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Analysis: India’s polio victory fuels endgame vaccine talks
by on Jan.12, 2012, under Health and Fitness
LONDON (Reuters) – When the clocks strike midnight in New Delhi on January 12, India will mark the first year in history it has recorded no new cases of polio. It's a huge milestone for a country many experts thought would be the last place on…
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Cervical cancer virus fuels oral cancer type, too
by on Oct.04, 2011, under Health and Fitness
A prolonged sore throat once was considered a cancer worry mainly for smokers and drinkers. Today there’s another risk: A sexually transmitted virus is fueling a rise in oral cancer.
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Mosquito resistance to bednets fuels malaria worries
by on Aug.18, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Mosquitoes can quickly develop resistance to insecticide-treated nets, a study from Senegal shows, raising fears that a leading method of preventing the disease may be less effective than previously thought.
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Mutated scarlet fever fuels Hong Kong outbreak
by on Jun.27, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Ultramodern Hong Kong is tussling with a centuries-old bug long forgotten in many developed countries — an outbreak of drug-resistant scarlet fever that has killed the first children there in a decade. And with it is the rise of a mutated st…
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Cholera backlash fuels anti-UN protests in Haiti
by on Nov.16, 2010, under Health and Fitness
Anti-U.N. riots spread to several Haitian cities and towns, as protesters blaming a contingent of Nepalese peacekeepers for a deadly outbreak of cholera exchanged gunfire with U.N. soldiers. Protesters continued to barricade some roads on Tuesday.
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Popularity of morning-after pills fuels concerns in India
by on Jul.23, 2010, under Health and Fitness
Heavy use of "morning-after" pills is causing concern in India where the government has banned ads criticised for promoting them as a primary contraceptive rather than an emergency measure.
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