Month: February 2016

A health official in the Argentine province of Cordoba reported on Friday that a woman had contracted the Zika virus without having left the country, bringing to nine the total number of cases reported nationwide. A major outbreak of the virus began in Brazil last year and has spread to many countries in the Americas. “We are thinking that the virus could have been transmitted sexually,” Cordoba health chief Francisco Fortuna told Radio Continental, adding that the patient had contact with a man who recently traveled to Colombia.
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Almost half report fruit as their favorite snack, and almost 40% swear off soft drinks entirely. Half of the mindlessly slim say they never diet, and three …
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A male teenager near Tokyo was found to have been infected with Zika virus after a visit to Brazil, Japan's first case of the infection since the virus started spreading widely in Latin America last year, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. The man stayed in Brazil for 12 days through Feb. 20 and ran a fever on his last day. "Japan at the moment is not in a season when mosquitoes are active.

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In addition to a low-carb diet, Kate's fitness secrets include near-daily workouts combining cardio exercise, yoga and weightlifting. Kate is also an …
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By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations is ready for a huge aid effort if the warring Syria parties stop fighting, but even then aid workers will proceed carefully and assess the safety of each delivery, a U.N. spokesman said on Wednesday. "We are now standing by, our warehouses are full of aid supplies, aid agencies are alerted, and are stocking all the goods in the warehouses waiting for the signal," said Iyad Nasr, regional spokesman for the U.N. humanitarian aid office. Syria's war has killed over 250,000 people and left 4.5 million hard to reach with humanitarian aid, the U.N. says.

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"Most Americans need to shift their diet from the 152 pounds of sugar and 146 pounds of flour that they eat every year to a diet higher in good healthy …
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