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Olympic movement shows support for Rio 2016 "The Olympic movement will show solidarity with the Brazilians in order to achieve a balanced budget, which will then serve as a solid foundation for the next six months to have finally successful and excellent Olympic Games in Brazil," said Thomas ...
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In Australia, a New Tactic in Battle Against Zika Virus: Mosquito Breeding SYDNEY, Australia - Early next week, Michelle Littman plans to take a small cardboard noodle box, with some twine for a handle, into an overgrown part of her tropical suburban garden and do something rather counterintuitive - breed mosquitoes.
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CDC issues new safe-sex guidelines around Zika virus (CNN) Men exposed to the Zika virus and who have a pregnant partner should use a condom or abstain from sex until the baby is born, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised Friday in guidelines aimed at preventing sexual transmission of ...
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In Brazil, pregnant women urged to be cautious with a kiss A couple kisses during the "Carmelitas" block party, during Carnival celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016.
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In Brazil, pregnant women urged to be cautious with a kiss RIO DE JANEIRO - In a sign of mounting global concern over the Zika virus, health officials on Friday warned pregnant women to think twice about the lips they kiss and called on men to use condoms with pregnant partners if they have visited countries ...
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Brazil considers reforming biosecurity law amid criticism RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian officials will soon decide whether to amend the South American nation's rigid procedures for sharing Zika samples, the Cabinet chief's spokeswoman said Friday, as officials announced that they were sending a set of samples ...
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In Brazil, pregnant women urged to be cautious with a kiss In a sign of mounting global concern over the Zika virus, health officials on Friday warned pregnant women to think twice about the lips they kiss and called on men to use condoms with pregnant partners if they have visited countries where the virus is ...
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Lehigh Valley leads state in flu Tim Messerli of Allentown gets his flu shot from Lori Wittner of Lehigh Valley Health Network. Lehigh Valley Health Network administered free flu vaccines at Dorney Park on Saturday, November 7, 2015.
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Global Zika update: Incidence, microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome The World Health Organization (WHO) released their Zika Situation Report Friday, which is chock full of interesting information, ranging from the incidence of Zika virus to microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) data.
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Meet The Woman Fighting For Abortion Rights During Brazil's Zika Crisis The Brazilian government was negligent and now poor women are paying the price, says Debora Diniz. 02/04/2016 04:33 pm ET. Grasielle Castro HuffPost Brazil.
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WHO: Local Zika cases in 33 nations as GBS numbers climb And the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published a Zika virus epidemiologic update that noted imported cases to France and New Zealand involving neurologic complications.
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Honduran cardinal and top papal adviser warns against abortion for Zika fetuses Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras, a top adviser to Pope Francis, has denounced the idea of "therapeutic abortions" - which are carried out because of fetal abnormalities - as a response to birth defects caused by the mosquito-borne Zika ...
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Growing Support Among Experts for Zika Advice to Delay Pregnancy Health officials in several countries stricken by the Zika virus have given their female citizens an unprecedented warning: "Don't get pregnant.
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Time for a global initiative to eradicate mosquitoes The Zika virus, spreading like wildfire through the Americas and linked to a head-shrinking birth defect called microcephaly, is just the latest in a long list of mosquito-transmitted diseases that make the insects the world's most dangerous animal.
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Why can't we just kill all mosquitoes? (CNN) The mosquito was never going to win any popularity contests, but as the "deadliest animal in the world" spreads the Zika virus, it's become the target of tough talk and powerful pesticides.
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Family warns others after 'hair tourniquet' scare on baby's toe A single strand of hair almost cost one Wichita baby one of her toes. Now, her parents are warning others about what's called a "hair tourniquet".
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Upholding women's human rights essential to Zika response – UN rights chief A female Aedes Aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from her human host. Photo: CDC/James Gathany. Print. 5 February 2016 - Upholding women's human rights is essential if the response to the Zika health emergency is to be effective ...
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CDC Defends Advice to Women on Drinking and Pregnancy The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defended a recommendation that sexually active women refrain from drinking alcohol if they are not using birth control after it spurred a strong backlash, with many women saying they considered the ...
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Study: BMI misreads millions' health Calling the assistant city attorneys' actions "disingenuous" and lacking candor, Judge Glenn Yamahiro ruled their appeal of the dismissal of the ticket issued to Roufusport promoter Scott Joffe was frivolous.
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High Rate of Problem Drinking Reported Among Lawyers Lawyers struggle with substance abuse, particularly drinking, and with depression and anxiety more commonly than some other professionals, according to a new study conducted by the American Bar Association together with the Hazelden Betty Ford ...
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The Latest: US, Colombia to team up on Zika research In this Feb. 1, 2016 photo, a technician from the British biotec company Oxitec, inspects the pupae of genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, a vector for transmitting the Zika virus, in Campinas, Brazil.
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Whooping Cough Booster Wears Off in Teens A booster vaccine aimed at protecting teens against whooping cough may wear off over time, a new study suggests. In the study, researchers looked at about 1,200 cases of whooping cough (also called pertussis) that occurred among a population of about ...
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Report finds McDonalds salad to be unhealthier than a Double Big Mac On the other side of the Atlantic, a new report from CBCNews has revealed McDonald's kale Caesar salad is actually more unhealthy than a Double Big Mac.
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Diet Detective: Favorite game-day foods and what it takes to work them off Sunday is the holy day for sports foodies and second only to Thanksgiving for eating calorie-laden foods. To give you some perspective, here are a few favorite game day foods and what it takes to burn them off.
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Why ads don't say Super Bowl snacks, Super Bowl TVs, Super Bowl beer Am I the only person who didn't know when you put the words super and bowl together, in that order, and capitalize the S and B, it's a rabidly protected trademark of the NFL?
