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Fresh scandal erupts over vaccine safety in China A scandal over faulty vaccines in China has sparked anger on social media, underscoring the difficulties regulators face in rebuilding trust after years of food and drug safety scares.
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Ebola infects woman's husband, sons, a year after she recovered: study Paris (AFP) - A woman who survived Ebola in July 2014 may have infected her husband and two sons more than a year later, said a study Tuesday, highlighting the need for "continued surveillance".
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For the First Time, a Female Ebola Survivor Infects Others For the first time, scientists have found evidence that a woman can harbor the Ebola virus for more than a year and then infect others.
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Bitter pill: China vaccine scandal sparks online fury, roils markets SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A vaccine scandal in China, which has prompted angry reactions from leaders and citizens fed up with safety scares in the country, is sending ripples across the local drug market and threatening Chinese ambitions to play a larger ...
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China police probe vaccine maker after scandal sparks fury SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A vaccine scandal in China, which has prompted angry reactions from citizens fed up with safety scares, is sending ripples across the local drug market and threatening Chinese ambitions to play a larger role in the global ...
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Climate change study ties warming temperatures to rising suicide risk Scientists have cautioned that soaring climate temperatures around the globe could put our physical health at risk, such as with the spread of certain infectious diseases or food shortages.
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Outrage in China over thousands of faulty vaccines for children (CNN) Hundreds of thousands of vaccines provided for Chinese children have been found to be faulty, inciting widespread fury and prompting the country's President, Xi Jinping, to describe the incident as "vile and shocking.
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Global warming risk: Rising temperatures from climate change linked to rise in suicides Rising temperatures linked to human-caused climate change could lead to increasing suicide rates in the U.S. and Mexico, a study suggested Monday.
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Mom says too many hot chips led to daughter's surgery MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A Memphis mother has a warning after she says her daughter's gallbladder was removed, and she believes it's all because of hot snacks.
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Pediatricians Group Urges Parents to Avoid These Chemicals A leading US medical organization representing more than 60,000 pediatricians recommends parents and children avoid certain chemicals used in food processing and called for the government to adjust its methods of deeming substances to be safe.
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Beware of smartphone radiation Cumulative RF-EMF brain exposure from mobile phone use over a year may have a negative effect on the development of figural memory performance in adolescents, says study.
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Half of Kansas identified as at 'high-risk' for West Nile virus This week, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) issued a high-risk warning for West Nile virus infections for parts of the state.
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AIDS Faces New Threat: Complacency A steady number of new infections, insufficient resources may offset gains made treating the disease, experts say. (Mujahid Safodien/AFP/Getty Images).
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Aggressive Fox Bites 3 People In Yorktown YORKTOWN, NY - A fox has attacked three people in Yorktown over the past weekend, the Westchester County Department of Health said, and the fox is still at large as of Monday.
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CDC says 90 salmonella cases in 26 states linked to raw turkey ATLANTA - Salmonella is the culprit in 90 illnesses linked to raw turkey products, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Department of Agriculture.
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Raw Turkey Linked To Salmonella Outbreak: Now There Is 12 For 2018 And now we are talking turkey. Raw turkey and live turkeys seem to be the source of yet another Salmonella outbreak in 2018. This time Salmonella Reading is the culprit.
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Research shows a promising new class of antibodies protects against HIV-1 infection A group of scientists at Texas Biomedical Research Institute have zeroed in on a new defense against HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS.
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Here's what you need to know about West Nile aerial spraying in Elk Grove, Pocket area In an effort to target and kill mosquito populations, aerial spraying will take place Monday and Tuesday nights in areas with intense West Nile Virus activity within the Sacramento region.
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For Scientists Racing to Cure Alzheimer's, the Math Is Getting Ugly The task facing Eli Lilly, the giant pharmaceutical company, sounds simple enough: Find 375 people with early Alzheimer's disease for a bold new clinical trial aiming to slow or stop memory loss.
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Mayor adds $600K annually to tackle ticks, Lyme disease STATEN ISLAND -- As the borough grapples with a rise in Lyme disease and ticks that carry the debilitating illness, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday at Blue Heron Park in Annadale that the city's plan to increase spending by $600,000 annually to ...
