Health
Israeli Holocaust survivor could be world's oldest man: Guinness
An Israeli Holocaust survivor may be the world's oldest man at 112, Guinness World Records said Thursday, providing he can find the documents to prove it.
Jan 22, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
West Africa counts economic cost as Ebola outbreak ends
Gold miner Dauda Kamanda has never been rich, but before Ebola hit Sierra Leone he was getting by selling the nuggets he unearthed to traders who exported them across Africa and the Middle East.
Jan 12, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Over 230,000 vaccinated in Iraq anti-cholera campaign
More than 230,000 people received a first dose of cholera vaccine in a massive campaign to combat an outbreak of the disease in Iraq, the World Health Organisation said Monday.
Nov 9, 2015
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Health
Obama says US must step up care for aging Americans
President Barack Obama warned Monday of an increasing urgency for the U.S. to care for older Americans as millions of baby boomers head into their golden years.
Jul 13, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cholera deaths in South Sudan rise, thousands at risk: UN
At least 29 people have died in a cholera outbreak in war-torn South Sudan with thousands more at risk of infection, the United Nations said Friday.
Jul 3, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cholera outbreak kills at least 18 in South Sudan
At least 18 people have died of cholera in war-torn South Sudan, the health ministry said Tuesday, as it declared an outbreak of the highly contagious infection.
Jun 23, 2015
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Medications
How World War II spurred vaccine innovation
War and disease have marched arm in arm for centuries. Wars magnify the spread and severity of disease by disrupting populations. As large groups of people move across borders, they introduce and encounter disease in new ...
May 8, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
African leaders urge Ebola 'Marshall Plan'
Leaders of the west African countries worst hit by Ebola urged the world on Tuesday to back a "Marshall Plan" to help them stamp out the disease and rebuild their shattered economies.
Mar 3, 2015
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Genetics
Industrialisation, WWI helped fuel TB spread, study says
A virulent group of tuberculosis germs spread from East Asia in waves propelled by industrialisation, World War I and Soviet collapse to yield some of the drug-resistant strains plaguing the world today, a study said Monday.
Jan 19, 2015
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Neuroscience
Combat veterans' brains reveal hidden damage from IED blasts
The brains of some Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans who survived blasts from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and died later of other causes show a distinctive honeycomb pattern of broken and swollen nerve fibers throughout ...
Jan 14, 2015
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