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Austrian city halts bus services over potential measles outbreak

April 11, 2019 Authorities in the southern Austrian city of Klagenfurt have taken the drastic measure of suspending all bus services over fears of a potential measles outbreak, local media reported on Wednesday.

Dogs can sniff out cancer with nearly 97% accuracy, says study

April 10, 2019 Florida’s BioScentDx presented its study of canine cancer detection at Experimental Biology, a life sciences and biomedical research conference.

Cancer-killing combination therapies unveiled with new drug-screening tool

April 10, 2019 UC San Francisco scientists have designed a large-scale screen that efficiently identifies drugs that are potent cancer-killers when combined, but only weakly effective when used alone.

New York City declares public measles health emergency, fines for anti-vaxxers $1,000

April 9, 2019 New York City has declared the measles outbreak affecting the Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg to be a public health emergency, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

Ebola death toll in DR Congo rises to 655

April 9, 2019 The death toll from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has risen to 655 since the start of an outbreak last July, the country’s Health Ministry said Monday.

Emergency visits in US reach all-time high 145.6 million patients

April 8, 2019 Emergency visits climbed to a record high of 145.6 million patients in 2016, the most recent year available, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

EAVI2020 announces start of new HIV vaccine trial

April 8, 2019 Researchers announced they have started clinical trials to develop a protective vaccine against HIV.

Yemen: Houthis declare emergency over cholera outbreak

April 8, 2019 The Houthi administration on Sunday declared a state of emergency after hike in cholera cases in regions it controls, said an official.

Cancer exports molecular 'saboteurs' to remotely disarm immune system

April 5, 2019 Immunotherapy drugs known as checkpoint inhibitors have revolutionized cancer treatment: many patients with malignancies that until recently would have been considered untreatable are experiencing long-term remissions.

Patent-pending probiotic could disrupt Crohn's disease biofilms

April 4, 2019 Probiotics typically aim to rebalance bacteria populations in the gut, but new research suggests they may also help break apart stubborn biofilms.

Artificial intelligence helps to better assess treatment response of brain tumors

April 3, 2019 A team from Heidelberg University Hospital and the German Cancer Research Centre has developed a new method for the automated image analysis of brain tumors.

Despite risk of birth defects, HIV drug should be considered for women in South Africa

April 3, 2019 Although a woman\'s use of the HIV drug dolutegravir at conception may increase the risk of often-fatal neural tube defects in her child, a new study suggests that the risk may be offset by the drug\'s ability to decrease deaths among women and prevent HIV transmission to their children and sexual partners.