Tag Archives: Syndromes

Cuba Becomes First to End Mother-to-Baby HIV Transmission

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Every year 1.4 million women diagnosed with HIV become pregnant. Untreated, they have a 15-45% chance of transmitting the virus during pregnancy, labor or breastfeeding. The rate of syphilis...

MERS Virus: Egypt Reports First Case of MERS virus

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MERS virus now hits Egypt after Saudi Arabia. Egypt's Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that a 27 years old patient is being treated for pneumonia at a Cairo hospital. He is an Egyptian...

France SARS vials go missing by the thousands

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France has a big problem that could see untold numbers of people become ill. Reports indicate that thousands of vials of the contagious respiratory disease SARS have gone missing form a high-security...

FDA OKs mental disability blood test for infants

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FDA approves novel genetic test that screens infants for predictors of mental handicaps WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday cleared a first-of-a-kind blood test...