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Ebola Survivors Urged to Abstain from Unprotected Sex Indefinitely
05/05/15 2:00 PM PST
In March, a Liberian woman came down with the Ebola virus after having sex with a male survivor five months after his recovery, leading health officials to warn Ebola survivors to abstain from unprotected sex indefinitely
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Medieval Potion Kills Off MRSA, Researchers Say
04/02/15 10:12 AM PST
In a surprise discovery, researchers found that a 1,000-year-old Anglo Saxon remedy for eye infection is very effective at killing MRSA
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27 Infected with Tuberculosis at Kansas High School
03/19/15 2:18 PM PST
27 people from Olathe Northwest High School in Kansas tested positive for tuberculosis after one student began showing symptoms
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WHO Pushes For Greater Smart Syringe Use
02/26/15 2:33 PM PST
The World Health Organization estimates that reusing needles results in more than 2 million infections per year
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Aggressive HIV Strain Discovered in Cuba
02/23/15 1:19 PM PST
The CRF19 strain is proving to be three times faster than normal strains – progressing HIV to AIDS in just three years
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Researchers Alter DNA of Monkeys, Provides Protection Against HIV
02/20/15 5:10 PM PST
Scientists from Scripps Research Institute in California inserted a new strain of DNA in monkeys, giving them the ability to fight off HIV at any level of the virus
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179 UCLA Hospital Patients Potentially Exposed to 'Superbug'
02/20/15 11:51 AM PST
At UCLA's Ronald Reagan Medical Center, two patients have died after being exposed to a superbug found on contaminated endoscopes, with 179 more potentially exposed
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Health Officials List Philippines as Possible Source of U.S. Measles Outbreak
02/19/15 2:43 PM PST
The current outbreak of measles in the U.S. may have originated from an infected person visiting Disneyland from the Philippines
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Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah Dies
01/22/15 4:52 PM PST
After reportedly suffering from a lung infection, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz passed away early January 23rd
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American Health Worker Monitored for Possible Ebola Exposure
01/05/15 4:40 PM PST
An unidentified health care worker was transferred to an Omaha, Neb. hospital after a possible high-risk exposure to the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone. The patient will be observed for any signs of infection during the 21-day incubation period
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Cambodian Village Hit by Mass HIV Infection
12/24/14 6:34 AM PST
106 people test positive for HIV in a small, rural Cambodian community; authorities arrest unlicensed doctor
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Superbug Could Take Lives of 10M Annually by 2050
12/15/14 1:49 PM PST
A new study says antibiotic-resistant infections could kill up to 10 million people globally each year by 2050 – that's more people than those currently dying from cancer