Infectious Disease

New cases brings measles count to 3 in Florida's Gulf Coast

From Jan. 1 to July 14, 2018, 107 people from 21 states - Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon,...

University Wire, 3:08pm ET

Feature: Kenyan medics root for exclusive breastfeeding to shield women from cancer risks

Kenya's Faith Nyokabi, 25 years old, was last month charged with child neglect after refusing to breastfeed her four months old toddler. The young mother had earlier demanded 100 U.S. dollars from her husband to breast feed the toddler...

Xinhua, 8:33am ET

Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Aug. 20

WASHINGTON -- U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton said here on Sunday that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will leave for a trip to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for the fourth visit since he assumed the current office....

Xinhua, 8:33pm ET

Stop putting poison in your grocery cart!

I recently received a Wellness Coach certification that was eye-opening. The statistics about what is going on in our country are truly alarming. While for many years I have been a student of good health, exercise and nutrition, and have...

University Wire, 7:08pm ET

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Healint, the developer and owner of Migraine Buddy(C), the world's largest migraine tracking and research platform used by more than one million people, today announced new insights on the prevalence of anxiety and depression...

BusinessWire, 7:08pm ET

Israeli researchers use soil bacteria to cure fungal infections

An Israeli study said on Sunday that fungal infections could be cured using bacteria found in the soil. The researchers tried using bacillus subtilis bacteria, which naturally secrete substances that inhibit candida growth, according to...

Xinhua, 1:48pm ET

Quitting smoking may lead to weight gains, but will reduce risk of death: study

Quitting smoking may cause you to gain weight and initially lead to a higher risk of diabetes, but it will reduce the chances of death from cardiovascular disease and other causes, according to a new study. Researchers from the Chinese...

Xinhua, 10:18am ET

MSF Opens Ebola Treatment Center in Response to Outbreak in North Kivu

The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) opened an Ebola treatment center on Tuesday, August 14 in Mangina, a small town considered to be the epicenter of the outbreak in North...

All Africa Global Media, 7:38am ET