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5-Year-Old Ebola Patient Dies In Uganda In 1st Confirmed Case Outside Congo Updated at 9:45 a.m. ET. A 5-year-old boy who was diagnosed with Ebola died Wednesday in Uganda, health officials say. The boy's younger brother and grandmother are also sick, in a worrying sign of the disease's spread beyond the large outbreak in the ...
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Two More Ebola Cases Diagnosed in Uganda as First Victim, 5, Dies Fears worsened on Wednesday that the year-old Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo could spread to neighboring countries, as a boy in Uganda died from the disease and two of his close relatives there were infected. The boy, 5, from a ...
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First Ebola Case Reported in Uganda, in Spillover From Congo A five-year-old Congolese girl who traveled with her family into Uganda has been diagnosed with Ebola, international health officials said Tuesday — the first confirmed case of the highly contagious disease outside the Democratic Republic of Congo since an ...
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Medical Cannabis No Solution to the Opioid Crisis Contrary to previous research and popular assumptions, legalization of, and broader access to, medical cannabis has not reduced opioid overdose death rates. A study at Stanford University in California showed no protective effect of medical cannabis. In fact ...
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Measles Outbreak in New York City Slows New York City health officials expressed optimism that the measles outbreak is slowing, while a bill in Albany seeking to repeal the religious exemption to New York's school-vaccination requirements appears to be moving forward. As of Monday, there were ...
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2 cases of tick-borne Powassan virus confirmed in northern New Jersey (CNN) As people head outdoors during the summer, their risk of becoming infected with tick-borne diseases rises. Two cases of a rare tick-borne disease were confirmed Saturday by the Sussex County Division of Health in northern New Jersey. Powassan ...
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More researchers report promising Alzheimer's vaccine results in mice Researchers at the University of New Mexico this week detailed progress developing a vaccine that could protect against Alzheimer's disease. According to a Monday release, scientists tested the vaccine on mice and found the animals were able to develop ...
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Ebola-ravaged Congo now hit with 87000 suspected measles cases, officials say A measles epidemic has been declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country struggling to contain the world's second-largest and second-deadliest Ebola outbreak. Interested in Measles? Add Measles as an interest to stay up to date on the ...
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Can Sleeping With The TV On Really Lead To Weight Gain? Do you regularly sleep with late night television show hosts? With late night television hosts on the television, that is. With late night television hosts appearing on the television while you are trying to sleep in your bed, that is. Well, if so, you may want to pay ...
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Congo officials chasing how boy with Ebola entered Uganda A 5-year-old boy vomiting blood has become the first cross-border case of Ebola in the current deadly outbreak. Now authorities are trying to determine how his family, exposed to the virus, managed to cross from Congo into neighboring Uganda.
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USPSTF Now Recommends Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends HIV screening in adults and children, and well as in pregnant women, and now recommends offering preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to those at high risk for infection. The updated guidance ...
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Uganda confirms first Ebola case during current outbreak, a Congolese child: WHO GENEVA/KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda has confirmed its first case of Ebola during the current outbreak, a 5-year-old Congolese child who is receiving care after arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on ...
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High Blood Pressure at Doctor's Could Signal Danger By Serena Gordon. HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, June 10, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- If you dread seeing the doctor and your blood pressure reading always seems to be high at the doctor's office, a new review says you should take those elevated readings ...
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Expert Panel Recommends Wider Use Of Daily Pill To Prevent HIV Infections The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has a new recommendation aimed at preventing HIV infections and AIDS. The influential panel's guidance says people at high risk of being infected with HIV should be offered preventive antiretroviral medications ...
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Still HIV negative but at risk of an infection? Take this pill, experts say (CNN) A simple pill taken every day, known as "pre-exposure prophylaxis" or PrEP, can help prevent an infection with HIV. Doctors should offer PrEP to people at high risk of acquiring HIV, according to a new US Preventive Services Task Force statement ...
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Five inmates at a New Jersey jail came down with the mumps. The entire facility is now quarantined (CNN) Officials at the Bergen County, New Jersey, jail are dealing with an outbreak of the mumps and have put the facility under quarantine, CNN affiliate WABC reports. Five inmates have been diagnosed with the mumps, though doctors are still waiting to ...
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Ebola Case Surfaces in Uganda Despite Efforts to Contain Congo Outbreak KAMPALA, Uganda—The deadly Ebola outbreak that has been raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo for more than 10 months has crossed into neighboring Uganda, where authorities on Tuesday said a 5-year-old boy tested positive for the ...
