Tag: epidemic
UN: AIDS epidemic stabilizing, still work to do
by on Nov.21, 2011, under Health and Fitness
The AIDS epidemic is leveling off and the number of people newly infected with the virus that causes it has remained unchanged since 2007, the United Nations said in a report Monday.
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Mexico tackles epidemic of childhood obesity
by on Oct.20, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Anghella Torres is just 4 years old, but already she weighs 66 pounds (30 kilos) — twice what she should. Because of her excess girth, her little feet constantly hurt from bearing the extra weight.
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Cholera epidemic spreading in Somalia, WHO warns
by on Aug.13, 2011, under Health and Fitness
A cholera epidemic is spreading in famine-hit Somalia, with alarming numbers of cases among people driven to the capital Mogadishu by a lack of food and water, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
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Scarlet fever kills second child in Hong Kong, epidemic to peak
by on Jun.21, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Hong Kong closed a kindergarten for a week on Tuesday after initial tests showed that a second child may have died of scarlet fever and experts warned that the epidemic sweeping through Hong Kong, Macao and parts of China may worsen.
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Pacific nations battle obesity epidemic
by on Apr.10, 2011, under Health and Fitness
On Tonga's supermarket shelves, huge cans of corned beef the size of paint tins replaced traditional fare such as fish and coconuts long ago — contributing to an obesity epidemic that sees the Pacific region ranked as the fattest in the world.
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UN asks for 164 mln to fight Haiti cholera epidemic
by on Nov.13, 2010, under Health and Fitness
The United Nations has appealed for 164 million dollars in aid to fight Haiti's cholera epidemic as the death toll mounted to almost 800 with hundreds more falling ill daily.
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Amazon Indians hit by deadly epidemic in Venezuela
by on Oct.30, 2010, under Health and Fitness
Venezuelan health workers say an epidemic that may be malaria has killed dozens of people, decimating three villages of the Yanomami Indians, whose struggle for survival in a remote part of the Amazon rain forest has attracted worldwide support.
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High death rate in Haiti cholera epidemic slows: WHO
by on Oct.27, 2010, under Health and Fitness
The unusually high death rate in Haiti's cholera epidemic is slowing as people become aware of the disease and health experts provide treatment, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
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Cholera epidemic reaches Haiti capital
by on Oct.24, 2010, under Health and Fitness
An epidemic of cholera that has ravaged northern and central Haiti has reached the country's densely populated capital, according to UN officials.
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DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic
by on Jul.29, 2010, under Health and Fitness
Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, “Come check out my table. Don’t be scared.”
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