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Doctors don't always recognize 'financial toxicity' of cancer (Reuters Health) - U.S. doctors must realize that many cancer patients battle "financial toxicity" along with their disease, researchers say.
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Health board: 1 death among 11 Legionnaires' disease cases PARMA, Ohio (AP) - Officials with a health board in Ohio say 11 cases of Legionnaires' disease have been confirmed in a Cleveland suburb, with one death reported.
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Fox on the Loose After Attacking 3 People in Westchester: Health Officials The Westchester Health Department is warning residents to be on the lookout for a possibly rabid fox that's attacked at least three people over the weekend.
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Dying groundskeeper to testify in Roundup cancer trial A California groundskeeper dying of cancer is slated to testify Monday before jurors hearing evidence in his lawsuit blaming Monsanto weed killer Roundup for his terminal illness.
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Increased risk of West Nile Virus in parts of Kansas TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas health workers have issued a warning about the West Nile Virus throughout the state. A release from the department says northeast Kansas, including the Kansas City Metro, is at a moderate risk for West Nile infections.
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Treating Dementia with the Healing Waves of Sound Ultrasound waves applied to the whole brain improve cognitive dysfunction in mice with conditions simulating vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
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Médecins Sans Frontières urges ViiV to speed child access to key AIDS drug LONDON (Reuters) - International medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Monday accused specialist HIV drugmaker ViiV Healthcare of delaying access for children with the AIDS virus to a critical medicine called dolutegravir.
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Many Genes Play a Role in Educational Attainment, Enormous Genetic Study Finds In the largest genetics study ever published in a scientific journal, an international team of scientists on Monday identified more than a thousand variations in human genes that influence how long people stay in school.
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Vibrio Bacteria Death Shows Why You Should Beware Of Raw Oysters The world may be an oyster, but you may want to make sure that you cook it first. As the recent death of a 71-year-old man showed, there are real risks of eating raw oysters.
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Purdue Pharma Knew About Oxy Misuse Early On, Report Finds The report also alleges that in 1999 company officials learned of a call to a pharmacy describing "OxyContin as the hottest thing on the street—forget Vicodin.
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Medicare patients may lower drug costs by not using their insurance (Reuters Health) - Generic medicines for many common health problems like high blood pressure and diabetes may cost Medicare patients less when they pay cash instead of using their health insurance, a U.S.
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Doctors Interrupt Patients, Stop Listening After 11 Seconds On Average, Study Says Doctors only spend 11 seconds on average listening to patients before interrupting them, according to a new study. A team of scientists from the United States and Mexico studied clinical encounters between patients and physicians to test shared ...
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90 Percent of Smokers in Study Couldn't Quit After Vaping for One Year While federal regulators have not approved vaping as a smoking cessation aid, it is nonetheless marketed by some as a life-saving strategy for smokers trying to quit.
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Smoking rots young brains The adverse impact of nicotine on health is common knowledge. A 21-year study by the University of Indonesia's Social Security Research Center (PKJS-UI) made public in June only confirms it and reminds the government yet again to take radical action.
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New health calculator can help predict heart disease risk, estimate heart age A new online health calculator can help people determine their risk of heart disease, as well as their heart age, accounting for sociodemographic factors such as ethnicity, sense of belonging and education, as well as health status and lifestyle ...
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Genetics researchers eye wrinkles, hair loss reversal WASHINGTON -- A research team from the United States has identified a gene in mice that can reverse wrinkles and hair loss and could be applied to humans in the future, local media reported.
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Breakthrough Stanford wearable detects stress levels through sweat A team from Stanford University has developed the first wearable skin sensor that can measure a person's cortisol levels from their sweat.
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New drug for recurring malaria A new drug to treat malaria has been given the green light by authorities in the United States. The medicine is specifically for the recurring form of malaria - caused by the parasite plasmodium vivax - which makes 8.5 million people ill each year ...
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2000 to get free screening for hepatitis B and C in HCM City HCM CITY - A free screening for hepatitis B and C for nearly 2,000 people, half of them, disadvantaged, will be organised in HCM City on July 28.
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