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Coronavirus may ‘reactivate’ in cured patients, Korean CDC says

The coronavirus may be 'reactivating' in people who have been cured of the illness, according to Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1 min read9 Apr 2020
Science

WHO calls for trans fats to be eliminated within five years

WHO says the trans fats are bad for consumers, increasing heart disease risk by 21% and deaths by 28%

1 min read14 May 2018
Science

Flu kills up to 4,000 Americans a week, causing 1 in 10 deaths

There were 40,414 deaths in the US during the third week of 2018, the most recent data available, and 4,064 were from pneumonia or influenza, according to the CDC data

2 min read13 Feb 2018
Politics

India has the second highest unvaccinated children for measles in world

Around 20.8 million children across the world are still missing their first measles vaccine dose, says joint report by US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UN Foundation, UNICEF and WHO

1 min read28 Oct 2017
Science

Stroke is making a comeback as an American killer

A CDC report says nearly 800,000 Americans suffer a stroke each year, and about one-sixth of stroke victims die. Many survive only with serious disability

3 min read7 Sep 2017
Science

Climate change is making it harder to sleep

Scientists say the rising heat is disturbing sleepand the projected global warming is expected to make bad sleep even more worse

4 min read27 May 2017
Science

AIDS was already here in 1971

Scientists say modern versions of the AIDS virus may have emerged as early as the 1920s, reaching the Caribbean in 1967, New York in 1971, and San Francisco in 1976

3 min read27 Oct 2016
News

Zika virus does cause birth defects

The CDC report says it's now clear that the virus causes microcephalya congenital condition associated with incomplete brain development

2 min read14 Apr 2016
News

Google updates flu trends to better predict spread of illness

Google will incorporate data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US to boost its accuracy

1 min read1 Nov 2014
Politics

CDC revises protocols for health workers caring for Ebola patients

Under the new guidelines, health workers are required to wear waterproof fabric and boots and leave no part of the skin uncovered

1 min read24 Oct 2014