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Congo officials chasing how boy with Ebola entered Uganda BENI, Congo — A 5-year-old boy vomiting blood has become the first cross-border case of Ebola in the current deadly outbreak. Now authorities are trying to determine how his family, exposed to the virus, managed to cross from Congo into neighboring ...
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Mental illness affects a fifth of people living in war zones LONDON (Reuters) - One in five people in war zones has depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, with many suffering severe forms of these mental illnesses. FILE PHOTO: ...
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The Lancet: One in five people living in an area affected by conflict has a mental health condition New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) highlight need for increased, sustained investment in the development of mental health services in areas affected by conflict. One in five people (22%) living in an area affected by conflict has ...
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Expert Panel Backs PrEP for People at High HIV Risk By Dennis Thompson. HealthDay Reporter. TUESDAY, June 11, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A daily pill that can block transmission of HIV should be prescribed to people at high risk of infection with the AIDS-causing virus, according to a highly influential panel ...
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New Jersey jail placed on lockdown following suspected mumps outbreak A correctional facility in New Jersey has been placed on lockdown following five reported mumps cases among inmates. No additional inmates will be accepted at the Bergen County Jail, and none will be allowed to leave. "So far no staffers are showing any ...
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US death rates from suicides, alcohol and drug overdoses reach all-time high Rates of deaths from suicides, drug overdoses and alcohol have reached an all-time high in the United States, but some states have been hit far harder than others, according to a report released Wednesday by the Commonwealth Fund. The report examined ...
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UPDATE 2-Uganda confirms first Ebola case during current outbreak, a Congolese child - WHO (Updates with health minister, background, details). By Stephanie Nebehay and Elias Biryabarema. GENEVA/KAMPALA, June 11 (Reuters) - Uganda has confirmed its first case of Ebola during the current outbreak, a 5-year-old Congolese child who is ...
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An Alzheimer's vaccine? Scientists say they created one that has promise Scientists at the University of New Mexico say they have developed a new vaccine that protects against Alzheimer's disease in mice. But now those researchers are hoping to tackle a bigger question: Will the vaccine work in humans? "We've got to make sure ...
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USPSTF: Straight A's for HIV Prevention Meds Primary care clinicians should offer pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to patients at high risk of HIV infection, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) said. There is "high certainty" of "substantial" benefit in offering PrEP (oral tenofovir disoproxil ...
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US Expert Panel Supports HIV-Prevention Pill for People at High Risk By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). TUESDAY, June 11, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A daily pill that can block transmission of HIV should be prescribed to people at high risk of infection with the AIDS-causing virus, according to a highly ...
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Reuters Health News Summary Following is a summary of current health news briefs. Cholera surge stalks Yemen's hungry and displaced. In the last two weeks Dr Asmahan Ahmed has seen a surge in suspected cholera cases arriving at her health center in Abs, a small, Houthi-held town ...
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ICE jail in Bergen County in quarantine after mumps outbreak A New Jersey jail that holds immigrants facing deportation is in quarantine amid an outbreak of mumps, public defenders told the Daily News Tuesday. At least four units in Bergen County jail holding around 50 detainees each are under quarantine, Legal Aid ...
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Oral Novo Nordisk diabetes drug poses no more heart risk than placebo: study (Reuters) - An experimental oral form of a Novo Nordisk drug for type 2 diabetes posed no greater risk of serious heart problems or death than a placebo in patients at high risk for such complications, according to data from a large study presented on Tuesday.
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Daily HIV prevention pill urged for healthy people at high risk of infection Doctors should offer a daily HIV prevention pill to healthy people who are at high risk of getting infected with the virus, an influential healthcare panel recommended Tuesday. The new guidelines aim to help cut the nearly 40,000 new HIV infections in the U.S. ...
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Ebola: A public health response in crisis The Democratic Republic of the Congo is in the throes of its worst Ebola outbreak since the disease was first discovered there in 1976. It is the second-worst outbreak in history, behind the West Africa outbreak of 2014 that reached 10 countries including the ...
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Long-Term Immunity From Childhood Vaccines Linked to Genetic Variants NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – A team from the UK, Singapore, and the Netherlands has unearthed common variants at a few main loci — including the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) locus and a locus containing signal regulatory protein-coding genes — that ...
