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October 21, 2019
Zika Virus: What It Is, Affected Countries, Symptoms, Treatment and More
The Zika virus dominated headlines in 2016 when some infected women had babies with significant birth defects. At the time, the threat of the mosquito-borne virus caused major concern, leading many travelers to change their travel plans...
Pinterest to direct vaccine searches to health sites
August 29, 2019
Pinterest to direct vaccine searches to health sites
Pinterest users searching for vaccine-related information will be directed to results from "public health organisations".
August 13, 2019
Ebola Drugs Show ‘90% Survival Rate’ in Breakthrough Trial
Ebola may soon be a "preventable and treatable" disease after a trial of two drugs showed significantly improved survival rates, scientists have said.
Too many in Congo's Ebola outbreak are dying at home
August 01, 2019
Too many in Congo's Ebola outbreak are dying at home
Two-month-old Lahya Kathembo became an orphan in a day. Her mother succumbed to Ebola on a Saturday morning. By sunset her father was dead, too. They had been sick for more than a week before health workers finally persuaded them to [...]
July 31, 2019
Democratic Debates: Ten Candidates Clash Over Healthcare and Immigration
Ten Democratic presidential hopefuls have clashed in a televised US debate that laid bare the party's deep divisions over how best to win in 2020.
July 18, 2019
Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency
The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday after a case was confirmed in a city of 2 million people . A WHO expert committee declined on three previous occasions to advise [...]
July 18, 2018
Dr. Bumbum: Brazil plastic surgeon on run after patient dies
A celebrity Brazilian plastic surgeon known as Dr Bumbum has gone on the run after a woman died following injections he gave her to enlarge her buttocks.
Child and teen obesity spreading across the globe
October 11, 2017
Child and teen obesity spreading across the globe
Child and teenage obesity levels have risen ten-fold in the last four decades, meaning 124m boys and girls around the globe are too fat, according to new research.
John McCain has brain cancer, his office says
July 20, 2017
John McCain has brain cancer, his office says
Veteran US Republican Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer and is reviewing treatment options, according to his office...
March 24, 2017
Brazil officials urge caution over alert on meat imports
BRAZILIAN officials in The Bahamas yesterday urged caution as international concern mounts over the quality of meat imports from that country and sought to downplay fears that prompted several bans...
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