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.
View ArticleIndia 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...
View ArticleEbola 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...
View ArticleBeyond 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...
View ArticleThe Grandpa Who Saved His Granddaughter From Ebola
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View ArticleWill The Next 'MacGyver' Be An Indian Woman?
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View Article15-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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleArsenic 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...
View ArticleWhy China's Pollution Could Be Behind Our Cold, Snowy Winters
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View ArticleSeveral 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleFor 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...
View ArticleSuperslick Coatings Conquer Ketchup, But What About Ebola?
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View ArticleEbola 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleDrug-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...
View ArticleBreast 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....
View ArticleBundle 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.
View Article'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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