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Measles Hits Illinois Daycare Center: 5 Infants Infected Five infants from a Chicago-area day care facility have been diagnosed with measles, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, adding to an outbreak toll that has already topped 100 cases nationwide.
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Anti-vaccine doctor Jack Wolfson goes silent (CNN) He calls measles 'benign.' If you vaccinate your child, he calls you a bad mother. And he says our children "have the right" to get infections.
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Among the Subway's Millions of Riders, a Study Finds Many Mystery Microbes Have you ever been on the subway and seen something that you did not quite recognize, something mysteriously unidentifiable? Well, there is a good chance scientists do not know what it is either.
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Guinea Ebola infections double as hidden cases discovered CONAKRY (Reuters) - The number of people sick with Ebola fever has doubled in Guinea in the past week following the discovery of cases previously unknown to health authorities, a Guinea health official said on Friday.
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Margaret Hamburg, FDA Commissioner, Stepping Down Dr. Margaret Hamburg, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, who led the agency for nearly six years through a period of rapid change in medical science, announced Thursday that she is stepping down.
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Medical Mystery: Woman Becomes Obese After Fecal Transplant A woman became obese after a fecal transplant -- hinting at the complexity of how obesity works in the body, experts say. The unnamed woman weighed 136 pounds -- but gained 34 pounds over the next 16 months -- going from a healthy body mass index to ...
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Breath of Fresh Air: Medicare to Cover Lung Cancer Screening Medicare said Thursday it will pay for lung cancer screening for people at the highest risk - a decision advocates say will save tens of thousands of lives.
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Flu vaccine 'barely effective' against main viral strain This year's seasonal flu vaccine is barely able to protect people from the main strain of flu being spread in the UK, health officials say.
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Small Rise in New Cases Shows Ebola Hanging On Officials from the United Nations and the World Health Organization expressed concern on Thursday over data showing the first weekly rise in new Ebola cases this year, countering the downward trend in the disease that has ravaged three West African ...
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A sudden slight increase in Ebola after weeks of decline The volatility of the Ebola epidemic that has raged across West Africa the past year was evident this week when an encouraging downward trend in infection rates suddenly reversed itself.
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Obama's Not-So-Daring Precision Medicine Plan 2015-02-05-09_sotu_2015.jpg Caption: President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber at the U.S.
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Measles cluster reported in infants at Illinois day-care center A measles outbreak has been reported in Illinois, centering on a group of infants who attended a day-care center in a suburb of Chicago.
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Why you should, and shouldn't, worry about measles This thin-section transmission electron micrograph (TEM) reveals a single virus particle, or virion, of measles virus. (CDC.gov). Measles has become relatively rare in the United States, thanks to very effective vaccine.
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The Problem with Precision Medicine The excitement surrounding personalized, genetics-based medicine has so far outpaced the science. Credit Photograph by Dilip Vishwanat/The New York Times/Redux.
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The biggest cause of stress in America today Money continues to be the leading cause of stress for Americans, a new survey finds. Overall, stress in the United States is at a seven-year low, and average stress levels are declining, the American Psychological Association poll found.
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Wisconsin patient in isolation after testing negative for Ebola (Reuters) - A preliminary test for the Ebola virus has come back negative for a patient who remains in isolation and doing well on Thursday at a Wisconsin hospital, health officials said.
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Dangerous pathogens and mystery microbes ride the subway New York City's subway system has never been known for its cleanliness, but even the most jaded city dweller may be shocked and disgusted to learn just what types of microorganisms are lurking on the average subway pole.
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Measles: Vaccine made it rare in US but outbreaks still sparked by travelers NEW YORK - Measles has become relatively rare in the United States, thanks to very effective vaccine. A recent outbreak tied to Disneyland has shown that even among some doctors, knowledge of the once-common illness is spotty.
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Five infants in Chicago area diagnosed with measles Five infants in the Chicago area have been diagnosed with measles, a situation that highlights the dangers posed by the current measles outbreak, public health officials said Thursday.
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The Largest Measles Outbreak In Recent US History Wasn't At Disneyland LOS ANGELES (AP) - The largest U.S. measles outbreak in recent history isn't the one that started in December at Disneyland. It happened months earlier in Ohio's Amish country, where 383 people fell ill after unvaccinated Amish missionaries traveled to ...
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Autism Speaks Urges Parents to Vaccinate Children A well-known autism advocacy group, Autism Speaks, is urging parents to vaccinate their children amid a measles outbreak that has already reached 14 states and infected 102 people last month.
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Measles cluster at daycare center the latest cause for concern Public health officials investigating the recent measles outbreak are trying to determine whether a New Jersey one-year-old has the disease.
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More Texas parents deciding not to vaccinate their school-age children More and more Texas parents are deciding to forgo vaccinations for their children by filing "conscientious exemptions" with their public and private schools.
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Flu vaccine: health officials knew of dangerous new strain last March Public health officials knew in March last year that a dangerous strain of influenza was circulating which the flu vaccine would not target, but did not halt production, it has emerged.
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FDA Boss Hamburg Said to be Stepping Down savesaved; ">. author name. by Joyce Frieden News Editor, MedPage Today. WASHINGTON -- FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg, MD, will be stepping down, news outlets are reporting.
