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São Paulo government will knock door to door to find unvaccinated children

August 29, 2018
Health workers will search house by house for children yet to be vaccinated against measles and polio in the state\'s capital, São Paulo, in a government effort to reach the vaccination goals set for this year.

Scientists find new way to attack herpes viruses

August 29, 2018
Human cytomegalovirus is a leading cause of birth defects and transplant failures.

Scientists identify new kind of human brain cell

August 28, 2018
One of the most intriguing questions about the human brain is also one of the most difficult for neuroscientists to answer: What sets our brains apart from those of other animals?

Government in UK confirms plans to approve the home-use of early abortion pills

August 28, 2018
Women in England will be allowed to take the second of 2 early medical abortion pills in their own home.

Jury still out on aspirin a day to prevent heart attack and stroke

August 27, 2018
The jury is still out on whether people at moderate risk of a first heart attack or stroke should take daily aspirin to lower their risk, according to late breaking results from the ARRIVE study presented today in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2018 and with simultaneous publication in the Lancet.

Giant 3-centimeter hunter tick discovered in Sweden

August 26, 2018
The giant Hyalomma tick, which can become three centimeters long and can bite humans and transmit serious pathogens, has for the first time been spotted in Sweden, Swedish Radio reported.

Australian hospital recruits humanoid robot for medical trial

August 25, 2018
An Australian hospital is trialing the use of a humanoid robot this month to provide information and direct visitors, much to the fascination of patients and staff alike.

Autism linked to egg cells' difficulty creating large proteins

August 25, 2018
New work from Carnegie\'s Ethan Greenblatt and Allan Spradling reveals that the genetic factors underlying fragile X syndrome, and potentially other autism-related disorders, stem from defects in the cell\'s ability to create unusually large protein structures. Their findings are published in Science.

Children anemia increases to 41 percent in Lima

August 25, 2018
Anemia among children under three years of the Peruvian capital rose almost eight points, to 41 percent, in the first half of this year, according to a report from the National Institute of Statistics and Computering (INEI).

41 dead, over 36,000 infected by dengue in Sri Lanka

August 24, 2018
Sri Lanka\'s Epidemiology Unit on Friday said 41 people had died and over 36,000 patients infected by dengue across Sri Lanka till August this year.

Measles outbreak reported in Dublin, 13 cases identified

August 24, 2018
A measles outbreak has been reported in parts of the Irish capital Dublin, with 13 cases of the disease having been identified since July, said health authorities.

Record high measle cases in Europe

August 23, 2018
Over 41,000 children and adults in Europe have been infected with measles in the first half of 2018, more than any total year this decade, according to the World Health Organization regional office for Europe.
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