Year: 2016

Authorities Saturday reported the first sexually transmitted case of Zika in mainland Chile, where there is no known presence of the mosquito generally blamed for passing on the virus suspected of causing birth defects. The Health Ministry said a 46-year-old woman contracted the virus from a man who had become infected in Haiti. "This is the first documented case of Zika virus through sexual transmission in mainland Chile, where there is no presence of the Aedes aegypti mosquito that transmits the disease," the ministry said in a statement.

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SPECIAL FROM Here’s an appetizing tidbit: Your sinus produces one to two liters of mucus every day—that’s the size of two large soda bottles. Under normal conditions, most of the mucus dribbles undetected down your throat. Yes, it’s gross but also very important: Mucus filters out bacteria, viruses, and fungi in the air that we…
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Prof Wayne Campbell, of Purdue University, Indiana, US, said: “On a lower-calorie diet with a higher of protein, sleep improves for middle-age adults.
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BEIJING (AP) — A crackdown on expired and improperly stored vaccines has netted 130 suspects and more than 20,000 doses of suspect medications, Chinese police said, in the latest scandal to pummel confidence in the safety of the country’s food and drug supply.
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A quick fix does not result in a sustainable, long-term solution to one's weight loss desires. These are the kind of diet plans that directly contradict …
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After three years of battling tuberculosis, a disease that claimed the lives of his father and younger brother, Sonu Verma, a patient in northern India, hopes a cure for his illness may be within reach. "Only a few more months and my nightmare will end… it will be my rebirth, free from tuberculosis," the 25-year-old scrap dealer, who has been left visibly lean and weak by the disease, told AFP. As India marks World TB Day on Thursday, it faces an estimated 2.2 million new cases of the disease a year, more than any other country, according to the World Health Organisation.

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Some people have a slow metabolism or cannot afford to buy more expensive, healthy foods. MyFitnessPal is an app created specifically for helping …
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