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McDonald's kale salad packs more calories, fat and salt than a Big Mac What the kale? One of McDonald's new salads tossed with the leafy green superfood has more calories, fat and salt than a Big Mac.
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Woody Harrelson Applies for Hawaii Marijuana Dispensary Vice's Shane Smith Asks, "You Think I Could Hoodwink Bob Iger, Jeff Bewkes and Rupert Murdoch?" Michael Wolff on Digital Media's Favorite Analyst: Often Quoted ... and Often Wrong · #OscarsSoWhite: Why Black Films Have to Be About MLK and White ...
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UN urges missing Sierra Leona people to come for Ebola testing United Nations officials in Sierra Leone on Thursday appealed to nearly 50 people wanted for Ebola testing to come forward, as the country seeks to stamp out a fresh outbreak of the virus.
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Scientists Find About 100 Bacteria In Beards And About 25 Percent Show Antibiotic Activity Microbiologists from the University College London discover bacterial strains in human beards that are capable of killing other known infections.
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Painful Symptoms Persist After Zika Virus Infection, Virginia Woman Says A Virginia woman recounted her painful ordeal with the Zika virus and said she still has some lingering symptoms related to the earlier infection.
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Facebook is removing business pages for medical marijuana dispensaries Selling marijuana for medical purposes is legal in 23 states, but Facebook apparently has a less permissive attitude towards the drug.
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FDA staff backs biosimilar to Remicade; J&J and AbbVie fall U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff members on Friday said Celltrion Inc's biosimilar form of Johnson & Johnson's Remicade arthritis drug appeared "highly similar" to the widely used branded product.
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Diet Detective's Super Bowl 50 Eating Extravaganza It's the holy day for sports foodies and second only to Thanksgiving for eating calorie-laden foods. In order to give you some perspective, what follows are a few of your favorite Super Bowl foods and what it takes to burn them off.
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Two Nebraska women infected with mosquito-borne Zika Virus LINCOLN, Neb. (DHHS Release) -- Two Nebraska women who recently traveled to Zika-affected countries have been infected with the virus.
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CDC Black Americans With HIV Still Less Likely to Get Ongoing Medical Care FRIDAY, Feb. 5, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- While HIV diagnoses dropped significantly over the past decade in the United States, blacks with HIV are less likely than whites or Hispanics to receive routine, ongoing care, according to the U.S.
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Despite Progress, Persistent Disparities Prolong HIV Epidemic Among African Americans African Americans living with HIV are less likely than white or Latino Americans to receive consistent, ongoing medical care, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report published today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ...
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Reality Star Angela 'Big Ang' Raiola Has Stage 4 Brain and Lung Cancer Angela 'Big Ang' Raiola attends Mob Wives "The Last Stand" Season 6 Viewing Party, Jan. 13, 2016, in Staten Island, New York.
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Some Utah lawmakers would like to ban smoking Victor R. Caivano | AP file photo An analysis of a bill to raise the smoking age in Utah from 19 to 21 says it would result in 4,150 fewer smokers but cost the state $2 million in tax revenue.
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New hospitals and health care providers join successful, cutting-edge federal initiat... KENNETT SQUARE, Pa., Feb. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced 121 new participants - representing 49 states and the District of Columbia - in an innovative initiative - Medicare Accountable Care ...
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Miami residents taking Zika virus threat in stride MIAMI - Residents of this southern city are well aware that some people infected by the Zika virus have landed in Miami-Dade County.
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Facebook crackdown: N.J. medical marijuana dispensaries targeted Facebook's advertising policy bans promotion of selling drugs - as well as tobacco and guns - and New Jersey medical marijuana dispensary pages weren't spared even though they have been legally allowed to operate in the state since 2011.
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UPDATE 2-FDA rejects expanded use of Vertex cystic fibrosis drug ... * Amounts to deferral of about $300 mln in U.S. revenue - analyst. * Shares fall nearly 6 pct (Adds analyst comment, share move).
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FDA rejects Vertex's application for expanded use of drug US regulators dealt a blow to Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Friday, rebuffing the company's application to sell its first cystic fibrosis drug to a new subset of patients.
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CMS optimistic about reaching 30% value-based purchasing goal this year Healthcare providers should reach the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services' goal of having 30% of all Medicare payment be value-based by the end of this year, one CMS official shared Tuesday.
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Impending mosquito season worrisome with Zika virus Austin (KXAN) - Mosquito season is still months away, typically between May and November, but some Central Texans will start seeing flying insects in the next two weeks that look worrisome: they appear to be mosquitoes, with long, spindly legs.
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One-fifth of this occupation has a serious drinking problem America's lawyers have a serious drinking problem, according to a new report from the American Society of Addiction Medicine. More than 20 percent of licensed attorneys drink at levels that are considered "hazardous, harmful, and potentially ...
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Why isn't new meningitis vaccine universally recommended? SANTA CLARA -- Elizabeth Maulick thought her 19-year-old son, Gregory, was up-to-date with all his shots -- including meningitis -- before he started at Santa Clara University in September.
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Here's Why 'Go Red For Women Day' Is So Important PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Every minute a woman is killed by heart disease. Today is "Go Red for Women Day," designed to reverse the deadly trend and promote healthier lives for women of all ages.
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Narcan antidote could be available over-the-counter Overdose Lifeline Incorporated puts together heroin overdose kits to help save lives. (WISH Photo/Jeff Wagner). Narcan antidote could be available over-the-counter.
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Why One Medical Group Acquired Nutrition App Rise Primary care group One Medical has acquired a nutrition-coaching app called Rise, in a surprising but not entirely unprecedented move.
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