantine measures amid progress FREETOWN Jan 22 (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma on Thursday removed Ebola district quarantine measures intended to curb the spread of the disease, declaring "victory is in sight" after a sharp drop in transmission.
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First GSK Ebola vaccine shipment due to arrive in Liberia LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The first batch of GlaxoSmithKline's experimental Ebola vaccine has been dispatched to West Africa and is expected to arrive in Liberia later on Friday, the British drugmaker said.
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Video-Based Therapy May Help Babies At Risk For Autism, Study Says BY KATE KELLAND LONDON Wed Jan 21, 2015 7:02pm EST. (Reuters) - Video-based therapy for families with babies at risk of autism improves infants' engagement, attention and social behavior, and might reduce their risk chances of developing the ...
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Antibiotics, Traveler's Diarrhea and Superbugs THURSDAY, Jan. 22, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- The overuse of antibiotics to treat travelers' diarrhea may contribute to the spread of drug-resistant superbugs, a new study suggests.
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On painkillers and thinking about getting pregnant? Better talk to your doctor. More than one-fourth of women who might become pregnant are getting prescriptions for opiod painkillers, such as Vicodin and Oxycontin, that can cause birth defects and other serious problems early in pregnancy, according to a report released Thursday by ...
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Despite risks, prescription painkillers still popular Prescription painkillers are used widely by U.S. women of childbearing age, a federal report released on Thursday found, and health officials said exposure to such drugs during pregnancy could increase the risk of birth defects.
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Disneyland Measles Outbreak Reminds Of An Important Point About Vaccination The Californian outbreak of measles tracked back to Disneyland is an important little sign of quite how out of touch it's possible to become with science in a rather short period of time.
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Wide use of prescription painkillers found in US women of childbearing age ... ATLANTA - Prescription painkillers are used widely by U.S. women of childbearing age, a federal report released on Thursday found, and health officials said exposure to such drugs during pregnancy could increase the risk of birth defects.
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Can Coffee Reduce The Risk Of Skin Cancer? Here's some more (potentially) good news for coffee devotees: A new study finds that drinking four or more cups of coffee a day - a fairly hefty amount, by most counts - is linked to a reduced risk for melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer.
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Viruses May Play Role in Crohn's Disease, Colitis FRIDAY, Jan. 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Viruses may play a role in inflammatory bowel diseases, including the two most common types, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, a new study reveals.
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Measles Outbreak: Doctor Says Kids Who Haven't Been Vaccinated Should ... WESTCHESTER (CBSLA.com) - California health officials report nearly 60 cases of measles since an outbreak started at Disneyland in December.
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US: Long-awaited Ebola vaccine study coming soon in Liberia WASHINGTON - U.S. officials say a long-awaited major study of possible Ebola vaccines is set to begin in Liberia within a couple of weeks.
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Louisiana: New Orleans Ends Smoking in Bars and Gambling Halls To protect the health of musicians and other entertainers, the New Orleans City Council on Thursday voted unanimously to ban smoking in bars and gambling halls, even as the owners of those establishments said such a move would hurt business and tax ...
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New Orleans Bans Smoking in Bars and Casinos The New Orleans City Council unanimously passed a ban on smoking in bars and gambling halls on Thursday. The law will take effect in about three months, the Associated Press reports.
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Thousands to receive experimental Ebola vaccines in West Africa Thousands of people are to be injected with two experimental Ebola vaccines in trials in West Africa within a couple of weeks, and a Baltimore biotechnology company is launching a human trial of its own candidate in June, as scientists and public health ...
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Novartis' Jakavi drug wins EU green light for wider use ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis said on Friday its drug Jakavi has been recommended by European health regulators for wider use, boosting the sales prospects for the medicine.
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CDC warns of high opioid use by women of childbearing age The research, which looked at the years 2008-2012, found that 39% of women aged 15 to 44 on Medicaid and 28% of those on private insurance received an opioid prescription.
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Attorney General Wants To Raise Washington Smoking Age To 21 Plan would make Washington the first state to ban tobacco products for anyone under 21 years of age. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images).
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High Rates of Opioid Prescriptions Among Women Raise Alarm The federal health authorities reported Thursday that nearly one third of women of reproductive age had had an opioid painkiller prescription filled every year between 2008 and 2012.
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Video Program May Prevent Autism in High-Risk Infants Parents may be able to lower the risk for autism in at-risk infants by learning how to get more in tune with their baby's communication style, results of a novel study suggest.
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Sleeping on stomach risks sudden death in epilepsy Research shows that those who suffer from epilepsy and sleep on their stomach may be at higher risk of sudden unexpected death, drawing a parallel to sudden infant death syndrome in babies.
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