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For one Zika patient, lingering symptoms and few answers Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen at the Laboratory of Entomology and Ecology of the Dengue Branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 6, 2016.
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As Zika Spreads In Asia, Study Shows Virus May Also Infect Adult Brain Cells As concerns rise over the spread of the Zika virus in Southeast Asia, a new study from the Rockefeller University, published in Cell Stem Cell, found that the virus can also affect adult brain cells in mice - suggesting the potential for Zika to hold ...
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Protection key as much about Zika virus is unknown The local authorities will be continuing mosquito-control operations such as fogging in the Zika clusters. Photo: The Straits Times.
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Malaysia bans school trips to S'pore, Philippines A worker fumigating a classroom in Kuala Lumpur last Sunday. On Sept 1, Malaysia reported its first Zika case - a woman who had visited Singapore.
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Researchers Study Drug-Resistant-Bacteria that Evolves in Just 12 Days to Overcome Powerful Antibiotics [VIDEO] A team of Harvard and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers are spearheading a new study they hope will help scientists better comprehend the puzzling patterns underlying antimicrobial resistance.
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Is Soccer Getting More Dangerous? More players and more time on the field is leading to an increase in emergency room visits. By Kimberly Leonard | Staff Writer Sept.
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Immunity May Protect People In Southeast Asia From Mosquito-Borne Zika Virus People living in Southeast Asia could probably be immune to Zika virus infection. Exposure to locally transmitted Zika virus strain for more than 50 years might give them the protection from the South American strain.
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Want to save yourself money? Do regular exercise We all know doing regular exercise is good for the body and mind, but a new study shows just how much it can help your wallet too.
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Want $2500? Then start exercising For people still struggling to make time for exercise, a new study offers a strong incentive: You'll save $2,500 a year. The savings, a result of reduced medical costs, don't require much effort to accrue - just 30 minutes of walking five days a week ...
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Singapore Zika virus cases hit 318, new breeding habitat found in Circuit Road area A worker uses an electronic microscope to observe mosquitoes at "Grupo Avance" (Advance Group) laboratory where biochemists are developing a possible Zika-repellent clothes detergent additive in Santiago, March 4, 2016.
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Walk at Southwind Park raises awareness about suicide About 14 months ago, Donna Hoff of Rochester lost her 26-year-old son, Justin, to suicide. On Saturday, she joined about 500 other people in the annual Out of the Darkness Walk in Southwind Park to help raise awareness about suicide and offer support ...
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Libraries becoming popular places for drug users to shoot up The same qualities that make libraries ideal for studying and reading - unfettered public access, quiet corners and nooks, minimal interaction with other people - also make them appealing places to shoot up heroin, librarians are finding.
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Verily and Sanofi just launched a new company to tackle diabetes care The company, which will be based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is tasked with finding ways to help people living with diabetes to help them better live with and treat the disease.
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Pills and Pens Bring Hope for Drug Companies in Diabetes Crunch Drugmakers facing a price war in the diabetes market are betting on new technologies to withstand the competition. Novo Nordisk A/S, the industry's biggest player, is investing in diabetes drugs that can be given as a pill rather than by injection ...
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Alphabet, Sanofi to Invest $500 Million in Diabetes Venture Google parent Alphabet Inc. and French drugmaker Sanofi plan to invest about $500 million in a joint venture to tackle diabetes amid forecasts for the number of people with the disease to surge.
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Nasal spray not recommended for flu vaccine this year Chris Gardner, Associated Press FILE- In this Oct. 4, 2005 file photo, a Danielle Holland reacts as she is given a FluMist influenza vaccination in St. Leonard, Md.
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'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli waits outside apartment, heckles Hillary Clinton after health scare Hillary Clinton emerges from her daughter Chelsea Clinton's apartment, a few hours after leaving a ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks early, in New York, Sept.
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Florida finds Zika in local mosquitoes, bromeliads blamed Carlos Varas, a Miami-Dade County mosquito control inspector, uses a Golden Eagle blower to spray pesticide to kill mosquitos. (Joe Raedle).
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Internet: Hillary Clinton Has Parkinson's Update: Just as I was readying this piece for publication, news broke that Hillary Clinton was rushed away from the 9/11 Memorial service in lower Manhattan due to a "medical condition.
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Elderly street vendor receives outpouring of support to help 'make life a little easier' CHICAGO - Supporters of an elderly man man who spends hours a day pushing a paleta (popsicle) cart through Chicago's Little Village neighborhood have donated over $115,000 as of Sunday afternoon so he can finally take a break from his work.
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Hillary Clinton has not been quick to share health information When it comes to personal health, Hillary Clinton has long opted for intense privacy, dating back to 1998 when she experienced what she later described as her "scariest moment" with a blood clot in her right leg.
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Former EPA Leader Apologizes for Saying New York Air Was Safe After 9/11 Christine Todd Whitman, who led the Environmental Protection Agency at the time of the 9/11 terror attacks, apologized in a new interview for previously saying the air around Ground Zero in New York was safe to breathe.
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US Officials Are Rushing To Develop A Zika Vaccine By 2017 The Rio Olympics have come and gone, but the spread of Zika virus internationally remains a threat for the United States. The CDC is actively monitoring two clusters of the virus in Florida.
