HIV & AIDS
Research finds text-based counseling may decrease HIV risk
A mobile app created by a Rutgers researcher could be used to improve the lives of LGBTQ people who lack access to HIV prevention and education.
Apr 8, 2019
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News tagged with romania
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Romania: measles outbreak sees 200 new cases per week
An outbreak of measles has killed dozens of infants and children in Romania, with 200 new cases reported each week.
Jun 8, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Measles outbreak kills 30 in Romania
A measles outbreak affecting several European countries has killed 30 people in Romania, most of them children, health authorities in Bucharest said on Friday.
Jun 23, 2017
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Health
Bucharest city hall OKs 'baby bonus' to boost low birthrate
Romania's capital soon will offer cash awards for newborn babies in a bid to boost flagging birthrates there.
Jun 8, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Measles outbreak in Romania has killed 17 children
A measles outbreak in Romania has killed 17 children and infected thousands more since September due to poverty and an anti-vaccination movement, local media reported Saturday.
Mar 12, 2017
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HIV & AIDS
Saving the lives of Romanian children with HIV
Dr Paul Marinescu has chosen to meet me on a cold winter's day in a room stocked with plants, fish tanks and two parrots singing in their cages. It's a room as lively as its incumbent's life. This grey-haired man with a gentle ...
Aug 31, 2016
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Pregnant at 15, the teenage mothers of Romania
"God has given me a beautiful little girl. But life is difficult because I am still a child myself," says Lorena, one of more than 2,000 girls under 16 who give birth in Romania each year, some as young as 12.
May 4, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Study reveals connection between kidney cancer and the use of aristolochic acid
A new study on a large cohort of kidney cancer patients in Europe sheds light on the genetic architecture of the disease—and reveals an apparent link between exposure to aristolochic acid and incidence of kidney cancer, ...
Oct 29, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Swine flu kills three in Central Europe
Three people have died in Romania and Macedonia after being infected with the H1N1 influenza strain known as swine flu, the two countries' health ministries said Thursday.
Jan 24, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Study reveals gaps in availability of radiotherapy services across Europe
Most strikingly, the study finds that in several countries in western Europe there are too few radiotherapy machines to ensure that cancer patients in need of radiotherapy receive treatment. For instance, in Italy around ...
Jan 23, 2013
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