Health
Baby deaths soar 30% in Venezuela: ministry
Deaths of babies soared by 30 percent last year in Venezuela, hit by shortages of food and medicine in an economic and political crisis, the health ministry said on Wednesday.
May 10, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Poisoning appears cause of mystery Liberia illness: WHO
Evidence suggests a mysterious illness that has killed 12 people in Liberia is linked to food or drink poisoning and is not a viral infection, the UN said Friday, confirming three new cases.
May 5, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Next Ebola outbreak 'inevitable' but world better prepared: WHO
A new outbreak of the Ebola virus is "inevitable" but a new vaccine and rapid-response measures mean it will be more effectively contained, the head of the World Health Organization said Thursday.
May 4, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bushmeat consumption decreases during the Ebola epidemic
New analyses of interview data collected in Liberia show a decrease in bushmeat consumption and meal frequency during the Ebola crisis. However, wealthy households reduced their consumption of bushmeat less than poor households. ...
Mar 21, 2017
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Health
Deaths due to medical errors increased after the financial crash in Greece
Deaths due to medical errors increased significantly after the onset of the crisis in Greece, according to new analysis from researchers at City, University of London, Surrey University and Stanford University.
Nov 16, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
War on Ebola—knowledge is power in the fight to control epidemics
It was a December day like any other in the village of Meliandou: a remote outcrop in the densely forested region of southern Guinea. A young boy named Emile Ouamouno was playing by a tree filled with fruit bats.
Nov 11, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Drug-resistant infections could spark financial crisis: study
The spread of superbugs that are resistant to all known drug treatments could spark a global financial crisis on the level of the 2008 meltdown or worse, a World Bank-led study warned on Monday.
Sep 19, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Recessions are harmful to health
A review of studies investigating the 2008 recession in Europe show it was associated with adverse health outcomes, particularly for suicides and mental health problems, finds a study in The BMJ today.
Sep 6, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Experts only beginning to grasp the damage from Zika virus
Even though the explosive spread of the Zika virus has been met with a new level of international response, thanks to lessons learned from the Ebola crisis, experts warn they are only beginning to grasp the damage the mosquito-borne ...
Jun 20, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Global economic downturn linked with at least 260,000 excess cancer deaths
The economic crisis of 2008-10, and the rise in unemployment that accompanied it, was associated with more than 260,000 excess cancer-related deaths—including many considered treatable—within the Organization for Economic ...
May 25, 2016
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