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Latina longevity is real, but it can bring health, financial challenges LOS ANGELES — A half dozen students, most of them Latinas in their late 40s to their late 80s, gather in a Los Angeles park gym to warm up, stretch, swing their arms, march in place, kickbox, throw punches and side shuffle while intermittently stopping to ...
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Five cases of mumps reported in Bergen County Jail outbreak HACKENSACK — The Bergen County Jail has been quarantined after five cases of mumps were diagnosed among the inmate population. The cases were clinically diagnosed, but the tests had not been confirmed as of late Tuesday afternoon, a Bergen ...
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1 in 5 People Living in Conflict Areas Has a Mental Health Problem WEDNESDAY, June 12, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- About 22% of people who live in conflict areas suffer from mental health problems, a new study review finds. Common problems include depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder or ...
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| Progress Toward Polio Eradication — Worldwide, January 2017–March 2019 Since the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) began in 1988, transmission of wild poliovirus (WPV) has been interrupted in all countries except Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan. WPV type 2 (WPV2) was declared eradicated in 2015; WPV type 3 has ...
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How can governments fight antimicrobial resistance with policy? Governments have a wide variety of policy options at their disposal to respond to the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance, but many of these approaches have not been rigorously evaluated, according to a new study published this week in PLOS ...
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Defiant Brooklyn yeshiva closed by city health officials amid measles outbreak Months into a measles epidemic, city health officials said they were forced on Tuesday to shut down a Brooklyn yeshiva for failing to comply with emergency measures to curb the ongoing outbreak. The number of cases citywide hit 588, according to the Health ...
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Red blood cell donor pregnancy history not tied to mortality after transfusion A new study has found that the sex or pregnancy history of red blood cell donors does not influence the risk of death among patients who receive their blood. The study adds to a growing body of literature examining whether blood donor characteristics such ...
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Incidence of Early Onset Colon and Rectal Cancers Highest in Southern US States but Rising Fastest in Western US ... A population-based analysis of the incidence of early onset, invasive colon and rectal cancers during the periods covering 1995-1996 and 2014-2015 according to geographic location within the US and race/ethnicity showed that these diseases are ...
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Florida wildlife officer with Lyme disease opens up about living with tick-borne illness When it comes to living with Lyme disease, an officer with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) wasn't afraid to be candid about how the tick-borne illness — which he says he contracted while on the job — has affected him.
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One in five people have mental disorders in post-conflict settings Based on WHO data, researchers estimated that roughly one in five people in post-conflict settings had depression, anxiety disorder, PTSD, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. "Epidemiological studies in conflict settings typically present varying results, making ...
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Blood donated by previously pregnant women is safe, study finds Red blood cell donations from women who have been pregnant won't cause fatal reactions in patients who get the blood, a new study finds. Earlier studies have suggested that women who have been pregnant shouldn't give blood, because antibodies that ...
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High blood pressure at doctor's office may mean you're twice as likely to die of heart disease PHILADELPHIA — When a patient's blood pressure reads normal at home and high in a doctor's office, it's called "white coat hypertension" — and new research suggests that it is not a benign condition. Patients with this condition who do not take ...
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New Cochrane Review assesses evidence on ways to reduce consumption of sugary drinks Consumption of sugary drinks is considered to be a key driver behind the global obesity epidemic, and is linked with tooth decay, diabetes and heart disease. Many public health bodies including the World Health Organization (WHO) have called upon ...
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More Men Undergo Plastic Surgery as the Daddy-Do-Over Trend Rises in Popularity ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., June 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Just as women can turn to a suite of procedures, known as the "Mommy Makeover," more men are embracing their own set of treatments, the "Daddy-Do-Over," to boost their confidence and improve ...
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Gene Test Might Someday Gauge Your Heart Attack Risk TUESDAY, June 11, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Can a DNA test predict a person's future heart health? Perhaps, researchers say. A team of Canadian researchers found that by analyzing a person's entire genome, it might be possible to predict their future ...
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University of New Mexico researchers develop potential Alzheimer's vaccine University of New Mexico researchers have what they believe is a way to prevent Alzheimer's disease, according to one local news report. KRQE reported that UNM Health and Sciences associate professor Kiran Bhaskar has been studying the disease for a ...
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Vitamin D and colorectal cancer survival Vitamin D, the "sunshine vitamin," may be helpful for people diagnosed with colon cancer, says Charles Fuchs, MD, MPH, director of Yale Cancer Center. A small clinical trial, called the "Sunshine Trial," found the odds of dying from colon cancer were lower for ...
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