Thursday 27 September 2018

80,000 Americans Died From Flu Last Year

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The 2017-2018 flu season was made worse by two factors: strains that hit the very young and elderly especially hard, and a poor matchup between those strains and those in the flu vaccine.



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Rat Poison in Synthetic Pot Can Kill Users: Report

At the time, the FDA said that hundreds of people in about 10 states had been hospitalized for bleeding after using the contaminated products, and several had died.



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Wednesday 26 September 2018

New Therapy May Control HIV Without Daily Pills

A combination of two HIV-fighting antibodies, given to small group of people with HIV, appears to suppress the virus for a few months even after the person stops taking the drugs. Researchers hope it means could one day people could stop taking daily pills for HIV.



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In Rare Bipartisan Accord, House and Senate Reach Compromise on Opioid Bill


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