Cases of vaping-linked breathing problems now reported in 8 states – NBCNews.com

More cases of severe lung damage and breathing problems linked to vaping have been reported across the country, with doctors and health officials now investigating cases in at least eight states: California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio …
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Newly Discovered Pain Organ Has Been Right At Our Fingertips – IFLScience

An organ that controls the way we sense pain without nerve cells has been identified, a reminder of just how much there is we don't know about our own bodies. The discovery will help advance our incomplete understanding of the workings of pain. Far down the t…
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Flavonoids might help smokers, drinkers avoid cancer – Big Think

An apple a day might actually keep the doctor away especially if you're a smoker or heavy drinker. A new study, published in Nature Communications by researchers at Australia's Edith Cowan University (ECU), found that people who regularly consumed flavonoids…
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Tiny lensless endoscope captures 3-D images of objects smaller than a cell – Phys.org

Researchers have developed a new self-calibrating endoscope that produces 3-D images of objects smaller than a single cell. Without a lens or any optical, electrical or mechanical components, the tip of the endoscope measures just 200 microns across, about th…
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West Nile virus found in Kennewick. Plus more infected mosquitoes in Richland – Tri-City Herald

West Nile virus found in Kennewick. Plus more infected mosquitoes in Richland - Tri-City Herald
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Israeli Flight Attendant Dies 4 Months After Contracting Measles – HuffPost

An Israeli flight attendant who fell ill with the measles following a flight from New York died on Tuesday, accordingto multiplereports.  The woman, identified as 43-year-old Rotem Amitai, fell into a coma shortly after a March 26 El Al airlines flight from …
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22 people caught Hepatitis A in outbreak at N.J. golf club, officials say – NJ.com

Nearly two dozen people contracted Hepatitis A from a food handler at a golf club in Mendham last month, officials said. The Morris County Office of Health Management on Thursday said that 22 people contracted Hepatitis A from the food handler at the Mendham…
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Ancient feces reveal how ‘marsh diet’ left Bronze Age Fen folk infected with parasites – Phys.org

New research published today in the journal Parasitology shows how the prehistoric inhabitants of a settlement in the freshwater marshes of eastern England were infected by intestinal worms caught from foraging for food in the lakes and waterways around their…
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Knox County Health Department warns of mosquito bites after child is diagnosed with virus – 10TV

KNOX COUNTY, Ohio A 7-year-old in Mount Vernon was diagnosed with a rare and dangerous illness that is transmitted through a mosquito bite, according to the Knox County Health Department. The department says the La Crosse virus comes from a bite from an infe…
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