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Guinea-Bissau Zika detections prompt probe of virus strain The detection of three Zika virus infections in Guinea-Bissau in Africa has sparked an investigation to see if they involve the strain implicated in the outbreak centered in the Americas, and Spain became the latest country to report a sexually ...
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Sanofi Teams Up With US Army on Zika Vaccine Sanofi SA SNY -1.03 % has formed a partnership with the U.S. Army to expand research and development of an experimental Zika vaccine that has shown promise in early laboratory studies and is among a few candidates expected to be tested on humans in ...
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France's Sanofi signs Zika vaccine research deal with Pentagon PARIS French drugmaker Sanofi said on Wednesday it had struck a research and development agreement with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) in the United States to develop a Zika vaccine candidate.
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Brazilian Researchers Join With US in Hunt for Zika Vaccine SÃO PAULO—A leading Brazilian biomedical research center is teaming up with the U.S. and the World Health Organization in the latest effort to develop a vaccine for the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
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As threat of Zika virus increases, UGA and GeoVax Labs continue the pursuit of a vaccine Robert Horne, a resident of Hall County and a former manager of the Latin American division of Stauffer Chemical Company, a large pesticide company, said given the difficulties of developing vaccines and getting them approved by the USDA for human ...
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Mixing Pot and Tobacco Increases Dependence Risk: Study TUESDAY, July 5, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- People who mix marijuana with tobacco are at greater risk for dependency and less motivated to find support to quit these drugs, researchers report.
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U.S. plans to fund Zika virus study of U.S. Olympic team (Reuters) - The U.S. National Institutes of Health said it will fund a study to monitor U.S. athletes, coaches and members of the Olympic Committee staff for exposure to Zika virus while in Brazil, with the hope of gaining better understanding of how ...
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Access expanded for medication-assisted treatment of opioid use disorder (CNN) A new rule finalized Tuesday by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration increases the number of patients health care providers can treat with buprenorphine, Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia M. Burwell said.
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Calif. county finds its first case of Zika virus The first case of the Zika virus in Riverside County has been confirmed in a 50-year-old man who recently traveled to the Caribbean.
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Google teams with UK eye hospital on AI-based disease diagnosis Google's DeepMind AI business unit is hoping to teach computers to diagnose eye disease, using patient data from a U.K. hospital.
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DeepMind partners with NHS eye hospital to conduct AI research Google-owned DeepMind has expanded its collaboration with the UK's National Health Service (NHS), announcing a research partnership today with Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London - its second publicly confirmed foray into working ...
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Oakland County mosquito pool tests positive for West Nile Virus The first mosquito pool testing positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) has been found in a trap set in Oakland County. A mosquito pool is a group of the insects that are tested together.
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Arizona man paralyzed after getting West Nile virus from bug bite An Arizona father is partially paralyzed after contracting West Nile virus from a mosquito bite. "It was extremely terrifying - and it still is," Nick Cornelius told the Daily News.
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Arizona man struck with rare form of West Nile virus PHOENIX, Ariz. - An Arizona man is suffering from the West Nile virus after he was bitten by a mosquito in his garage. Nick Cornelius says just a few days later he felt sick with flu-like symptoms.
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Enjoy that pasta salad: Noodles linked to lower BMI (CNN) —A little bit of what's irresistible is good for you, Italian scientists have discovered. Enjoy that pasta salad: Noodles... Brain eating amoeba at unusually high... As fireworks laws are relaxed,... Butter not as bad as you thought,... World's ...
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Think these foods are "healthy"? Don't be so sure Loaded with oats, nuts, dried fruits and other grains, granola enjoys a reputation as a "healthy" food. Ads featuring rosy-cheeked hikers and yoga enthusiasts help enhance its good-for-you status.
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Enjoy that pasta salad: Noodles linked to lower BMI Their analysis of more than 23,000 people found that eating some pasta is associated with a lower body mass index. Those who enjoyed their noodles were less likely to be overweight and obese.
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Upending years of misconceptions, researchers have found that eating pasta can keep us lean One thing svelte Italians get asked a lot by foreigners is how they manage to live surrounded by such nice food without being overweight.
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13 Surprising Foods That Can Protect You From Sun & Skin Damage Apart from wearing sunscreen, limiting exposure, and wearing hats and sunglasses to protect your eyes and skin from the sun, it's also important to eat the right foods to gain an extra dose of UV radiation protection.
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Protect your Skin in Summers with These Expert Tips Sunscreens alone cannot do the trick in protecting your skin from sun damage. There are many foods out there that have the much needed antioxidants to protect your skin from harmful UV rays.
