Tag: spreading
Kids Urged to Take Steps to Avoid Spreading Illness at School
by on Aug.14, 2011, under Health and Fitness
SUNDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) — As the new school year
approaches, pediatricians are reminding parents and kids that children
with contagious infections, such as strep throat, should stay home from
school and receive the appropriate treatment.
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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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WHO warns leprosy spreading in India
by on Aug.06, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Six years after leprosy was declared officially eliminated in India, officials and doctors are warning that the disfiguring disease is spreading in poverty-stricken pockets of the country.
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Hong Kong says no sign bird flu spreading in humans
by on Nov.20, 2010, under Health and Fitness
Hong Kong health authorities said Saturday there was no sign of bird flu spreading among humans after the densely-populated city recorded its first case of the virus in seven years.
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Dengue fever spreading in Asia
by on Oct.07, 2010, under Health and Fitness
Dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease with no known treatment, is spreading in Asia, with cases in India at a 20-year high as the country hosts the Commonwealth Games.
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Scientists find new superbug spreading from India
by on Aug.11, 2010, under Health and Fitness
A new superbug could spread around the world after reaching Britain from India — in part because of medical tourism — and scientists say there are almost no drugs to treat it.
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New superbugs spreading from South Asia: study
by on Aug.11, 2010, under Health and Fitness
Plastic surgery patients have carried a new class of superbugs resistant to almost all antibiotics from South Asia to Britain and they could spread worldwide, researchers reported Wednesday.
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Anti-gay laws spreading HIV in Asia-Pacific: UN
by on Jul.21, 2010, under Health and Fitness
Laws criminalizing gay sex in many countries in the Asia-Pacific region is pushing infection rates of HIV and AIDS to "alarming" levels, the United Nations Development Programme said Wednesday.
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