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Salmonella outbreak sickens nearly 300 in US A salmonella outbreak in raw chicken has sickened nearly 300 people in the US,as consumer advocates warned the federal shutdown was hampering a government response.

10 October 2013

When diseases have a bad name, change is hard Some diseases just have a bad name. But even when their commonly known labels glorify Nazi doctors or slander certain ethnic groups, old habits are hard to change.

03 October 2013

Study suggests brain protein as Alzheimer drug target Scientists have a new lead on a possible treatment to slow Alzheimer's disease by targeting a protein involved in limiting flexibility in the aging brain.

20 September 2013

New meningitis vaccine slashes cases by 94 percent A new vaccine being rolled out in the "meningitis belt" that stretches across north-central Africa has reduced cases of the potentially fatal disease by 94 percent.

12 September 2013

Tourist Association recommends Kazakhstan residents to stay away from Issyk-Kul because of plague outbreak Kazakhstan residents are not recommended to visit Issyk-Kul lake resorts in Kyrgyzstan because of the bubonic plague outbreak.

06 September 2013

Kazakhstan athletes unsure about participating in Issyk-Kul Sport Games due to plague Kazakhstan sport delegation hasn't confirmed their participation in the traditional Issyk-Kul Sport Games held in plague-ridden Kyrgyzstan.

06 September 2013

Kyrgyzstan urges calm after teen's plague death Kyrgyzstan on appealed for calm after a 15-year-old boy died of bubonic plague in a rural area, stressing that doctors had not identified any new cases.

29 August 2013

113 thousand people vaccinated against plague in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Healthcare Ministry has reported on the advance measures taken to protect Kazakhstan people from bubonic plague.

27 August 2013

Kazakhstan fearful of bubonic plague spread from Kyrgyzstan A teenage boy has died of bubonic plague in Kyrgyzstan. The neighboring Kazakhstan has stepped up border control.

26 August 2013

New treatment could help those with Crohn's, colitis: study A new treatment could offer relief to those with the inflammatory bowel conditions Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

22 August 2013

Insecticide-treated bed nets prevent tropical disease: study Bed nets treated with insecticide are a simple and economical way to eradicate filariasis, a mosquito-born tropical disease that threatens 1.4 billion people worldwide.

22 August 2013

Quebec moves to allow assisted suicide The government of Canada's mostly French-speaking Quebec province on Wednesday unveiled legislation allowing terminally ill patients to kill themselves with a doctor's help.

14 June 2013

Every fifth prisoner HIV-positive in East Kazakhstan Every fifth prisoner serving a sentence in East-Kazakhstan oblast is HIV-positive.

31 May 2013

England prepares mass-vaccination push as measles cases rise England aims to inject a million youngsters with measles vaccine following a surge in cases of the potentially fatal disease.

25 April 2013

KazAgroFinance sues sick cattle supplier KazAgroFinance has prepared the documents and is already filing the lawsuit: Kazakhstan Vice-Minister.

19 April 2013

New gene linked with double Alzheimer's risk for blacks African-Americans with a certain gene variant have nearly double the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease than those without it.

11 April 2013

Kazakhstan Healthcare Ministry makes rating of fatal diseases A rating of the most hazardous fatal diseases has been made in Kazakhstan.

03 April 2013

Saudi death from SARS-like virus: WHO A SARS-like virus that has struck in Britain and the Middle East has claimed a new victim in Saudi Arabia, bringing the global toll from the mystery illness to nine.

13 March 2013

Extra pounds don't cancel benefits of quitting smoking Quitting smoking sharply reduces the risk of heart disease -- even if kicking the habit comes along with a few extra pounds.

13 March 2013

What have we learnt from SARS? A decade ago, a highly contagious and deadly new illness sent people worldwide scrambling to cancel flights and holidays as schools closed and sales of surgical masks spiked.

10 March 2013

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