Six cases of coronavirus in a freshman dorm at NYU caused the building to be placed on mandatory quarantine this…
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Amid coronavirus pandemic, Dutch club tests ‘social dis-dancing’ with spaced chairs
Try as you might, you can’t stop the party. A nightclub in the Netherlands is promoting social distancing in a…
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US refocuses on testing to fight deadly hog virus
CHICAGO – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend the rest of emergency money it received to fight a deadly…
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Indian sex worker Shaalu is using fewer condoms when she meets her clients in New Delhi – not out of…
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Number of confirmed E. coli cases linked to Chipotle rises to 40
The number of confirmed E. coli food poisoning cases linked to Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc restaurants in Washington state and…
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Preliminary testing from J&J shows 2 injections every month or 2 could control HIV
Preliminary testing of two long-acting injectable drugs indicates it might be possible to keep HIV at bay indefinitely with injections…
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Sherwin Williams’ new antibacterial paint could save lives in hospitals
Sherwin-Williams Co. plans to introduce on Wednesday a paint it says kills five kinds of bacteria that can spread disease.…
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Legionnaires’ cases likely to rise in the Bronx
A fourth person died during the weekend in a growing Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in the South Bronx, and city officials…
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Tekmira suspends work on Ebola drug, will change name
One of the companies that had been studying a potential treatment for the Ebola virus said Monday it will suspend…
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11 states affected in bottled water recall, company spokesman says
California-based water bottling company Niagara Bottling recalled 14 of its brands Monday after one of its spring sources detected E.…
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