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Artificial pancreas that uses smartphone app and sensor may be diabetes game-changer A new project aims to help improve life for diabetes sufferers. Researchers at the University Hospital of Montpellier in France have created a potentially game-changing artificial pancreas - consisting of an insulin pump, smartphone app, and a sensor ...
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Pasta doesn't make you fat, say Italian scientists Contrary to popular belief, pasta consumption does not make you fat, according to research into a staple of the Mediterranean - and much of the Western - diet.
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What's The Deal With 'Natural' Sunscreen? Must shoppers probably don't have any idea what natural sunscreen is in the first place. ADVERTISEMENT. Ad. What's your number one priority when shopping for sunscreen?
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FDA Approves Insys Therapeutics' 2nd Cannabis-Based Drug On June 21, Todd Hagopian recommended Insys Therapeutics (INSY). Since then, the stock has gained nearly 20%. After a stock runs like this, many investors are tempted to sell.
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Why Insys Therapeutics, Endeavour Silver, and Himax Technologies Jumped Today The stock market didn't give investors the post-holiday celebration they had hoped for, as most major benchmarks fell around 0.5% to 1% on the day.
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The General Mills Flour Recall Just Got Worse. And For All The Wrong Reasons The timing of the expanded recall could be troubling. The CDC claims it discovered the new contamination "in late June".
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Toronto board of health approves supervised injection sites Brooklyn McNeil died of an overdose last month. She was the last person to speak when the issue of supervised injection services were previously before the board of health in March.
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Advice to WHO nations to consider mandatory low-nicotine cigarettes is premature, UB researcher says "Evidence of very small good effects on a few smokers should not be used to justify a disruptive and coercive cigarette prohibition.
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General Mills expands recall of flour possibly contaminated with E. coli strain General Mills has expanded its flour recall to include more lots of Gold Medal Flour, Signature Kitchens Flour and Gold Medal Wondra Flour.
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Schenectady County considers "Tobacco-21" Albany County voted last month and now with New York City, Chautauqua, Suffolk and Cortland counties, 53% of the state's population has raised the age to buy tobacco to 21.
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Marijuana Compounds Show Promise In Protecting Brain Cells From Alzheimer's Some potentially good news about cannabis compounds is wafting from the Salk Institute labs in San Diego. Researchers discovered that the main psychoactive compound in marijuana—tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)—and a few other active compounds ...
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Is Cannabis Part of an Alzheimer's Cure? Scientists at the Salk Institute labs in San Diego have published preliminary evidence that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and other compounds found in cannabis can remove amyloid beta, the toxic protein most commonly associated with Alzheimer's disease.
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Scientists found a surprising relationship between people who ate more pasta and their health If you're trying to make your diet healthier, you're likely not going to reach for the pasta, as difficult as it may be to resist.
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State issues rabies warning after animal bites pair at Walmart WESTERLY, R.I. - State health officials are warning the public of possible exposure to rabies after an animal bit several customers at a Walmart store in Westerly.
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Vagus nerve stimulation may help reduce rheumatoid arthritis symptoms The treatment method may also be useful for other inflammatory diseases such as Crohn's and Parkinson's. By Stephen Feller | July 5, 2016 at 10:27 AM.
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Nursing home sanctioned in patient death SOUTH YARMOUTH - State officials are maintaining a freeze on admissions at a South Yarmouth nursing home as a federal investigator's report reveals details about the collapse in physical therapy of a patient who later died.
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Amb. Sulunteh Dubbed 'Ebola Diplomat' Liberia's Ambassador to the United States, Mexico and Canada, Mr. Jeremiah C. Sulunteh, has been praised for his leadership role in calling on the international community and mobilizing needed items to combat the deadly Ebola virus disease (EVD) from ...
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An artificial pancreas could hit the shelves by 2018 Dr. Hood Thabit and Dr. Roman Hovorka say an artificial pancreas could be in the market by 2018. The researchers from the Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology at the University of Cambridge authored a paper where they claim a closed-loop system ...
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In a Heartbeat: What happened to FluMist? A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee recently recommended that FluMist, the nasal spray influenza vaccine, should not be used during the upcoming flu season.
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Officials: 'Stigma' leaves many reluctant to seek Narcan NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - It's been 10 months since pharmacist Edmund Funaro Jr. completed a training program to be able to prescribe the opiate overdose reversal medication naloxone, and yet he has not written one prescription for the drug.
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Study shows vagus nerve stimulation significantly reduces rheumatoid arthritis symptoms Clinical trial data published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) demonstrates stimulating the vagus nerve with an implantable bioelectronic device significantly improved measures of disease activity in patients with ...
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