http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. On 31 March 2013, the Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission announced human cases of novel H7N9 influenza virus infections. A group of scientists, led by Professor Chen Hualan of the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, has investigated the origins of this novel H7N9 influenza virus and published their results in Springer's open access journal Chinese Science Bulletin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-bird-flu-poultry-source-viruses.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 13 May 2013 11:07:31 EST news287662044 In March 2013, a novel H7N9 influenza virus was identified in China as the etiological agent of a flu-like disease in humans, resulting in some deaths. A group of scientists, led by Professor Chen Hualan (National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) have investigated the origins of this novel H7N9 influenza virus (Shi et al., 2013). Following analysis of H7N9 influenza viruses collected from live poultry markets, it was found that these viruses circulating among birds were responsible for human infections. These novel H7N9 viruses are reassortants in which the six internal genes were derived from avian H9N2 viruses; however the origins of their hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) genes were unclear. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-source-identification-h7n9-influenza-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:04 EST news286045191 Nigeria has provided nearly $3 million in long-delayed financing to clean up part of an area where lead poisoning has killed hundreds of children, Doctors Without Borders said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-nigeria-frees-long-delayed-funds-poison.html Health Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:13:11 EST news278860383 Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Thursday urged Nigeria to release funds promised to clean up an area where lead poison killed hundreds of children, warning that further delays could be "disastrous." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-nigeria-poison-soil-disaster-msf.html Health Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:54:37 EST news272213669 From deformed infants to grandparents with cancer, families near Vietnam's Danang Airbase have long blamed the toxic legacy of war for their ills. Now after a decades-long wait, a historic "Agent Orange" clean-up is finally beginning. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-vietnam-historic-agent-orange-cleanup.html Health Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:11:32 EST news263700682 Higher blood levels of cadmium in females, and higher blood levels of lead in males, delayed pregnancy in couples trying to become pregnant, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other academic research institutions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-links-high-cadmium-blood-pregnancy.html Health Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:56:07 EST news247920400