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Men in Virginia wanted better sex but ended in emergency care after taking V8

August 27, 2019 The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) is advising consumers not to purchase or use a product sold under the name V8, which is a supplement promoted for male sexual enhancement.

Ebola toll in Congo approaches 2,000, World Bank giving $50 million

August 27, 2019 What began with a few cases in the Mangina and Mabalako in the Beni region has now claimed nearly 2,000 lives with no end in sight in Congo.

Indian technology can detect early spread of cancer

August 26, 2019 A team of Pune scientists have discovered a technology that can detect within mere hours, the spread of cancer and claim that the new finding reduces considerably the time taken for detecting the disease.

More than 60,000 cases due to dengue reported in Bangladesh

August 26, 2019 The number of dengue cases has risen to 63,514 cases, with 169 deaths reported in Bangladesh, a state agency reported Sunday.

Traveling to Spain? Country issues international listeria outbreak alert

August 23, 2019 The spread of listeria has sparked fears in Spain, which is visited by around 80 million tourists a year.

Unprecedented therapy found effective for blood cancer patients with no treatment options

August 23, 2019 Mount Sinai researchers have found a new type of therapy to be effective for patients with a particular type of bone marrow cancer that is resistant to several standard therapies, according to results of a clinical trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine in August.

How E. coli knows how to cause the worst possible infection

August 22, 2019 A pair of University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have revealed how E. coli seeks out the most oxygen-free crevices of your colon to cause the worst infection possible.

West Nile virus cases double in Cyprus in 2 weeks

August 22, 2019 West Nile virus cases in Cyprus have more than doubled in the past two weeks, rising from four to nine, and include one fatal, according to data published by the Health Ministry on Wednesday.

New blood test could detect Alzheimer’s 20 years before symptoms

August 21, 2019 Up to two decades before people develop the characteristic memory loss and confusion of Alzheimer’s disease, damaging clumps of protein start to build up in their brains.

Dengue cases in Philippines surge to more than 188,000

August 20, 2019 The number of dengue cases in the Philippines in the first eight months of this year has surged more than 188,000 with 807 deaths, the Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines said on Tuesday.

Fiji reports 1,894 dengue cases in four months

August 20, 2019 Fiji has recorded 1,894 dengue cases in the first four months this year, which is predicted to go down as the dengue-preventing program goes forward, according to the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.

Dengue cases to hit 50,000-mark in Bangladesh

August 17, 2019 A total of 31,538 cases of dengue were reported from Bangladesh so far this month, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since January in the country to 49,999.