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'Ice Bucket Challenge' passes $100 mn mark The "Ice Bucket Challenge" viral craze has raised more than $100 million after sweeping the globe since its launch last month.
30 августа 2014
Tengrinews file photo Kazakhstan makes first brain tumor surgery National Center for Neurosurgery in Astana has successfully remove a brain tumor located close to motor cortex - the first such surgery in Kazakhstan.
28 августа 2014
US diplomats banned from Ice Bucket Challenge It is the charity stunt that has got everyone from billionaires to pop stars and even former US presidents drenched by buckets of freezing water
22 августа 2014
Intel to use 'big data' to battle Parkinson's disease US computing giant Intel announced it was joining an effort to battle Parkinson's disease with new big data and wearable technologies.
14 августа 2014
Rwanda tests possible Ebola case: health ministry Rwanda has placed a German student with Ebola-like symptoms in isolation, checking for the deadly tropical disease.
11 августа 2014
WHO declares Ebola epidemic a global emergency Nigeria became the latest country to declare a national emergency over the deadly Ebola virus.
09 августа 2014
Ebola sparks states of emergency across west Africa States of emergency were in effect across overwhelmed west African nations Friday with the death toll from the Ebola epidemic nearing 1,000.
08 августа 2014
Photo © Yaroslav Radlovsky Teen infected with CCHF in South Kazakhstan A teen from South Kazakhstan oblast has been diagnosed with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF).
05 августа 2014
Photo courtesy of wikipedia.org Peace Corps withdraws from W. Africa over Ebola fears The US Peace Corps announced it was pulling hundreds of volunteers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone due to growing concerns over the spread of the deadly Ebola epidemic raging in West Africa.
02 августа 2014
Photo courtesy of etoday.ru. Kazakhstanis recommended to postpone Hajjs to Saudi Arabia Kazakhstanis are highly recommended to postpone Hajjs to Saudi Arabia amid a deadly virus outbreak.
01 августа 2014
Medical laboratory. © Yaroslav Radlovsky Meningitis hits another city in Kazakhstan 78 more people have been registered with meningitis in Kazakhstan.
01 августа 2014
Photo courtesy of ortcom.kz Chief doctor denies Astana meningitis outbreak Chief sanitary doctor of Kazakhstan's capital Zhandarbek Bekshin has denied that there is a meningitis outbreak in Astana.
01 августа 2014
Photo © Turar Kazangapov. Every second Kazakhstani relies on self-treatment: Ministry of Health Every second Kazakhstani takes medicine without doctor’s prescription.
28 июля 2014
Two Americans, Freetown resident latest Ebola victims Alarm soared in west Africa Monday over the deadliest Ebola virus outbreak yet, with an American doctor and a missionary contracting the disease in Liberia and the death of the first victim from Sierra Leone's capital Freetown.
28 июля 2014
Photo courtesy of aftpharm.com Paracetamol no better than placebo in low-back pain: study Paracetamol, the first-choice lower-back pain killer, worked no better than dummy drugs administered in a trial of more than 1,600 people suffering from the condition, researchers said
25 июля 2014
©Reuters/Michaela Rehle Geneticists find 100+ DNA pointers for schizophrenia A massive gene trawl has linked over 100 DNA coding mutations to schizophrenia, yielding critical clues about what causes the illness and possibly how to treat it, scientists said
23 июля 2014
Brain MRI of an 8 year old female with Rasmussen's encephalitis. Photo courtesy of en.wikipedia.org Encephalitis kills 60 in eastern India in fortnight An outbreak of encephalitis has killed 60 people in two weeks in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, a top health official has said, calling the situation "alarming'.
23 июля 2014
©Reuters/Edward Echwalu HIV scare after Australian health worker diagnosed with virus Australian authorities were urging 399 people in eastern Victoria state to have an HIV test after a health care worker was diagnosed with the virus that causes AIDS.
16 июля 2014
©Reuters/Eduardo Munoz. UN has 'moral responsibility' to tackle Haiti cholera: Ban The United Nations has a "moral responsibility" to help impoverished Haiti end a devastating cholera outbreak some blame on peacekeepers, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says.
14 июля 2014
©Reuters/Pichi Chuang US govt lab reveals series of dangerous mix-ups The United States' top public health agency revealed Friday a series of alarming incidents in which dangerous biological agents including anthrax, influenza and botulism were mishandled over the past decade.
12 июля 2014

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