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• The Flu Killed Another Child

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• Jan 29, 2015 11:42 PM EST

• It's every parent's nightmare: a young girl died of a flu even if she had received her flu shot.

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• Ebola Not Yet Over: Suspected Case in California

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• Jan 29, 2015 11:15 PM EST

• Despite the announcement of World Health Organization that Ebola is declining, it’s still far from over. There’s a suspected new case in California.

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• Skipped Health Insurance? You May Have to Pay a Penalty

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• Jan 29, 2015 10:56 PM EST

• The upcoming tax season will be more interesting especially for those who have signed up under Obamacare exchanges: if you haven’t obtained health insurance coverage, you may end up paying a penalty.

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• Immediate Rabies Vaccine Fails To Save Bitten Child

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• Jan 29, 2015 11:21 PM EST

• Even though a rabies immunoglobulin was immediately administered to a bitten child, he still died from rabies 17 days after.

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• Swine Flu Outbreak: Virus Kills 75 In India

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• Jan 29, 2015 11:15 PM EST

• Another swine flu outbreak sweeps through India.

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• Hundreds of Arizonans being monitored for measles linked to the Disneyland Outbreak

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• Jan 29, 2015 06:49 PM EST

• Health officials will monitor about 1,000 people who were exposed to measles in a Phoenix medical center.

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• The World Health Organization is creating reforms to help it deal with global health crises.

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• Jan 29, 2015 06:20 PM EST

• The agency was criticized for its slow response to the Ebola epidemic in Western Africa.

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• Fortifying foods with folic acid helps prevent spine and brain birth defects.

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• Jan 29, 2015 06:09 PM EST

• The incidence of neural tube defects that affect the spine and brain has dropped 35% since the government started requiring folic acid to be added to grain products.

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• Electronic devices in a kid's bedroom may contribute to him or her not getting enough sleep.

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• Jan 29, 2015 04:29 PM EST

• Screen time with a TV, smartphone, or other device may be cutting into sleep time.

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• Social Media, Weight Loss Make A Good Match?

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• Jan 29, 2015 11:11 PM EST

• Social sites offer help in motivating obese people to lose weight.

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• Many women misidentify the stage and type of breast cancer they have.

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• Jan 29, 2015 03:49 AM EST

• Minority women, such as black women and Hispanic women with breast cancer, are less likely than white women to correctly identify their type of cancer, according to a study.

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• .Autistic siblings do not have the same genetic risk factors that are associated with autism.

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• Jan 29, 2015 03:41 AM EST

• The data on more than 1,000 genomes have been placed in an open cloud-based platform