Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

US officials unveil novel plan to test Ebola drugs (Update)

The quest for an Ebola treatment is picking up speed. U.S. officials have unveiled a plan to test multiple drugs at once, in an umbrella study with a single comparison group to give fast answers on what works.

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Mapping the Danes' kitchen skills

Last year, researchers from Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University developed a so-called quality index, a tool applied when mapping the factors that matter in Danish people's perception of food quality. This year, the tool has been ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

West Africa feels knock-on effects of battle against Ebola

West Africa was counting the cost of measures to contain the deadly Ebola epidemic on Sunday, as unprecedented restrictions caused snarled transport, food shortages and soaring prices.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Mozambique cholera cases surge tenfold after cyclone

Cholera cases in Mozambique have increased tenfold to 28,000 since the start of February, UNICEF said Tuesday, as the country reels from the impact of cyclone Freddy.

Health

Poland bans junk food in schools

Poland on Thursday banned junk food in schools from January next year to trim rising rates of childhood obesity.

Health

The health effects of the sugar in your breakfast cereal

While Jerry Seinfeld, Melissa McCarthy, Amy Schumer and Hugh Grant got top billing, sweet breakfast foods from the 1960s are arguably the real stars of the recent movie "Unfrosted," a comedy loosely based on the invention ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Cholera 'spreading rapidly' in Lebanon: health minister

Lebanon warned Wednesday a cholera outbreak that has left five dead is "spreading rapidly" in the cash-strapped country, with cases rising after the extremely virulent disease spread from neighbouring Syria.

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