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Ebola: ‘Fear, denial and fatigue fuelling outbreak’
Health officials leading the fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone say fear, fatigue and denial are allowing the virus to spread.
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Seeking the Source of Ebola
The latest Ebola crisis may yield clues about where it hides between outbreaks. By David Quammen.
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Sugary Drinks Linked To Health Problems Even In Normal Weight People
If people stopped drinking sugary drinks, 2 million diabetes cases in the U.S. might be prevented.
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A Week In The Mysterious Sleeping Villages Of Kazakhstan
Radiation. Government conspiracy. Mass hysteria. There are plenty of theories as to why the residents of a tiny Kazakh mining region keep falling asleep for days at a time, but no answers. BuzzFeed News spends a week there and tries to stay awake. By Sarah A. Topol.
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We don’t trust drinking fountains anymore, and that’s bad for our health
One sultry day in 2012 , a handful of New Yorkers laid out a rich red carpet in Union Square Park. As a jazz band grooved in the background, vested and begloved hosts led guests to the star attraction: a drinking fountain.... By Kendra Pierre-Louis. (July 8)
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Curing Violence Like an Infectious Disease
American communities are still reeling and healing from recent gun violence, including the June mass shooting at a church in Charleston, S.C., and the gang violence that killed 10 people over July 4th weekend in Chicago. But our guests say there is something we can do about gun violence. To get there, we have to stop looking at the problem through a victim/perpetrator lens and begin tackling it at its root, like an infectious disease...
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Bimbo Bakeries recalls bread brands due to potential broken glass
Bimbo Bakeries is recalling bread under the brands of Sara Lee, Nature's Harvest and others due to the potential of glass in the bread caused by a broken light bulb at a factory. The company, headquartered in Horsham, Pa., made the announcement Wednesday after receiving three consumer reports of small pieces of glass found on the outside of the bread. No injuries were reported.
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Tinder Demands Removal of L.A. Billboards That Link Dating App to STD Testing
Tinder has sent a cease and desist letter to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation after a billboard went up in Los Angeles last week that draws a link between dating apps and a growing rate of sexually t...
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Death Rates Rising for Middle-Aged White Americans, Study Finds
Something startling is happening to middle-aged white Americans. Unlike every other age group, unlike every other racial and ethnic group, unlike their counterparts in other rich countries, death rates in this group have been rising, not falling. That finding was reported Monday by two Princeton economists, Angus Deaton, who last month won the 2015 Nobel Memorial Prize in for Economic Science, and Anne Case. Analyzing health and mortality data...
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Obesity Rises Despite All Efforts to Fight It, U.S. Health Officials Say
About 38 percent of American adults were obese in 2013 and 2014, up from 35 percent in 2011 and 2012. Researchers said the increase was small enough that it was not statistically significant. But to many in public health, it was surprising and disheartening.
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Clues Emerge in Fight against a Mysterious Killer of Central American Farmers
Scientists have long struggled to find the cause of a chronic kidney disease that chiefly afflicts farmers, and now suspect strenuous labor and harsh work conditions. By Andrea Small Carmona.
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Brazil links Zika fever to birth defects
The Brazilian health ministry confirms a link between a mosquito-borne virus from Africa, Zika Fever, and a high incidence of birth defects.
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The Toll of Violent Anti-Abortion Speech
The dirty secret of threats, intimidation and assaults: They work. By Katha Pollitt.
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In Flint, Michigan, there’s so much lead in children’s blood that a state of emergency is declared
For months, worried parents in Flint, Mich., arrived at their pediatricians’ offices in droves. Holding a toddler by the hand or an infant in their arms, they all have the same question: Are their children being poisoned? By Yanan Wang.
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Ebola Is Now Killing People Who Aren’t Even Infected
The epidemic has waned, but the virus still threatens the lives of women and children in West Africa. By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling.
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The Public Is Us
Reflections 100 years after Typhoid Mary’s quarantine on North Brother Island. By Anya Groner.
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Brazil declares emergency after 2,400 babies are born with brain damage, possibly due to mosquito-borne virus
Brazilian health authorities are sounding the alarm about a mosquito-borne virus that they believe may be the cause of thousands of infants being born with damaged brains. By Ariana Eunjung Cha.
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The Most Notable Medical Findings of 2015
This year in scientific advancement, from cancer to the Zika virus. By Jerome Groopman.
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Veterans Say ‘Burn Pits’ Created Toxic Clouds That Made Them Sick
During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, open-air pits were used to incinerate refuse including plastics and human waste. Now, U.S. veterans are claiming these burn pits caused chronic ailments. By Daniel Hajek and Arezou Rezvani.
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Guinea declared free of Ebola virus that killed over 2,500
Guinea was declared free of Ebola on Tuesday after more than 2,500 people died from the virus in the West African nation, leaving Liberia as the only country still awaiting a countdown for the end of the epidemic. People in the capital, Conakry, greeted the declaration by authorities and the U.N. World Health Organization with mixed emotions given the deaths and the damage the virus did to the economy and the country's health and education sectors.
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