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New Biologic Drug Tackles Hard-to-Control Asthma

Benralizumab significantly cuts respiratory attacks, two trials show.

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Stroke Survivors Often Struggle With Depression

Risk was 8 times higher for those who suffered a brain attack than for those who didn't, study found.

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UN health agency calls for multi-sectoral approach to deal with 'double burden' of malnutrition in south-east Asia

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Child's arm being measured to assess his nutritional state at a feeding centre in Dahakula village, Bangladesh.

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U.N. Tightens Safe Sex Guidelines for Visitors to Zika Zones

Male and female travelers, with or without symptoms, should practice safe sex or abstinence for 6 months after return.

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Cesarean Birth Linked to Risk of Obesity in Childhood

Odds even greater when compared to siblings who were born vaginally, study finds.

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Thyroid Levels in High-Normal Range May Be Linked to Cardiac Arrest

Study isn't cause for alarm, cardiologist says, but hormone could be more 'toxic' than thought.

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DRC vaccinates more than 10 million people in Africa’s largest yellow fever vaccination campaign

The largest emergency vaccination campaign against yellow fever ever attempted in Africa, came to an end on 5 September 2016 with more than 10.6 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) vaccinated against the lethal disease.

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A Toolkit for addressing what makes people sick or healthy launched

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Fossil Find Unearths New Pterosaur Species in Argentina

CT scans of well-preserved braincase yield clues about evolution of the flying reptile.

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6th-Century Skeletons Shed Light on Deadly Plague Outbreaks

As plague threat re-emerges, gene studies say same germ also caused Black Death of the 1300s.

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