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'It will take off like a wildfire': The unique dangers of the Washington state measles outbreak Amber Gorrow is afraid to leave her house with her infant son because she lives at the epicenter of Washington state's biggest measles outbreak in more than two decades.
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Rat invasion discovered at historic Los Angeles City Hall amid city typhus outbreak LOS ANGELES - The first clue Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson had that rats were invading City Hall, possibly carrying a potentially deadly disease, was the pitter-patter of little feet.
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Washington Public Health Official Discusses Measles Outbreak In Pacific Northwest NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Alan Melnick, director of public health for Clark County, Wash., about the measles outbreak in the Pacific Northwest.
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'We are Going to Have More:' Measles Threat Grows Feb. 7, 2019 -- The continued spread of measles begs the questions: Where will it spread next? And when will it stop? Loading... Replay.
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Los Angeles City Hall is being overrun with rats Rats are running rampant outside - and inside - Los Angeles City Hall, and city officials are racing to get the infestation under control amid a "terrifying" typhus outbreak.
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Lawmakers, U of M Researchers Hope Live Tests Will Slow Spread of CWD February 07, 2019 10:48 PM. (ABC 6 News) -- As Minnesota works to slow the spread of chronic wasting disease in the state's deer population, researchers at the University of Minnesota think they've found a solution to a significant hurdle relating to ...
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Flu closes schools, puts hospitals on alert After Elizabethton City Schools closed Thursday and Friday due to illness, there have been concerns about whether other surrounding districts in Northeast Tennessee would follow suit.
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Can Beer Before Wine Really Minimize A Hangover? New Study Gets People Drunk To Find Out There is an age-old belief that if you are drinking alcohol, you should always drink beer before wine but never the other way round to avoid a more unpleasant hangover.
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Experts: Yes, chronic wasting disease in deer is a public health issue — for people There is growing concern in the scientific and public health community that chronic wasting disease, which is killing deer in Minnesota, Wisconsin and elsewhere, could jump to people someday.
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Father of 4-year-old Texas girl who died from flu offers warning to other parents Children's Hospital Los Angeles is reporting fewer flu cases than this time last year, but experts say that doesn't mean you should drop your guard.
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A rare cancer is linked to breast implants and it has killed at least 9 people, FDA warns A rare cancer linked to breast implants has killed at least nine patients since 2010, federal health officials warned Wednesday. Of the 660 reports of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) received in the past decade, 457 ...
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Beer before wine not fine, scientists find after vomit-filled tests Beer before wine, or wine before beer; whatever the order, you'll feel queer. That, at least, is the updated aphorism drinkers will have to embrace now scientists have proved that drink order has no effect on the magnitude of one's hangover.
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Tennessee mother carries dying baby to term to donate organs A Tennesee mother made the brave decision to carry a dying baby to term in order to donate her organs, a report said Thursday. While mother Krysta Davis, 23, was 18 weeks pregnant, doctors told her that her daughter, Rylei, would not live more than 30 ...
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This Study Disproves a Common Myth About Hangovers Hangovers are virtually unavoidable for the drinking public. But despite how common they are, scientists don't fully understand how to cure or prevent hangovers, or even what causes them.
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Schools Are Closing Amid Flu Outbreaks So many students and teachers are sick that entire districts in several states are forced to cancel classes. By Katelyn Newman, Staff Writer Feb. 7, 2019.
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Paleo, Atkins and keto are all low-carb diets, so what's the difference? Other than taking away all our carbs, are the Atkins, Paleo and keto diets basically the same thing? Short answer - no. Although each of these diets are low-carb, they all serve different purposes.
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HIV Isn't Just a Gay Issue, It's a 'Social Justice Issue' Writer and activist George M. Johnson instructs us, on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, on the role we all play in the search for a cure.
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Researchers fear 400 scientific studies used organs illegally harvested from Chinese prisoners A new study suggests hundreds of published scientific papers involving organ transplants in China violated ethical standards. International professional standards say studies involving organ transplants shouldn't be published if the organs came from ...
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Trump to ask for 'substantial new resources' to fight HIV President Trump is set to ask Congress for "substantial new resources" to end the spread of HIV in the U.S., one of his top health officials said Wednesday.
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A High-Tech Pill to End Drug Injections Here was the challenge for bioengineers: Find a way to for patients to take drugs - like insulin or monoclonal antibodies used to treat cancers and other diseases - without injections.
