News tagged with health officials
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Exercise can extend your life by as much as five years, researchers find
Adults who include at least 150 minutes of physical activity in their routines each week live longer than those who don't, finds a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Promoting the ye ...
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Dec 11, 2012 |
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Two-faced drugs fight hidden killers
(Medical Xpress)—An outbreak of fungal meningitis recently resulted in one of the worst public health disasters in recent U.S. history. Thirty-two people died and more than 400 became ill after the New ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 11, 2012 |
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New tests could hamper food outbreak detection
It's about to get faster and easier to diagnose food poisoning. But there's a downside: It could make it harder to spot and solve dangerous outbreaks.
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Dec 11, 2012 |
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Indonesia says it has found more virulent bird flu strain
Indonesia has identified the bird flu virus that killed hundreds of thousands of ducks in recent weeks as a more virulent type which is new to the country, according to a letter seen Tuesday.
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Dec 11, 2012 |
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More S.African pregnant women contracting HIV, study reports
A new study on Monday showed increased HIV infection rates among pregnant women living in areas with high migrant labour in South Africa, the country with one of the world's highest caseloads.
HIV & AIDS
Dec 10, 2012 |
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Flesh-eating fungal infection can follow natural disasters, study finds
(HealthDay)—After a natural disaster, doctors should be on the lookout for outbreaks of a rare but deadly "flesh-eating" fungal infection, researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 06, 2012 |
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Genetic data shows that skin cancer risk includes more than UV exposure
It's common knowledge that excessive UV exposure from sunlight raises your chances for skin cancer, but predicting whether someone will actually develop skin cancer remains difficult. In a new research report, scientists ...
Cancer
Dec 04, 2012 |
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US flu season starts early, could be bad, CDC says
Health officials say flu season is off to its earliest start in nearly 10 years—and it could be a bad one.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 03, 2012 |
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US health security research not balanced enough to meet goals, study suggests
Federal support for health security research is heavily weighted toward preparing for bioterrorism and other biological threats, providing significantly less funding for challenges such as monster storms or attacks with conventional ...
Health
Dec 03, 2012 |
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WHO: Two more cases of new virus in Jordan (Update)
International health officials have confirmed two more fatal cases of a mysterious respiratory virus in the Middle East.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 30, 2012 |
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Consumer watchdog asks FDA to revisit compounders
(AP)—A government watchdog group is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to re-inspect more than a dozen specialty pharmacies with prior records of violations, in light of a recent deadly outbreak tied to compounded ...
Medications
Nov 29, 2012 |
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British AIDS charity marks 30 years of fear and hope
When Terry Higgins first collapsed, struggling for breath, at London's Heaven nightclub in 1982, he brushed it off. Only a few weeks later he was dead, one of Britain's first victims of AIDS.
HIV & AIDS
Nov 29, 2012 |
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Latest West Nile tally: 5,245 cases, 236 deaths
(HealthDay)—The West Nile virus outbreak has now reached 5,245 cases, including 236 deaths, U.S. health officials reported Wednesday.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 28, 2012 |
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Haiti, DR to eliminate cholera with $2.2 billion (Update)
(AP)—Haiti and the Dominican Republic will require $2.2 billion over the next 10 years for an ambitious plan to eliminate cholera, an official from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said ...
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Nov 28, 2012 |
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Most HIV-positive US youth don't know they're sick, study finds
More than a quarter of new HIV infections in the United States strike young people aged 13 to 24 and 60 percent of those don't know they're sick, health officials said Tuesday.
HIV & AIDS
Nov 27, 2012 |
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