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Federal Guidelines Prevent Disposal of Ebola Waste

Emory Hospital staff were despatched to Home Depot and instructed to buy as many 32 gallon rubber waste barrels with lids as they could get their hands on.

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First Death From D68 Enterovirus

A little girl from Rhode Island has become the first person to die of the D68 enterovirus.

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Food allergies More Widespread In Inner City Children

Nearly 3 percent of adults and 6 percent of young children in the United States have one or more food allergies, according to the latest estimates from the National Institutes of Health.

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Free Mini Book: Deficiency Diseases

Vitamin and mineral deficiencies are not the most riveting subject but a working knowledge of the most common, and some of the most dangerous deficiency diseases is an absolute must for those trying to survive in a world without medical assistance.

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Functional Fitness: The Wild Woodsman Workout

Could you fireman’s carry a family member to safety – or split firewood without hydraulic equipment – or hoe that long row in your garden without having a stroke?

SEIU Holds Ebola Training For Laguardia Airport Workers...NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 09:  Mary Moorer leads a class with workers from 
the union 32BJ, many of them airline cabin cleaners, terminal cleaners and wheelchair attendants, participate in a class on how to better protect themselves from infectious diseases in the wake of increased concerns around the Ebola virus on October 9, 2014 in New York City. The infectious disease training classes will be ongoing and teach members how to wear protective clothing and to safely handle potentially harmful body fluids they may come in contact with. It was announced on Wednesday that five airports across the United States will start screening passengers arriving from Ebola-affected countries in West Africa.  (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Global Panic Begins

If medical facilities start to buckle under the strain of people self-reporting for fear that they have the disease, genuine Ebola cases are going to be missed, and that will be the point when localized epidemics will occur.

Granny Spears ‘Herbology’

Unless it was especially serious we relied on remedies passed down to us over the years

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Hantavirus: Clearing Up After a Rodent Infestation

The vast majority of people who contract Hantavirus do so in their own homes and gardens.

ARCHIV: Ein Flugzeug landet in Frankfurt am Main auf der neuen Landebahn Nordwest des Frankfurter Flughafens (Foto vom 21.10.11). In der Nacht zum Montag (31.10.11) gilt mit dem Winterflugplan erstmals ein Nachtflugverbot an Deutschlands groesstem Flughafen in Frankfurt am Main. Der Hessische Verwaltungsgerichtshof hat mit dem Vollbetrieb der neuen Landebahn Nachtfluege zwischen 23.00 und 5.00 Uhr vorlaeufig verboten. (zu dapd-Text)
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Health Care Workers Will Most Likely be the Source of the Next Pandemic

It took the patient more than a week before he sought help in an emergency department in Orlando, Florida. Once he arrived, he waited nearly 12 hours in the ER before staff recognized a MERS link and placed him in an isolation room. The patient did not have signs of a respiratory infection, not even a cough

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HHS Prepares For Flu Pandemic That They Forecast Could Kill 60 Million People Worldwide

The question is, are these tests really to give an early warning of influenza, or are they to alert doctors that something far more sinister may be present?

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High Levels of vitamin D Can cause Strokes and Heart Attacks

The results shocked them. They found that blood levels of vitamin D above 100 nano mol per litre of blood increased the risk of dying from a stroke or coronary.

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How to Choose the Right Honey for Your First Aid Kit

If you look over all the different brands of honey in the grocery store, they may all share the same golden hue and they may all, for the most part, taste delicious; but not all of them are very good at treating wounds.

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