Vaccination
Feeling rough after your COVID shot? That's a sign it's working
Headache, chills, tiredness may be evidence of a supercharged defense, according to UCSF-led study.
Jun 10, 2024
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Addiction
Almost 1 in 3 Americans know someone who's died from a drug overdose
As the opioid addiction crisis continues to lay waste to American life, a new survey finds that nearly a third of U.S. adults now know someone who's died of a drug overdose.
Jun 1, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Second person dies of cholera on French island of Mayotte
A 62-year-old woman has died of cholera in Mayotte, bringing to two the death toll from the epidemic on the French island in the Indian Ocean, health authorities said on Sunday.
May 27, 2024
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Health
Research reveals that more people died from hot or cold weather conditions than COVID-19 in parts of UK
Research has highlighted how weather extremes worsened by climate change are now a major national public health threat.
May 23, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Post-viral malaise': Why avoiding the term 'long-COVID' doesn't change anything for those affected
Queenslanders were recently asked to stop using the term "long COVID." Instead, Queensland's Chief Health Officer, Dr John Gerrard, suggested the condition affecting 3% of residents should be called "post-viral malaise," ...
Mar 28, 2024
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Addiction
Horse sedative use among humans spreads in deadly mixture of 'tranq' and fentanyl
Andrew McClave Jr. loved to lift weights. The 6-foot-4-inch bartender resembled a bodybuilder and once posed for a photo flexing his muscles with former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan.
Feb 29, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hepatitis E vaccination campaign launched in South Sudan: MSF
Doctors Without Borders announced Wednesday that it had begun a mass vaccination campaign against hepatitis E in South Sudan, where an outbreak of the deadly disease is threatening pregnant women in particular.
Jan 31, 2024
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Health
Setting trans fat limits in Kenya could save thousands of lives and cut costs
Thousands of deaths and heart attacks could be prevented—and billions of Kenyan shillings saved—if the country restricted trans fat in food to World Health Organization (WHO) limits, according to research by the George ...
Oct 18, 2023
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Addiction
Overdose deaths from fentanyl laced stimulants have risen 50-fold since 2010
New UCLA-led research has found that the proportion of US overdose deaths involving both fentanyl and stimulants has increased more than 50-fold since 2010, from 0.6% (235 deaths) in 2010 to 32.3% (34,429 deaths) in 2021.
Sep 14, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Legionnaires' disease outbreak in southeast Poland on decline with only 1 new case reported
Just one new case of Legionnaires' disease was reported Tuesday in southeast Poland in an area close to the Ukraine border, an indication the spread of the disease has been curbed following chlorine disinfection of the water ...
Sep 5, 2023
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List of wars and disasters by death toll
This is a list of wars and human-made disasters by death toll. It covers the Lowest Estimate of death as well as the Highest Estimate, the name of the event, the location, and the start and end of each war. Some events overlap categories.
This text uses material from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA
