In The Days

BEIJING (AP) - China’s Health Ministry issued a nationwide alert Saturday calling for heightened efforts to control a virus that has caused the deaths of 22 children in one city and shows signs of spreading.
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Giving blood is not a right.
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CHICAGO (AP) - At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group.
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Drug-resistant virus could limit treatment options, doctors say
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SPRINGDALE - The medical community is warning the public: a leprosy outbreak in Springdale could blossom into an epidemic, if something isn’t done soon.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 14 (Reuters) - A drug-resistant strain of potentially deadly bacteria has moved beyond the borders of U.S. hospitals and is being transmitted among gay men during sex, researchers said on Monday.
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Cases of the dreaded “vomiting virus” are spiking around New York City, marking the start of the stomach-flu season, the Health Department reported Thursday.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - The father of a Chinese man who died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu last week has also been diagnosed with the disease, authorities said on Friday.
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New Test Places the Rate Of Infection 50 Percent Higher
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Electron micrograph of Ebola virus
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