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Equinox & SoulCycle Distance Themselves From Presidential Campaign Fundraiser

In the statement , Ross said he's known Trump for 40 years, and "while we agree on some issues , we strongly disagree on many others, and I have never been ba...

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Climate Change and Land's central finding is that land is a crucial resource on Earth - and it's got some serious problems. "I think this report really unde...

West Nile virus: 12 human cases reported in the Las Vegas area

County health officer Dr. Davis mentioned in an announcement. Both individuals turned ill with West Nile, which is transmitted to people through a mosquito bi...

Obama: Reject language from leaders that 'normalizes racist sentiments'

Trump has backed away from previous pledges to strengthen gun laws following other mass shootings. As Trump weighs trips to the affected communities - the Fed...

More West Nile virus cases reported in Las Vegas area

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Junior doctors in Hyd boycotts medical practices, continues protest against NMC Bill

Whether what a medical student learns in over four years of learning, including through hands-on experience at hospitals, can be assessed by a single examinatio...

Rwanda closes border with Congo

A total of 1 803 lives have been lost in the second worst outbreak of Ebola on record, according to figures released on Wednesday. The man died on Wednesday...

Second Ebola case detected in eastern Congo's main city

Officers in Congo on Tuesday mentioned a second Ebola case had been confirmed in Goma, the town of more than 2 million folks whose first confirmed case in thi...

Ebola outbreak causes Rwanda to close border with Congo

The closure came after a second death linked to the Ebola virus was confirmed on Wednesday in the densely populated Congolese city of Goma , which is on the ...

Harris vs Sanders on Medicare for All: Key differences between the plans

Mr Sanders has said as recently as this month that the sweeping overhaul of the United States health system he envisions could cost up to 40 trillion USA dolla...

South Whitehall Twp. Mosquito Tests Positive for West Nile Virus

To date this year, there have been no human cases of West Nile virus infection confirmed in DeKalb County. To date this year no mosquitoes have tested positiv...

Mosquito-Borne Brain Infection Found in Florida

Although there's only been an average of seven cases of the EEE virus reported in United States residents each year, the disease is known to be fateful about 30...

A second Ebola case in Goma-the first prompted an global emergency

It is not immediately clear how the man arrived in Goma on July 13 from a mining area in northeastern Ituri province, nor what he did after he started showing s...

University of Iowa Hospitals maintains national ranking by U.S

Morristown Medical Center President Trish O'Keefe said the honor reflects the efforts of those at the hospital and throughout the Atlantic Health system. "As a...

WHO Urges Countries to Invest in Eliminating Hepatitis

Based on the type of virus affecting the liver, types of hepatitis are classified. It is among the leading foodborne infections, causes cyclic epidemics, and ...

Pfizer to spinoff, merge off-patent drugs unit with Mylan

Although Meridian will not be merged with Mylan as part of the transaction announced on Monday (July 30), the companies were in talks to transfer Meridian to ...

How To Watch The Second Democratic Presidential Primary Debate

Shakir also noted that unlike Sanders and Sen. Harris' plan would only impose that tax on households over $100,000, and would also raise even that threshold for...

Rockland County crews prepare for peak season of West Nile virus

That year, there were 59 positive mosquito pools from the district. "Because there is no vaccine and no specific treatment, it is very important that people...

Saudi Arabia suspends visas to people from Congo over Ebola

It is the second-worst outbreak of its kind on record. Last week the World Health Organization designated it an worldwide emergency, prompted partly by a case i...

Climate Change, the Main Trigger for Candida Auris Expansion

The reports reveal about 30-60 percent of patients have died only due to this fungal infection . Still, experts are anxious about Candida auris . "It pos...

Brain-eating amoeba kills person who swam in North Carolina water park

Health officials recommended that swimmers in warm freshwater areas hold their noses shut or use nose clips to limit the amount of water going up against their ...

12 killed in rebel attacks in Congo’s Ebola outbreak region

According to the World Bank, the money will cover the Ebola-affected health zones in DRC and enable the government, World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, W...

Barbados Updating Ebola Plan As Outbreak Declared a Public Health Emergency

The health minister resigned from his position following the news that President Felix Tshisekedi had announced a new team to oversee the Ebola response. Ta...

Congolese cross-border trader's Ebola death fuels Uganda outbreak fears

Speaking at an Ebola response meeting, North Kivu province's Governor Carly Nzanzu said the City's first Ebola patient died while being driven from Goma to ...

Ilhan Omar, US congresswoman in eye of political storm

Immediately, she said it "felt good to be home". Omar, who was born in Somalia, is one of four newly elected Democratic congresswomen to repeatedly clash with...

United States overdose deaths post annual drop for first time in two decades

However while he described the decline as "encouraging", Mr Azar said "on no account enjoy we declared victory towards the epidemic or dependancy generally". Th...

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Face Rematch in Next Democratic Debate

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will face off while Bernie Sanders takes on Elizabeth Warren during the two-night Democratic presidential debate in Detroit...

BC man dies of rare case of rabies infection

Henry said that while there is no recorded history of rabies being transferred between humans, the man's family members and health-care workers who treated him ...

More than 820 mln suffer worldwide

A report released Monday by five United Nations agencies dealing with food, nutrition and health says that while hunger levels have mostly stabilized, more pe...

Congo's Ebola outbreak declared 'Public Health Emergency of International Concern' by WHO

The emergency committee that sat on Wednesday cited recent developments in the outbreak in making its recommendation, including the first confirmed case in Gom...

Congo-Kinshasa: Two Ebola Health Workers Killed

The border between the two countries extends into Lake Kivu, bottom left. More than 1,600 people in eastern Congo have died as the virus has spread in are...

World Health Organization declares Ebola outbreak in DRC "emergency of int'l concern"

The emergency committee of worldwide health experts that advises WHO had thrice declined to declare an emergency. Eight more people died from their Ebola in...

16% decline in HIV cases since 2010: UNAIDS

The report added that the pace of progress in reducing new HIV infections , increasing access to treatment, and ending AIDS-related deaths was slowing down. ...

Teens who spend more time on social media suffer worse depression

Notably, depressive symptoms increased overall across the study period, as well as average social media and television use, the authors noted. Martin Gign...

Congo tracing contacts of first Ebola case in Goma

A survey carried out by researchers from Harvard University earlier this year showed that one in four people in the worst affected areas thought the virus was...