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California pistachios recalled after Salmonella infects 11 people
The producer, Wonderful Pistachios, said the recall is voluntary. The nuts were sold throughout the United States and Canada under the brand names Wonderful, Paramount Farms and Trader Joe's. The CDC on Wednesday advised consumers not to eat any recalled pistachios that might be in their homes.
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Under attack, Indonesian LGBT groups set up safehouses, live in fear
By Alisa Tang BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – LGBT activists, facing a barrage of homophobia and hate speech by Indonesian authorities, are setting up hotlines and safehouses, while “unfriending” people on social media and deleting website directories that could expose them to violence. Indonesia’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights groups have been active…
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British sailors ready ‘protection package’ for Rio
By Alexander Smith LONDON (Reuters) – Obsessive hand washing, mouthwashes, downing cola after races and popping garlic tablets are just some of the precautions Britain's Olympic sailing team will be taking for the Games in Rio. With the polluted waters of Guanabara Bay a concern and the Zika virus also a worry, the athletes are…
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New Zealand investigating possible sexual transmission of Zika virus
New Zealand authorities are investigating whether the Zika virus was transmitted through sex from a man to his partner, the country's health ministry said on Thursday. The New Zealand man had tested positive for Zika after he visited a country, which was not identified to protect the man's privacy, Ministry of Health spokesman Don Mackie…
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Valeant appoints Ari Kellen executive vice president
(Reuters) – Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc said it appointed Ari Kellen executive vice president, succeeding Deb Jorn who has resigned, effective immediately.
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Carson signals exit, U.S. Republicans grapple with Trump victories
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson signaled on Wednesday he was quitting the Republican presidential race, leaving three candidates facing Donald Trump as the party establishment struggled to find a way to halt the outspoken businessman. Carson, a conservative who briefly led opinion polls among Republicans earlier in the campaign, said he did not “see a political…
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Climate impact predicted to cause 500,000 extra deaths in 2050
By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Climate change could cause significant changes to global diets, leading to more than half a million extra deaths in 2050 from illnesses such as stroke, cancer and heart disease, experts said on Wednesday. As extreme weather such as floods and heat waves wreaks havoc with harvests and…
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Giving Your All Without Giving Up – -The Toughest Part of Being a Cancer Survivor
I recently had the opportunity to connect with a friend from high school who like me, is a cancer survivor. We met for a bite to eat and to talk about where life had taken us over the past eight years. When we got around to chatting about the “C” word we both agreed that…
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British Ebola survivor discharged from hospital
A British nurse who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone in 2014 was discharged from hospital in London on Sunday, five days after being admitted with complications, a statement said. Pauline Cafferkey was successfully treated within weeks of her diagnosis but suffered a relapse in October 2015, when she became critically ill with meningitis…
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British Ebola survivor discharged from hospital
A British nurse who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone in 2014 was discharged from hospital in London on Sunday, five days after being admitted with complications, a statement said. Pauline Cafferkey was successfully treated within weeks of her diagnosis but suffered a relapse in October 2015, when she became critically ill with meningitis…