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Trump fires all members of HIV/AIDS council without explanation President Trump has fired all members of the President's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key).
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Trump Suddenly and Summarily Fires the Remaining Members of His HIV/AIDS Advisory Council 'We were trying to play nice with those people. We were trying to use our inside voices. But now we have to go outside and scream and holler.
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Trump administration fires all members of HIV/AIDS advisory council The remaining members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS were fired en masse this week. Months after a half-dozen members resigned in protest of the Trump administration's position on health policies, the White House dismissed the rest ...
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Trump terminates HIV/AIDS advisory panel members as he seeks replacements The Trump administration has terminated the remaining 10 members of the president's advisory council on HIV/AIDS as it prepares to appoint new members.
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Universal vaccine could end annual flu shots and eventually work for other viruses, too Flu cases are on the rise across the U.S. as the season gets underway, but vaccinations for the bug aren't always popular. Last flu season, the CDC says just 41.7 percent of American adults got a flu shot.
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States with high levels of doctor visits due to flu-like symptoms doubled: CDC A new report released by the CDC today is showing that flu season is getting worse and fast. Interested in Flu Season? Add Flu Season as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Flu Season news, video, and analysis from ABC News.
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Flu widespread in 36 states, CDC reports Outbreaks of influenza are getting an early start this year in part because of cold weather gripping much of the USA and low efficacy associated with this year's flu vaccine.
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Got the flu? Here's what leads to recovery Forty-nine states and Puerto Rico reported either regional or widespread flu activity during the week ending December 23, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's most recent surveillance report.
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Research Finds People Who Like Gin And Tonic Are 'More Likely To Be Psychopaths' If you enjoy bitter flavours, such as gin and tonic, then I'm sorry to tell you this, but you might be a psychopath. Psychologists from Innsbruck University in Austria, believe that those of us who like the bitter taste of tonic water, black coffee and ...
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Doctor accused of reusing anal catheters on dozens of patients Middlesex County surgeon has had his medical license temporarily suspended for allegedly reusing disposable one-use anal catheters on multiple patients, Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced in a ...
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Nude photos taken of ex-hospital worker during surgery, lawsuit claims WASHINGTON, Pa. -- A former worker at a Pennsylvania hospital is suing over claims that nude photos were taken of her while she was on the operating table.
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Scientists Discover an Entirely New Biological System That Regulates Body Fat New research has identified a mechanism in the body that appears to act as a kind of internal bathroom scale, registering body weight and telling the brain to reduce or increase food intake as necessary.
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Your Body's Built-In Weighing Scale May Help Combat Obesity The system, which regulates weight gain by calculating body weight and fat mass, could lead to a better understanding of the causes of obesity as well as new anti-obesity drugs.
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Twin State Residents Hit With E. Coli West Lebanon - A multistate outbreak of E. coli has infected one person in Vermont and two in New Hampshire. Federal and state officials are still investigating the source of the outbreak, which so far has infected 17 people in 13 states, including ...
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How to prevent and treat a New Year's Eve hangover For those who enjoy ringing in the new year with a few drinks, here is a breakdown of some simple ways you can start off the first day of 2018 without a debilitating hangover.
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E. coli outbreak hits twin states A multistate outbreak of E. coli has infected one person in Vermont and two in New Hampshire. Federal and state officials are still investigating the source of the outbreak, which has so far infected 17 people in 13 states, including one person in ...
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There's no magic cure for a New Year's hangover, but these tips may help Excess drinking on New Year's Eve can lead to a painful morning after, with no sure-fire cure available. But helpful strategies for treating a hangover do exist.
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How to Lose Weight? Pay Attention to Your Body's Internal 'Bathroom Scale' Our bodies may have their own internal mechanism that can monitor body weight. The mechanism, which works sort of like a bathroom scale, may even let us know when it's time to cut back on food, according to new research.
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Lack of sleep boosts levels of Alzheimer's proteins Have you resolved to take better care of yourself in the new year? Here's a relatively painless way to do it: Catch a few more zzz's every night.
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Is Video Game Addiction Unscientific Bullshit? The World Health Organization is on the verge of officially recognizing a phenomenon that researchers have been studying since the Super Nintendo era: video game addiction.
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WHO to recognize gaming disorder as mental health condition in 2018 In 2018, playing video games obsessively might lead to a diagnosis of a mental health disorder. In the beta draft of its forthcoming 11th International Classification of Diseases, the World Health Organization includes "gaming disorder" in its list of ...
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Illinois among states with "widespread" flu activity The flu season is here in Illinois. More and more people are getting sick, but the state of Illinois says there's still time to get a flu shot.
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Four risks healthcare executives should monitor in 2018 The healthcare industry saw big changes in 2017. While the debate over the ACA dominated the headlines, it was just the tip of the iceberg as consolidation continued at rapid speed, prescription practices came under scrutiny and the country embarked on ...
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Just one sleepless night increases Alzheimer's risk by letting harmful proteins clog the brain People who sleep poorly are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease because the proteins that, in part, cause it build up in the brain after just one sleepless night, a new study revealed.
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Testing for tainted marijuana challenges state regulators People don't just smoke marijuana. They vaporize it, bake it into brownies, use it in eye drops, and rub extracts of it onto their skin.
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New substance may help combat tuberculosis The researchers found that the substance can inhibit the biosynthesis of the mycomembrane and kills mycobacteria effectively. The scientists suspect that disrupting the mycomembrane enables antibiotics to enter the bacteria more easily.
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Is Marijuana Use While Pregnant Safe? Here's What We Know so Far A new study published in JAMA this week shows that more pregnant women are using marijuana than previously noted. According to the report, in the state of California, nearly a quarter of pregnant teenagers and about one in five pregnant women between ...
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Blueberry extract can enhance effectiveness of cervical cancer treatment According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 12,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year.
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Drunks in the UK explain the problem with socialized medicine As the BBC reports, the head of England's public health service, Simon Stevens, has announced that so-called "drunk tanks" might become permanent fixtures of British towns and cities.
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Researchers find new ally against Tuberculosis infections Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that usually affects the lungs. Compared with other diseases caused by a single infectious agent, tuberculosis is the second biggest killer, globally.
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Health Dept. OKs closing Memorial Hospital emergency department PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) - The R.I. Department of Health on Thursday approved Care New England's application to permanently close the emergency department at Memorial Hospital, a move that officials said functionally closes the hospital.
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EDITORIAL Drop in life expectancy underscores a public health crisis It's not widely remembered today, but successive waves of the so-called Asian flu between 1957 and 1962 killed thousands of Americans and led to a slight drop in life expectancy.
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Quitting Smoking? Colorado Can Help From Colorado Office of Communications: With new help from mobile technology, free medications and trained coaches, this could be the year you keep that New Year's resolution to quit smoking.
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We don't need government to remind us that smoking kills WASHINGTON - Preaching morality while practicing cupidity can be tricky, but various American governments have done it for years regarding smoking.
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Boys' brains wired to be callous, unemotional, finds study Findings show in typically-developing boys, volume of anterior insula is larger in those with higher levels of callous-unemotional traits.
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Baptist Health to conduct community blood drives The Baptist Health Madisonville Blood Bank will host a number of blood drives in upcoming weeks to help keep a healthy, fresh supply over the winter months.
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What Does Cold Weather Do To The Human Body? Low Temperatures Can Cause Skin Blistering and Slurred Speech Bitter cold weather is sending much of the country into below-freezing temperatures, with wind chills dropping temperatures well below zero in the northern and northeastern parts of the U.S.
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