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5 infants at Illinois day care diagnosed with measles Five infants who attend a suburban Chicago day care center have been diagnosed with measles and about 10 more children, including some also too young for vaccinations, could have been exposed to the disease, health officials said Thursday.
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Kids at Palatine day care center diagnosed with measles Five children at a KinderCare Learning Center in northwest suburban Palatine have been diagnosed with measles, Illinois and Cook County health officials announced Thursday.
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FDA commissioner set to step down NEW YORK - Dr. Margaret Hamburg, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration who led the agency for nearly six years through a period of rapid change in medical science, said Thursday that she was stepping down.
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Roost: Opening the portals to the measles virus If there's one good thing that's come out of the recent measles outbreak, it's that Republicans and Democrats finally agree on something: President Obama told thnational audience on Super Bowl Sunday, "get your kids vaccinated.
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Breast cancer: two new genetic risk factors uncovered Collaboration between dozens of worldwide cancer research institutes has added to the ever-improving understanding of breast cancer genetics and personal profiling of the disease by unearthing two new genetic variants associated with a higher risk for the ...
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Why People Are Wearing Red Today No, you're not wearing rose-colored glasses. People are wearing a lot of red today, and they're posting #GoRedForWomen selfies.
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Lawmakers want tougher vaccine exemptions amid measles outbreak SEATTLE/PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Several U.S. states are considering laws to make it harder for parents to legally opt out of vaccinating their children, as health officials fight a measles outbreak that has sickened some 120 people in more than a dozen ...
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Is It Too Late to Get a Measles Vaccination? The current measles outbreak in the United States has highlighted the dangers of skipped vaccinations, and some people may be wondering whether it's too late to get vaccinated now.
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Secret burials thwarting efforts to stamp out Ebola: UN GENEVA (Reuters) - Efforts to stamp out West Africa's Ebola epidemic are being thwarted by villagers touching and washing the infectious bodies of dead victims at secret burials and difficulty in tracing those exposed to the virus, U.N.
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Woman becomes obese after fecal transplantation from overweight donor A new case report published in the journal Open Forum Infectious Diseases reveals that a woman who was treated for a recurrent Clostridium difficile infection with the gut bacteria of an overweight donor quickly and unexpectedly gained weight herself ...
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Poll: Should measles vaccine be mandatory for children? Now that New Jersey may be joining the other states across the country with cases of measles, it's appropriate to ask: Should the state make the measles vaccine mandatory?
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Flu Vaccine Doesn't Work in Europe, Either The flu vaccine, which hasn't worked well to protect Americans against influenza, isn't helping in Europe, either. The same mutated version of flu is circulating in Britain and other European countries this winter, and it's only protected about 3 percent of those ...
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Stress levels are down, but money worries continue to trouble Americans A new report from the American Psychological Association finds that money remains the biggest stressor in Americans' lives, despite an ostensibly healing economy.
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48% of DNA on NYC subways matches no known organism, study finds What exactly is on the New York City subways besides crowds of people? Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College released a study yesterday that found some surprising facts.
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Toronto Public Health confirms 5th case of measles Toronto Public Health has confirmed it is now investigating five confirmed cases of measles involving two children under the age of two, and three adults from different families.
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Smartphone dongle detects HIV in 15 mins WASHINGTON: Researchers have developed a low-cost smartphone dongle that can simultaneously detect HIV and syphilis from a finger prick of blood in just 15 minutes.
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A Doctor's Take: Why Measles Vaccination Must Be Mandatory My father's sister Mary died from measles when she was 6 years old. Her death haunted my grandparents for the rest of their lives.
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Now there's a way to diagnose HIV with a smartphone Researchers at Columbia University have developed a gadget that can test for syphilis and HIV via a smartphone or tablet. Here's how it works: The "dongle" device takes a prick of blood and tests it to see whether there are a higher-than-normal number of the ...
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Scientists can't explain almost 50 percent of the DNA found on NYC subways Dr. Christopher Mason, lead author of the study, told The New York Times that subway riders should be impressed with the transit system's variety of life.
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Measles Outbreak, Measles Vaccine: Top Questions Answered The U.S. measles outbreak now includes at least 102 infected people in 14 states. Most of the cases have been tied to Disneyland in Southern California.
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Head of FDA stepping down, chief scientist to take over Dr. Stephen Ostroff, FDA chief scientist, will serve as acting commissioner when Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg resigns in March.
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Are ongoing concerns about vaccine safety to blame for the measles epidemic? In 2000, measles was declared eliminated in the US. But last year saw a record number of measles cases since - 644 over 27 US states.
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Big Data and Bacteria: Mapping the New York Subway's DNA Aboard a No. 6 local train in Manhattan, Weill Cornell researcher Christopher Mason patiently rubbed a nylon swab back and forth along a metal handrail, collecting DNA in an effort to identify the bacteria in the New York City subway.
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Measles cases at day care in Chicago CHICAGO - Five infants who attend a suburban Chicago day-care center have been diagnosed with measles and about 10 more children, including some also too young for vaccinations, could have been exposed to the disease, health officials said yesterday ...
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It's Final: CMS to Cover Lung Cancer Screening Medicare will pay for lung cancer screening with low-dose CT (LDCT) for eligible patients, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced yesterday.
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