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Ebola Outbreak In South Africa Kills 65: How Does The Disease Spread?
According to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), around 246 suspected cases of Ebola have been reported in Ituri province. Most infections have been detected in the Mongwalu and Rwampara health zones.
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Anti-Inflammatory Foods And Drinks: Are They Really Effective?
Diet must be paired with regular physical exercise, managing high daily stress levels, and getting deep sleep to thoroughly lower chronic inflammation.
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What Colour Is Your Tongue? Here's What It Says About Your Health
Your tongue's colour, coating and texture can reveal early signs of dehydration, vitamin deficiencies, infections and even oral cancer. Doctors explain what different tongue colours may indicate and when you should seek medical attention.
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Did Hantavirus Start In Argentina's 'End Of The World' City? Ushuaia Denies Link
The MV Hondius outbreak has drawn attention because passengers dispersed to multiple countries, increasing the risk of spreading the virus worldwide.
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Hantavirus In Italy: 4 Quarantined People Test Negative
Four people who have been under observation in Italy for possible hantavirus infection have all tested negative, the Italian health ministry said on Wednesday. Tests were
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Hantavirus Outbreak: French Patient In Critical Care As Cases Grow To 11
A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor at the Paris hospital caring for the sickened passenger.
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Hantavirus Outbreak: Cruise Ship Passenger Adjusts To Quarantine In US
When Jake Rosmarin boarded the MV Hondius, he gleefully posted on social media that the ship would be his home for 35 days as he traveled across the South Atlantic.
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HIV Study: Boosting Immune Cells May Help Fight Infection
Scientists are tweaking a powerful cancer therapy in hopes it could fight HIV instead, by supercharging patients' own immune cells.
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Swimming Pools And Eye Health: Are Chlorine Levels Harming Your Vision? Doctors Answer
While chlorine is added to swimming pools to keep the water clean and free from harmful germs, experts say it can also affect eye health if exposure is frequent or prolonged.
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Patient Outcomes And Nursing Care: Why Quality Nursing Improves Recovery Rates
Modern healthcare has become increasingly complex, making trained and evidence-based nursing practices more important than ever.
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Hantavirus Cruise Ship Leaves Tenerife After WHO Wraps Evacuation Process; What Happens Next
The MV Hondius cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak has left Tenerife after WHO completed a large-scale evacuation and monitoring operation. Health authorities are now focused on contact tracing, quarantine and global surveillance.
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Hantavirus Exposure: Dutch Hospital Quarantines 12 Healthcare Workers As Precaution
The Hague, May 12 (IANS) Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc) in the Netherlands has placed 12 employees in quarantine for six weeks as a precaution after incorrect procedures were followed while caring for a patient infected with hantaviru
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Hantavirus Detected In 1 Spanish Evacuee From MV Hondius In Tenerife
Madrid, May 12 (IANS) One of the 14 Spanish evacuees from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius on Sunday has tested preliminarily positive for the virus, Spanish Health Minister Monica Garcia has said.
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Dengue Spreads Faster Than Virus-Blocking Mosquitoes In Brazil
Brazilian scientist Luciano Moreira tenderly handles a glass box of swarming mosquitoes infected with a bacterium that blocks...
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Addressing Undernutrition Could Prevent 2.3 Million Tuberculosis Cases Worldwide: Lancet Study
Addressing undernutrition could prevent up to 2.3 million tuberculosis cases worldwide, representing 23.7 per cent of infections among adults in 2023, according to a modelling study published in The Lancet Global Health journal.
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Ebola Outbreak In South Africa Kills 65: How Does The Disease Spread?
According to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), around 246 suspected cases of Ebola have been reported in Ituri province. Most infections have been detected in the Mongwalu and Rwampara health zones.
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Anti-Inflammatory Foods And Drinks: Are They Really Effective?
Diet must be paired with regular physical exercise, managing high daily stress levels, and getting deep sleep to thoroughly lower chronic inflammation.
-
What Colour Is Your Tongue? Here's What It Says About Your Health
Your tongue's colour, coating and texture can reveal early signs of dehydration, vitamin deficiencies, infections and even oral cancer. Doctors explain what different tongue colours may indicate and when you should seek medical attention.
-
Did Hantavirus Start In Argentina's 'End Of The World' City? Ushuaia Denies Link
The MV Hondius outbreak has drawn attention because passengers dispersed to multiple countries, increasing the risk of spreading the virus worldwide.
-
Hantavirus In Italy: 4 Quarantined People Test Negative
Four people who have been under observation in Italy for possible hantavirus infection have all tested negative, the Italian health ministry said on Wednesday. Tests were
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Hantavirus Outbreak: French Patient In Critical Care As Cases Grow To 11
A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor at the Paris hospital caring for the sickened passenger.
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Hantavirus Outbreak: Cruise Ship Passenger Adjusts To Quarantine In US
When Jake Rosmarin boarded the MV Hondius, he gleefully posted on social media that the ship would be his home for 35 days as he traveled across the South Atlantic.
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HIV Study: Boosting Immune Cells May Help Fight Infection
Scientists are tweaking a powerful cancer therapy in hopes it could fight HIV instead, by supercharging patients' own immune cells.
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Swimming Pools And Eye Health: Are Chlorine Levels Harming Your Vision? Doctors Answer
While chlorine is added to swimming pools to keep the water clean and free from harmful germs, experts say it can also affect eye health if exposure is frequent or prolonged.
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Patient Outcomes And Nursing Care: Why Quality Nursing Improves Recovery Rates
Modern healthcare has become increasingly complex, making trained and evidence-based nursing practices more important than ever.
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Hantavirus Cruise Ship Leaves Tenerife After WHO Wraps Evacuation Process; What Happens Next
The MV Hondius cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak has left Tenerife after WHO completed a large-scale evacuation and monitoring operation. Health authorities are now focused on contact tracing, quarantine and global surveillance.
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Hantavirus Exposure: Dutch Hospital Quarantines 12 Healthcare Workers As Precaution
The Hague, May 12 (IANS) Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc) in the Netherlands has placed 12 employees in quarantine for six weeks as a precaution after incorrect procedures were followed while caring for a patient infected with hantaviru
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Hantavirus Detected In 1 Spanish Evacuee From MV Hondius In Tenerife
Madrid, May 12 (IANS) One of the 14 Spanish evacuees from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius on Sunday has tested preliminarily positive for the virus, Spanish Health Minister Monica Garcia has said.
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Dengue Spreads Faster Than Virus-Blocking Mosquitoes In Brazil
Brazilian scientist Luciano Moreira tenderly handles a glass box of swarming mosquitoes infected with a bacterium that blocks...
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Addressing Undernutrition Could Prevent 2.3 Million Tuberculosis Cases Worldwide: Lancet Study
Addressing undernutrition could prevent up to 2.3 million tuberculosis cases worldwide, representing 23.7 per cent of infections among adults in 2023, according to a modelling study published in The Lancet Global Health journal.
