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Navajo Confront Increase in New H.I.V. Infections
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20.5.2013 |
New York Times Health |
| Navajo Confront Increase in New H.I.V. Infections |
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Number of HIV cases rises on the Navajo Reservation
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20.5.2013 |
Seattle Times: Health |
| The federal Indian Health Service’s report shows that the number of HIV cases among Navajo have increased 20 percent since 2011. Combating the issue is especially difficult in a close-knit society where sex is rarely discussed. |
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Surge in HVI on Navajo reservation alarms doctors
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20.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: Nation |
| Rise in new cases among tribal members in New Mexico has one physician “scared to death.” |
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Recent Climate Study Reveals Good And Bad News
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20.5.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| OSLO, May 19 (Reuters) - Extreme global warming is less likely in coming decades after a slowdown in the pace of temperature rises so far... |
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[flenvcenter :: Infectious Disease]
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Wisconsin bill would ban mandatory flu shots
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19.5.2013 |
Twincities.com: News |
| Wisconsin employers, including hospitals and nursing homes, could no longer require workers to get flu shots under a bill pending in the Legislature. |
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Puzzling! Swine flu virus detected in elephant seals off West Coast
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19.5.2013 |
MSNBC |
| Puzzling! Swine flu virus detected in elephant seals off West Coast |
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Death toll from new bird flu in China rises to 36: WHO
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18.5.2013 |
Health |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Four more people in China have died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing the death toll from the H7N9 virus to 36 from 131 confirmed cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The United Nations health agency said the four deaths were from cases that had already been identified in laboratories. Since May 8, there have been no new cases of infection with H7N9, it added. ... |
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Health group didn't disclose HIV tests, apologizes
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17.5.2013 |
AP Washington |
| PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Kaiser Permanente Northwest is apologizing to nearly 6,500 members in Oregon and Washington whose blood was tested for HIV without their knowledge or consent.... |
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Health group didn't disclose HIV tests, apologizes
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17.5.2013 |
Seattle Times: Local |
| Kaiser Permanente Northwest is apologizing to nearly 6,500 members in Oregon and Washington whose blood was tested for HIV without their knowledge or consent. |
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When celebrities share secrets
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17.5.2013 |
CNN: Top Stories |
| Laura Wexler says Angelina Jolie's openness about her mastectomy fits into a pattern of celebrities who have shared secrets and helped others |
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[nwct :: Healthcare_US]
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Novartis cooks up a quicker flu vaccine
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16.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Technology |
| Novartis cooks up a quicker flu vaccine |
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Rising Debt and Falling Aid Force Poor Countries to Cut Spending on Health and Farmers
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16.5.2013 |
Commondreams.org Newswire |
Poor countries are cutting back investment in farming, health service and services to help women because of fears about rising debts and the impact of the economic crisis, according to a new database launched today.
Despite efforts to overcome the crisis by increasing their own revenue-raising efforts, fewer than one in five poor countries is spending the recommended level on agriculture and only two of five are spending what the World Health Organization recommends on health. read more |
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Swine flu turns up in elephant seals off Central Coast
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16.5.2013 |
San Jose Mercury News: News |
When it comes to swine flu, elephant seals can now be included in the list of carriers. According to a new UC Davis study, the marine mammals distinctive for their honking noses contracted the H1N1 virus back in 2010, just as the pandemic caused by the virus was winding down in humans.
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David Katz, M.D.: Pretense and Defense of Our Skin in the Game
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16.5.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| The world is ever smaller. Flu strains incubating in China can be in New York or LA or DC in the span of a day. This is a world in which an incurable bacterial disease, spread by a tiny insect native to Asia, decimates the citrus crop in Florida. |
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Well: Childbirth: Flu Linked to Bipolar Disorder
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16.5.2013 |
New York Times Health |
| Well: Childbirth: Flu Linked to Bipolar Disorder |
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Sequestration Cuts Taking Money Out Of Unemployed People's Pockets
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15.5.2013 |
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com |
| Thanks to federal budget cuts known as sequestration, Judy Cohagen of Arlington, Texas, recently saw her income shrink from $370 to $330 per week. She... |
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Headlines for May 15, 2013
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15.5.2013 |
Democracy Now! |
| Holder Defends Monitoring of AP Phone Records, Wal-Mart Linked to Collapsed Bangladeshi Factory; The Gap Rejects Safety Pact, Russia Expels Alleged CIA Spy Caught Recruiting, 3 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan, Minnesota Gov. Signs Same-Sex Marriage Law, Fort Hood Sexual Assault Coordinator Accused of Abuses, Warren Questions Regulators, Justice Dept. on Lack of Wall Street Prosecutors, Fast-Food Workers Strike in Milwaukee, Undocumented Immigrants Protest Deportations at Illinois Jail, Former Head of Hispanic Outreach for Florida GOP Switches Parties Over "Intolerance", Cooper Union Students Continue Tuition Protest, Seattle Teachers Win Campaign Against Standardized MAP Test, Angelina Jolie Reveals Double Masectomy for Breast Cancer; Firm Owns Mutation Gene |
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Dr. Paul Farmer on Rwanda's Health Leap, Haiti's Struggles & How Communities Can Repair the World
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14.5.2013 |
Democracy Now! |
| Dr. Paul Farmer on Rwanda's Health Leap, Haiti's Struggles & How Communities Can Repair the World |
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[flenvcenter :: Health System]
[flenvcenter :: Infectious Disease]
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Inside the lab racing to make vaccine for deadly flu
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14.5.2013 |
New Scientists HIV |
| Inside the lab racing to make vaccine for deadly flu |
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[ajnyani :: AGECON]
[nwct :: Healthcare_USMag]
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2 new diseases could both spark global outbreaks
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13.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: Latest |
| Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials — a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China. |
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