Nepal: Diarrhoea outbreak kills hundreds

Red Cross Red Crescent 3 months ago Region: Nepal

A deadly outbreak of acute diarrhoea is sweeping remote districts of mid and western Nepal, killing around 200 people. Thousands more are receiving treatment in health posts and emergency camps set up by the government.&nb... more

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Scientists Assess the Future of Infectious Diseases

Jennifer O'Neill 10 months ago Region: Zimbabwe

Scientists Assess the Future of Infectious Diseases by Jen O'Neill Environmental and climate changes thwart progress in the global war against infectious diseases.   Changes in Climate Boost Infectious ... more

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Scientists Develop a Possible Cure for HIV

Finding Dulcinea a year ago Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Scientists have engineered an immune cell that can find and attack HIV, even when it mutates.   ‘Assassin’ Cells   Scientists from the United States and Britain have genetically engineered a... more

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A Look at Catalepsy

Oscar Trejo Jr a year ago Region: Missouri

        Catalepsy is a condition in which a person loses their desire to move. He does not adjust his body into appropriate and comfortable positions. His arms and legs can be placed in b... more

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A Close Look at Parasitic Diseases

Oscar Trejo Jr a year ago Region: Missouri

         It’s a disease caused by a living plant or animal called a parasite. The parasite lives in or on the body of another plant or animal and feeds on it’s tissues. I... more

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Lung diseases kill 400,000 American yearly

Al Jeratso 2 years ago Region: United States

Lung-related diseases kill as much as 400,000 Americans each year, the American Lung Association reported. And more than 35 million Americans ar suffering from chronic lung diseases. Among the many types of lung diseases ... more

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Climate change threatens human health

Mohan Nepali 8 months ago Region: Nepal

World Health Organization—WHO—has indicated that the climate change—most neglected at practical levels in all countries—will have serious impact on people’s health. More diseases are likely to... more

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Alternative to chemotherapy!!

Vimal Kochar a year ago Region: India

AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY AND ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY . Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins 1. Every pe... more

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PLA Men Getting Ill

Mohan Nepali a year ago Region: Nepal

Forced to drink contaminated tubewell water full of arsenic, Maoist people’s Liberation Army (PLA) fighters camped at Chulachuli in the Eastern Nepal are getting sick. They have been staying there in the UN-monitored... more

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HIV/AIDS Rate Increasing in U.S. Latino Population

Finding Dulcinea a year ago Region: United States

The “face” of the AIDS epidemic in the United States has changed, according to Marilyn Swyers, manager of AIDS Outreach for the East Alabama Medical Center. AIDS was once viewed as a disease found primarily... more

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