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WHO confirms 2 new coronavirus deaths. What is coronavirus?
The deadly and mysterious coronavirus that first appeared in Saudi Arabia last year has claimed two more victims, bringing the official death toll to 11. The World Health Organization said a 73-year-old man from the United Arab Emirates who was taken to...
Tags: Politics, Flu, Saudi Arabia, Pneumonia, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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As L.A. awaits more influenza cases, other winter bugs on the rise
California hasn’t suffered from the flu as much as some other parts of the country have, with their hospital ERs clogged with patients struggling with fevers, breathing problems and other symptoms typical of influenza. But as public health...
Tags: Flu, Pneumonia, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Calicivirus, Premature Birth
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Telomere length linked to catching a cold in preliminary study
Test subjects with shorter immune cell telomeres faced an increased risk of catching a cold, researchers wrote Tuesday in JAMA (abstract here.) It was the first time the DNA structures had been implicated in acute illnesses in healthy, relatively...
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Research, Science and Technology
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British case of new virus suggests person-to-person transmission
A newly identified virus tied to five deaths worldwide since April appears capable of transmission from one person to another, British health officials said Wednesday. The virus, part of a family called coronaviruses that range from the common cold to...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Pakistan, United Kingdom, Elizabeth II, Health and Safety at School
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New virus doesn't spread easily person-to-person, WHO says
World NowA new virus that has killed one person and landed another in a London hospital does not appear to spread easily from person to person, the World Health Organization said Friday.... -
New virus akin to SARS reported; man hospitalized in London
World NowA Qatari man hospitalized in London is suffering a severe infection in the same family as the SARS virus that killed hundreds and sickened thousands across the globe roughly a decade ago, the World Health Organization and British authorities have... -
The Healthy Skeptic: Probiotics could help in cold and flu season
Now that we're deep into the cold and flu season, it's safe to assume that germs are hiding pretty much everywhere — the keypad at the grocery store checkout, the handrail on the bus, the air around that miserable-looking co-worker.
Avoiding...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Flu, Companies and Corporations, Medical Research, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida)
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Standing up to Pain
Pain took center stage during season 11 of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” when Jennifer Grey almost didn’t perform during the finale due to a severe back injury.
The actress, who shot to fame in the 1987 flick “Dirty...Tags: Pain, Chiropractors, Sports, Health and Medical Professionals, Spine
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Faces to Watch in 2012: Books
Shalom Auslander
NOVELIST
Only Shalom Auslander would call a novel "Hope: A Tragedy." But then, what else would you expect from an author whose last book, a memoir, was titled "Foreskin's Lament"? There, he recalled his Orthodox Jewish upbringing,...Tags: Literature, Arts and Culture, Literature, Michael Showalter, Entertainment
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Monday's Talk Shows
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of April 8 - 14 in PDF format TV listings for the week of April 8 - 14 in PDF format are also available at latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv Weekly TV Listings and more...... -
Rosalyn Yalow dies at 89; Nobel winner helped revolutionize medical diagnostics
Physicist Rosalyn S. Yalow, who shared the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the development of a medical diagnostic test that revolutionized patient care and led to a new understanding of diabetes and a host of other diseases, died May 30 in...Tags: Hepatitis, Pancreas, Nobel Prize Awards, Colleges and Universities, Physical Conditions
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Twitter Town Hall: The complete transcript of Barack Obama and Jack Dorsey
Top of the TicketTwitter Townhall went on for over an hour....
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