HPV causing more oral cancer in men (AP) AP - The sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer in women is poised to become one of the leading causes of oral cancer in men, according to a new study.
Source: news.yahoo.comMore swans test positive for H5N1 bird flu: officials (AFP)
AFP - Two more wild swans found dead on a nature reserve in south-west England have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu, which can be deadly for humans, the environment ministry said Friday.
Source: news.yahoo.comPregnant Women With Asthma Should Stay on Low Dose of Meds (HealthDay) HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 1 (
HealthDay News) -- During pregnancy, asthmatic women should continue to use their asthma medication in the lowest dose possible to manage symptoms.
Source: news.yahoo.comBird flu continues march 4 years later (AP)
AP - Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread.
Source: news.yahoo.comCDC: Drug sickens dialysis patients (AP) AP - More than 50 dialysis patients in 12 states have come down with allergic reactions that are being blamed on recalled batches of a blood thinner, federal
health officials said Friday.
Source: news.yahoo.comIndia isolates 26 people as bird flu spreads in Asia (Reuters)
Reuters - India has put 26 people in isolation with bird flu symptoms and hundreds more people are being monitored, officials said on Friday as Pakistan and Thailand reported outbreaks of bird flu in poultry.
Source: news.yahoo.comSafe sex the message as Rio launches into Carnival (Reuters)
Reuters - Wearing nuns' veils, condom-shaped hats and all kinds of silly headgear, Brazilians partied in the beer-slicked streets of Rio de Janeiro on Friday as its Carnival started in earnest.
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