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Cholera cases mount to over 1,000 in cyclone-hit Mozambique

April 2, 2019 Cholera has infected at least 1,052 people in Mozambique\'s cyclone-hit region, the health ministry said Monday in a new report, marking a massive increase from 139 cases reported four days ago.

More than two million people in London living with toxic air

April 2, 2019 More than two million Londoners are living in areas with illegal levels of air pollution.

The brain starts to register gender and age before recognizing a face

April 1, 2019 Our brains are incredibly good at processing faces, and even have specific regions specialized for this function.

Researchers optimize gene editing for SCD and beta thalassemia

April 1, 2019 Researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children\'s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have developed a strategy to treat two of the most common inherited blood diseases, sickle cell disease and beta thalassemiam applying CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to patients\' own blood stem cells.

Tick-borne encephalitis-virus found in unpasteurized cow milk in Norway

March 30, 2019 A tick-borne virus that can infect humans and potentially cause a serious infection of the central nervous system has been found for the first time in milk from Norwegian dairy cows.

Changes in onset of spring linked to more allergies across US

March 29, 2019 Human-induced climate change is disrupting nature\'s calendar, including when plants bloom and the spring season starts, and new research from the University of School of Public Health suggests we\'re increasingly paying the price for it in the form of seasonal allergies.

People in Congo don't believe Ebola virus is real

March 28, 2019 More than a quarter of people surveyed in Ebola-hit areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo told researchers they do not believe the disease exists.

UNICEF warns of rising cholera cases in Yemen

March 28, 2019 UNICEF and the WHO yesterday warned of a sharp increase in the number of reported cholera cases in Yemen since the start of this year.

Eating small amounts of red and processed meats may increase risk of death

March 28, 2019 A new study out of Loma Linda University Health suggests that eating red and processed meats even in small amounts may increase the risk of death from all causes, especially cardiovascular disease.

Researchers unlock biomechanics of how Ebola virus attaches to its host cell

March 27, 2019 It was recently reported that the number of Ebola cases in Congo has surpassed 1,000, making it the second-worst outbreak in history after the 2014 outbreak in West Africa in which 29,000 people were infected and more than 11,000 died.

New York county banned non-vaccinated minors from public places

March 27, 2019 A New York county hit by a measles outbreak declared a state of emergency Tuesday and banned non-vaccinated minors from public places in a bid to prevent the once-eliminated disease from spreading.

The risk of miscarriage is strongly linked to maternal age and pregnancy history

March 26, 2019 The risk of miscarriage increases with maternal age, has a strong recurrence risk, and is increased after some pregnancy complications, a new study published in BMJ shows.