News tagged with health threats
Economic downturn will have severe, far-reaching effects on global health
(PhysOrg.com) -- The health of millions of people worldwide is at risk as a result of the financial crisis, says Dr Andrew Robertson, in an editorial published online in Emerging Health Threats Journal.
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Disease-causing strains of Fusarium prevalent in plumbing drains
A study examining the prevalence of the fungus Fusarium in bathroom sink drains suggests that plumbing systems may be a common source of human infections.
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Scientists: Fish are sick where BP's oil spill hit
(AP) -- Two years after the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, scientists say they're finding trouble with sick fish that dwell along offshore reefs and in the deep waters - especially in places where the oil spill hit the ...
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Experts debate destroying last smallpox viruses
(AP) -- Smallpox, one of the world's deadliest diseases, eradicated three decades ago, is kept alive under tight security today in just two places - the United States and Russia.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 13, 2011 |
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Scientists fight back in 'mutant flu' research row
Leading virologists on Wednesday warned of censorship after a US bioterror watchdog asked scientific journals to withhold details of lab work that created a mutant strain of killer flu.
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Australia launches world-first plain cigarette pack laws
Australia introduced world-first plain packaging laws for cigarettes into parliament Wednesday, vowing not to bow to big tobacco's "intimidation tactics" and legal threats.
Jul 06, 2011 |
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New study finds MRSA on the rise in hospital outpatients
The community-associated strain of the deadly superbug MRSA -- an infection-causing bacteria resistant to most common antibiotics -- poses a far greater health threat than previously known and is making its way into hospitals, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Leaded gasoline predominant source of lead exposure in latter 20th century
Leaded gasoline was responsible for about two-thirds of toxic lead that African-American children in Cleveland ingested or inhaled during the latter two-thirds of the 20th century, according to a new study in Science of th ...
Jun 15, 2010 |
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Toxic chromium found in Chicago's drinking water
Chicago's first round of testing for a toxic metal called hexavalent chromium found that levels in local drinking water are more than 11 times higher than a health standard California adopted last month.
Aug 08, 2011 |
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