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Tag: Medicine and Health

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Times Insider: Candida Auris: The Fungus Nobody Wants to Talk About

April 8, 2019MATT RICHTELComments Off on Times Insider: Candida Auris: The Fungus Nobody Wants to Talk About

The medical community is usually eager to discuss public health issues. But the rise in drug-resistant microbes is cloaked in chronic secrecy.

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‘It Is Unspeakable’: How Maduro Used Cuban Doctors to Coerce Venezuela Voters

March 17, 2019March 17, 2019NICHOLAS CASEYComments Off on ‘It Is Unspeakable’: How Maduro Used Cuban Doctors to Coerce Venezuela Voters

President Nicolás Maduro sent doctors door-to-door to warn the ill and elderly that care would be cut off unless they voted for the governing party, said 16 Cuban physicians who worked in Venezuela.

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Ireland Diagnosed Record Number of H.I.V. Infections in 2018, Health Data Suggests

February 25, 2019February 26, 2019ED O’LOUGHLINComments Off on Ireland Diagnosed Record Number of H.I.V. Infections in 2018, Health Data Suggests

As government campaigns have reduced transmission through drug use, sex has become a more common route for infection. Some Irish activists attributed the increase to poor sex health education.

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Trilobites: Searching Tardigrades for Lifesaving Secrets

February 15, 2019STEPH YINComments Off on Trilobites: Searching Tardigrades for Lifesaving Secrets

Researchers are drawing inspiration from the proteins that they think let hearty water bears cheat time by decelerating their biology.

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China Investigates Reports of H.I.V.-Tainted Blood Plasma Treatment

February 6, 2019AMY QINComments Off on China Investigates Reports of H.I.V.-Tainted Blood Plasma Treatment

Authorities in China have ordered an emergency recall of more than 12,000 units of a blood plasma product, potentially the latest scandal to undermine public trust in the nation’s health care system.

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The New Health Care: Giant Strides in World Health, but It Could Be So Much Better

February 4, 2019AUSTIN FRAKT and AARON E. CARROLLComments Off on The New Health Care: Giant Strides in World Health, but It Could Be So Much Better

Americans tend to overestimate the problems in poorer nations.

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Singapore Says Records for 14,200 H.I.V. Patients, Held by an American, Were Leaked

January 28, 2019January 29, 2019MIKE IVESComments Off on Singapore Says Records for 14,200 H.I.V. Patients, Held by an American, Were Leaked

The medical records were illegally disclosed online, the Ministry of Health said, in the second major breach of Singapore’s health records since July.

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How to Stop Rogue Gene-Editing of Human Embryos?

January 23, 2019PAM BELLUCKComments Off on How to Stop Rogue Gene-Editing of Human Embryos?

Some U.S. researchers knew of a Chinese scientist’s intentions to implant edited embryos but were unable to stop him. Now scientific institutions are trying to devise global safeguards.

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Quiet Casualty of Sri Lanka’s Political Crisis: A Sugar Tax

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018MIKE IVESComments Off on Quiet Casualty of Sri Lanka’s Political Crisis: A Sugar Tax

In an effort to increase public support for the disputed prime minister, the government is reducing a tax on sugary drinks that experts say is vital for the country’s health.

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Papua New Guinea Is Rich in Resources but Poor in Health

November 13, 2018JO CHANDLERComments Off on Papua New Guinea Is Rich in Resources but Poor in Health

The Pacific nation hoped that hosting the APEC summit meeting would elevate its international profile, but a national health crisis threatens to overshadow it.

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