Health
California company recalls vegetables over listeria fears
A California company has voluntarily recalled packaged vegetables distributed throughout the U.S. and Canada because of possible bacterial contamination.
Oct 23, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Largest study yet of malaria in Africa shows historical rates of infection
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with members from the Kenya Medical Research Institute, the University of Oxford and the University of KwaZulu-Natal has conducted the largest-ever study of the history of malaria ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New research shows indigenous peoples are much more likely to be infected by hepatitis B and/or C
A new meta-analysis of global hepatitis data—presented at this year's World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Viral Hepatitis in Anchorage, Alaska, USA (8-9 August)—shows that Indigenous Peoples are up to 10 times more ...
Aug 9, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Can a Zika outbreak be sustained sexually?
In most ways, Zika is a lot like other tropical fevers. People become infected when they are bitten by mosquitos. Infected mothers pass the virus to their unborn children.
Aug 8, 2017
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HIV & AIDS
As tide turns, AIDS claimed 1 million lives in 2016: UN (Update)
AIDS claimed a million lives in 2016, almost half the 2005 toll that marked the peak of the deadly epidemic, said a UN report Thursday proclaiming "the scales have tipped".
Jul 20, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sri Lanka blames garbage pile-up for record dengue toll
Sri Lanka has suffered a record 200 deaths from dengue fever this year, the health minister said Monday, blaming a garbage disposal crisis in Colombo.
Jun 26, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Flu shot less effective for obese adults
Although influenza vaccines are currently the best forms of protection to safeguard people against getting the flu, they are not effective in all cases. A study from Melinda Beck's research team at the University of North ...
Jun 6, 2017
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HIV & AIDS
Study examines public understanding of drug rationing amid AIDS epidemic
In Balaka, Malawi, HIV-AIDS has been an epidemic for so long that young adults have never known any other reality. Anti-retroviral drugs, which keep infected people healthy, are available, but there aren't enough to treat ...
Mar 30, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Meningitis outbreak kills nearly 270 in Nigeria: officials
Nearly 270 people, most of them children, have died in the past five months during the latest meningitis outbreak to hit Nigeria, public health officials said Wednesday.
Mar 29, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC: Don't donate sperm in three Florida counties due to Zika
U.S. health officials say men from three Florida counties shouldn't donate sperm because of the risk of spreading Zika.
Mar 13, 2017
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