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San Diego County declares emergency amid hepatitis outbreak SAN DIEGO - Officials in San Diego County have declared a public health emergency due to the spread of the liver disease hepatitis A. Infections have killed 15 people and hospitalized nearly 400 more, with the homeless population hit hardest since the ...
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San Diego Declares Health Emergency Amid Hepatitis A Outbreak A nurse loads a syringe with a vaccine against hepatitis at a free immunization clinic for students before the start of the school year, in Lynwood, California in 2013.
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'Ghost' lobster hauled from ocean off Maine An Aug. 24, 2017 photo provided by Alex Todd shows lobster with a a translucent shell, caught by Maine lobsterman Todd off the coast of Maine, next to a regular lobster.
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Harvey's floodwaters mix a foul brew of sewage, chemicals FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2017 file photo, Alejandra Castillo takes a break from carrying water-soaked items out of her family's home after flood waters receded in Houston.
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Medical Marijuana Physicians Cropping Up in Arkansas Dr. Tammy Post operates a concierge cash medical practice in Johnson and is now seeing patients seeking medical marijuana registry card certification.
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Deer urine lures used by hunters may soon be outlawed in New York In this Aug. 31, 2017 photo, deer urine products fill an aisle at a sporting goods store in Latham, N.Y.. (Mary Esch/AP). BY Reuven Blau.
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Hunters, government, industry at odds over deer urine ALBANY, N.Y. - Deer hunters who like to lure their quarry with a dab of eau de doe-in-rut will have to find another way to attract a trophy buck in New York if state wildlife biologists have their way.
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Fall Weather Headed Your Way? Time For Flu Shots The arrival of a new school year and cooler temperatures also means the arrival of flu vaccines in doctors' offices, pharmacies, clinics, work places, and school campuses.
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Down Under: Traces of Antidepressant Drugs Found in Niagara River Fish The Niagara River separating the United States and Canada. Researchers found 22 different drugs and their by-products in the bodies of fish in the river.
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Medical marijuana plants have started to grow in Maryland BALTIMORE - The first legal crop of marijuana has started to grow in Maryland. And industry officials say products should be available in medical marijuana dispensaries by 2018.
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Hunters, government, industry at odds over deer urine A pair of hunters hunt for deer on Penn State University farm land in State College, Pa., Dec. 8, 2008. New York wildlife managers tasked with curbing the spread of a fatal brain disease have proposed a ban on deer urine used by hunters to lure their ...
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What Australia's bad flu season means for Europe, North America (CNN) Australia is having a worse flu season than usual this year, with 93,711 laboratory-confirmed cases reported to its National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System as of August 18, government data show.
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Musician serenades surgeons with saxophone while undergoing surgery to remove brain tumour A team of physicians, scientists and a music professor came up with a novel way of ensuring a patient didn't lose his musical abilities during surgery to remove a brain tumour - having him play saxophone as doctors operated.
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Hurricane Harvey's Public-Health Nightmare Subscribe to The Atlantic's Politics & Policy Daily, a roundup of ideas and events in American politics. For the thousands of people traveled through Harvey's flood waters to Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center, safety was not yet at hand ...
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Does sleep deprivation cause ADHD? A new study says maybe Could lack of sleep be an underlying cause of ADHD? Maybe, a new study suggests. Researchers have found that many people with ADHD, or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, have problems with their biological clocks, causing them to fall asleep ...
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Beware! Binge Drinking May Effect Men More than Women, Says Study While you may have thought that women who binge drink are more susceptible to health hazards or that it affect everyone equally, it turns out that men may be the target.
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Contagious yawning: Resistance is futile It happened this past week -- a yawning gap in our knowledge filled at last. Humans do it ... chimps do it ... even educated dogs do it.
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West Nile Virus Update For Laguna Beach West Nile Virus has been confirmed across Orange County. 3 reported deaths from West Nile Virus in 2017 one of them, a Los Angeles resident.
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Musician serenades surgeons with saxophone while undergoing surgery to remove brain tumour When music teacher Dan Fabbio was diagnosed with a brain tumour, he was concerned about losing not only his livelihood but one of his greatest passions in life during the surgery to remove it.
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Tenth of men aged 50 'have heart age 10 years older' One-tenth of 50-year-old men have a heart age 10 years older than they are, heightening their risk of a fatal heart attack or stroke, a study suggests.
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Here's another reason to get a good night's rest. Sleep problems may cause ADHD According to new research, absence of a proper sleep schedule may lead to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults and children.
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Report Finds Mass. Among Fittest States In The Country A report published last week by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust for America's Health found Massachusetts is the third least obese state with an adult obesity rate of just under 24 percent.
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Shortage of organ donations led to 457 deaths last year, says NHS The figures have prompted the parents of Aoife O'Sullivan, who died waiting for a new heart, to call for a wider debate about organ donations.
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Think you are gluten intolerant? You probably aren't according to a new study Many people choosing to go gluten-free are just wasting their money on expensive health foods and could actually be doing themselves damage, according to a new review.
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Blood test for PTSD on horizon as scientists find genetic changes in traumatised soldiers Post traumatic stress disorder could soon be diagnosed with simple blood test after scientists found crucial genetic changes in soldiers suffering from trauma after serving in Afghanistan.
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Organ donors should let family know of intentions, says NHS More than 450 relatives of organ donors declined permission to donate as they were unsure of their relatives' wishes in 2016, figures have shown.
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Harvey's aftermath raises health risks for the region. Here's how to avoid them. As it moves away from Southeast Texas, Hurricane Harvey leaves a number of public health risks along its path of flood and destruction.
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Indian female assault patients 40 times more susceptible to death than their US counterparts: Study A new study in a top US medical journal has raised the alarm that "while both males and females in India had higher odds of mortality than their US counterparts, Indian female assault patients had a 40 times higher odds of death than US females ...
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Domestic violence ups death risk in Indian women, says study Indian men were more likely to die after sustaining any one of the three categories of injury than either Indian women or US men and women.
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Fear of swine flu epidemic grows as death toll is 'several times the official figure' Delhi is being swept by a deadly swine flu wave that has left hundreds ill and claimed dozens of lives. While the government has received reports of 2,177 cases, with five deaths over the past two months, Mail Today has been told by top hospitals in ...
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E-cigarette ban wipes out less harmful alternative for smokers: Experts E-cigarettes appear to be effective when used by smokers as an aid to quitting smoking. The hazard to health arising from long-term vapour inhalation from the e-cigarettes is unlikely to exceed five per cent of the harm from smoking tobacco.
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Program to be presented on vaccines A free continuing education program will be held Saturday for physicians, physician assistants, nurses and nurse practitioners about best practices and quality improvement measures regarding adolescent immunizations, with an emphasis on the HPV ...
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Kids and disasters: How to help them recover Hurricane Harvey's historic floods have killed at least 30 people. An estimated 32,000 more have been evacuated into shelters, and approximately 210,000 have registered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for assistance.
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Sleep promoting brain cells identified: Study A neuron that promotes sleep is identified now, Scientists have identified, an advance type of neuron that can help develop novel drugs to treat sleep disorders.
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Life returns to bird flu ground zero SAN LUIS, Pampanga— Townsfolk are trying to restore normalcy in this poultry-dominated town in the aftermath of the country's first outbreak of avian flu.
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