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Taking Antibiotics During Travel Fosters Drug-Resistant Germs

Delhi belly. That's what my brother-in-law calls the rumble in his stomach he invariably gets on business trips to India.Like many travelers, he pops a few Cipro when Dehli belly hits.

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India Grows, Canada Disappears: Mapping Countries By Population

World maps distort — it's inherent in their design.Take a spherical object (the Earth) and try to represent it on a flat plane (paper), and some parts of the sphere are going to get stretched. On most...

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Ebola Cases Plummet In West Africa, As Endgame Begins

The tide may have turned on the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.Last week, only 99 cases were reported. That's the lowest weekly count since June.Cases have...

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Beyond Rash And Fever: How Measles Can Kill

In 1962, children's book author Roald Dahl lost his oldest daughter, Olivia, to measles. She was 7 years old.Twenty-six years later, Dahl wrote a letter to parents about what happened:"As the illness...

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The Grandpa Who Saved His Granddaughter From Ebola

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Will The Next 'MacGyver' Be An Indian Woman?

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15-Minute Ebola Test Approved For Fighting The Epidemic

Speed. That's key to ending the Ebola epidemic, health officials have been saying for months. Now there's a new tool to help do the trick.The World Health Organization approved the first quick test for...

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How To Help Children Orphaned By Ebola

The Ebola epidemic has taken a heartbreaking toll on children.More than 1,000 children have died from the disease. Even more have lost parents, grandparents and siblings."To date, 16,600 children have...

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Arsenic Antidote Hidden In Our Genes

For centuries, arsenic was the go-to poison for murder.If you wanted to knock off an heir to the throne or speed up the arrival of your inheritance, all you had to do was add a dollop of rat poison to...

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Why China's Pollution Could Be Behind Our Cold, Snowy Winters

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Several Americans Possibly Exposed To Ebola, As Epidemic Smolders

This week we got a rude reminder that Ebola is clearly not over in West Africa.Another American aid worker contracted the disease in Sierra Leone, health officials reported Thursday. The infected...

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How Malaria In The Brain Kills: Doctors Solve A Medical Mystery

Malaria is one of the oldest scourges of mankind. Yet it's been a mystery how the deadliest form of the disease kills children.One doctor in Michigan has dedicated her life to figuring that out. Now...

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For The Love Of Pork: Antibiotic Use On Farms Skyrockets Worldwide

Sorry bacon lovers, we've got some sad news about your favorite meat.To get those sizzling strips of pork on your plate each morning takes more antibiotics than it does to make a steak burrito or a...

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Superslick Coatings Conquer Ketchup, But What About Ebola?

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Ebola Is Not Mutating As Fast As Scientists Feared

Back in August, scientists published a worrisome report about Ebola in West Africa: The virus was rapidly changing its genetic code as it spread through people. Ebola was mutating about twice as fast...

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A Virus In Your Mouth Helps Fight The Flu

Hidden inside all of us are likely thousands of viruses — maybe more. They just hang out, harmlessly. We don't even know they're there.But every once in a while, one of these viral inhabitants might...

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Drug-Resistant Food Poisoning Lands In The U.S.

This time last year, a painful new virus was knocking on our doorstep. Travelers were bringing chikungunya to the U.S. And eventually, the mosquito-borne virus set up shop in Florida.Now the Centers...

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Breast Milk Sold Online Contaminated With Cow's Milk

Selling breast milk is big business.Each year tens of thousands of women post ads on websites, offering their extra milk for $1 to $3 an ounce: "My rich milk makes giants!" promises one seller....

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Bundle Of Joyful Microbes: Mom's DNA Alters Baby's Gut Bacteria

Right after birth, trillions of microbes rush into a baby's gut and start to grow.

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'Mad Cow' Disease In Texas Man Has Mysterious Origin

It began with anxiety and depression. A few months later, hallucinations appeared.Then the Texas man, in his 40s, couldn't feel the left side of his face.He thought the symptoms were because of a...

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