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Strangers donate nearly $115K to elderly Little Village vendor There's no way of knowing how long it would've taken Fidencio Sanchez to sell 76,000 paletas, or Mexican ice pops, for $1.50 each from the paleteria he pushes around Little Village.
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'Fault In Our Stars' Couple Faces Tragic Ending: 'Thank You For Going On This Journey With Me' by Inside Edition. A young married couple, whose relationship has been compared to the novel and movie "The Fault In Our Stars, is fighting to be together as their love story comes to a tragic end.
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More Cases of Superbug Precursor Reported, But No Spread NEW YORK (AP) - A fourth U.S. person has been diagnosed with bacteria resistant to a last resort antibiotic, but researchers are expressing relief that so far these superbug precursors have not spread to others.
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Know Your Risk for Ovarian Cancer -- and the Symptoms FRIDAY, Sept. 9, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A major shift is needed in the prevention and treatment of ovarian cancer, according to a doctor who specializes in the disease.
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CDC: Girl is 4th known superbug case in US Health officials have detected a potentially deadly superbug in a fourth US patient, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today.
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Real-Life Fault In Our Stars Couple Is Fighting To Stay Together This real-life Fault In Our Stars couple is fighting to keep their love alive in their final days together after a diagnosis turned them into star-crossed lovers.
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Sorry kids: Docs urge flu shots, not nasal spray, this year WASHINGTON - Kids may get more of a sting from flu vaccination this fall: Doctors are gearing up to give shots only, because U.S. health officials say the easy-to-use nasal spray version of the vaccine isn't working as well as a jab.
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Senator Fischer Frustrated with Inaction in Congress Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer says she is frustrated Congress continues to wait until the end of the fiscal year to produce a spending bill.
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Minot man continue recovering after battling West Nile Virus Three years after contracting West Nile Virus, Wayne Bethke of Minot takes satisfaction in being able to once again engage in everyday activities, such as combing his hair or turning a newspaper or magazine page.
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Dr. Bob Sears Could Lose License For Medical Negligence -- Not Vaccine Choice Some of the biggest news in the medical and vaccine worlds right now is that southern California pediatrician Bob Sears is at risk of losing his medical license for exempting a toddler from all vaccines for the rest of his childhood without adequately ...
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Bedridden Navy Veteran Fulfills Final Wish to Go Fishing With Help of VA Hospice Staff iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) - A 69-year-old U.S. Navy veteran from Georgia has passed away peacefully after recently fulfilling his wish to go fishing one last time.
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Walk to End Alzheimer's The annual Purchase Area Walk to End Alzheimer's® will be held in the Carson Center in Paducah on October 1 Registration starts at 9AM, and the Walk begins at 10AM.
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Walk to End Alzheimer's brings out more than 300 people Saturday More than 300 people turned out Saturday morning for the Walk to End Alzheimer's at the Missouri State Fair Highway Gardens. Walk Committee member Linda Fisher said there were 21 teams this year with several Champion Club members who raised $500 ...
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Whitman admits she was wrong to call Ground Zero air safe after 9/11 attacks, report says Former Environmental Protection Agency chief and ex-governor Christine Todd Whitman apologized over her claim that the air around Ground Zero was safe in the days after the Sept.
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Families celebrate Childhood Cancer Awareness Month CORPUS CHRISTI (KIII-NEWS) - Fun, food and games were enjoyed by oncology patients from Driscoll Children's Hospital over at Bowlero near Saratoga and Ayers street...as they celebrated child cancer awareness month. draft. Corpus Christi Mayor Nelda ...
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Childhood cancer survivors living longer, cancer-free Looking at 60 years of data on nearly 35,000 childhood cancer survivors, researchers found decreasing mortality rates overall, and fewer deaths from cancer itself or from after-effects of cancer treatment.
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Distemper outbreak: 52 dogs euthanized at Franklin County Dog Shelter The Franklin County Dog Shelter euthanized 52 dogs over the weekend in hopes of curbing an outbreak of a deadly disease announced there Friday.
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Former EPA chief Whitman at center of 9/11 air safety controversy says 'I'm sorry' A day before the 15-year anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York, Christine Todd Whitman, then head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has finally admitted that she may have been wrong about the safety of the air in ...
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9/11 health crisis: death toll from illness nears number killed on day of attacks Twisted beams and other remains from the attacks at the World Trade Center sit in JFK airport in 2011. Photograph: Richard Drew/AP.
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Whitman: 'Sorry' about WTC sickness following 9/11 TRENTON - Former New Jersey governor Christie Whitman apologized for declaring the air around Ground Zero safe just days after the terror attacks on Sept.
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Brain tumor survivors raise awareness for Childhood Cancer Awareness month RIDGELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - A group of young brain tumor survivors kicked off Childhood Cancer Awareness month in Ridgeland. They are getting ready for the Mississippi Ride for Kids which will happen in October.
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Legionnaires' disease investigation underway HOPKINS—The Minnesota Department of Health is working with Hennepin County Public Health officials to investigate a cluster of five confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease in people who live or work in Hopkins.
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