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Scientists' 'Craziest Experiment Possible' Actually Works On Mosquitoes Splat! A lucky strike and the telltale red splodge that your nightly tormentor has sucked its last blood vessel. Staring at the mess on the wall, you might find it hard to believe that so small an insect can carry so much blood.
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Looking for maintaining healthy diet? Start your meal with high-calorie desserts It turns out consuming a high-calorie dessert at the beginning of your meal can actually make you opt for a healthier course. According to a recent study, if you are going to choose dessert first, then the high-calorie option might lead to a healthier ...
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The keto diet: An increasingly popular health controversy The keto diet was the number one searched diet on Google in 2018. Keto pancakes and keto cheesecake were the fourth- and fifth-ranked food search terms.
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Trump's plan to end America's HIV epidemic by 2030, explained (CNN) -- In Tuesday night's State of the Union address, President Donald Trump called for the elimination of HIV transmissions in the United States by 2030, raising hope and questions about putting an end to the epidemic.
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Diet Drugs Might Make Mosquitoes Stop Thirsting for Our Blood Losing weight is definitely tough. So tough, in fact, that scientists have tried to whip up drugs that trick us into feeling full and suppress our appetite.
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Organ donation rate grows 60-fold in 18 years in Iran Source: Tehran Times. TEHRAN - Organ donation rate has increased by 60 times over the past 18 years, though the growth is not considerable compared to the global scale, head of the transplantation and treatment of diseases department at the Ministry of ...
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Have a cough or runny nose? Hospitals ask you to stay away over flu concerns The Charlotte area's two largest hospital groups on Thursday announced restrictions on patient visits due to the flu outbreak across the Carolinas and other states.
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Flu Triggers Visitation Restrictions At Charlotte-Area Hospitals Hospitals throughout the Charlotte region are limiting visits for those 12 and younger due to growing flu cases throughout the state.
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How much toothpaste is just right? CDC most kids use too much or too little Getting children to brush their teeth feels like so much work. Having them actually put their toothbrush onto their teeth is a struggle and then they use great globs of toothpaste or no toothpaste at all.
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Measles outbreak declared in Metro Manila, Central Luzon MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Health (DOH) yesterday declared an outbreak of highly contagious measles in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Central Luzon.
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Hayden schools closed rest of week due to flu BLOUNT COUNTY, Ala. - All four schools in Hayden will be closed Thursday and Friday, due to the severity of flu illnesses in the area.
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Trump's AIDS turnaround greeted with skepticism by some advocates ... that would cost K in US Clinton: Trump's decision to suspend nuclear treaty with Russia 'a gift to Putin' MORE's State of the Union pledge to end the HIV epidemic within 10 years represents a significant turnaround for his administration, which has ...
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Measles Outbreak Erupts in Philippine Capital The number of measles cases in the Philippine capital region has surged 10 times at the start of the year after jumping more than 900 percent in 2018.
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Women's brains age slower than men's, study says What's in a number, when it comes to age? Adult female brains appear, on average, a few years younger than same-aged male brains, a new study finds.
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Scientists Come Closer To Finding Out What Consciousness Looks Like In The Brain Most of the time, it's easy to tell when someone is consciously aware. But there are many tragic cases when it's unclear whether a person who is unresponsive after a serious brain injury is truly no longer conscious.
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Women's Brains Stay Younger Longer, New Research Shows Women seem to have a cognitive edge over men—at least when it comes to the brain's relative youthfulness. New research suggests that women's brains stay energized well into old age, making their brains appear about three years younger than men's of ...
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Nearly Half of US Adults Have CVD — Mostly Hypertension Nearly half of all adults in the United States in 2016 - 48% or 121.5 million - have some form of cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to the annual statistical update on heart disease and stroke from the American Heart Association (AHA).
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Why Parents Shouldn't Worry about Too Much Screen Time An article published by Time Magazine late last month titled "Too Much Screen Time Can Have Lasting Consequences for Young Children's Brains," has ignited a new debate in the parenting world.
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Gastric bypass surgery causes type 2 diabetes to go into remission in most patients A new study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) has found that three quarters of individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who were treated with obesity surgery known as Roux-en-Y gastric ...
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Global suicide rates down since 1990, study finds The total number of global deaths from suicide increased annually from 762,000 to 817,000 between the years 1990 and 2016, a new study finds.
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