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Discovery paves the way for earlier detection of type 1 disease
Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease that typically emerges before the age of 20, wipes out the body's ability to produce insulin—a hormone that's essential ...
Updated: 08/30/2019 03:39P
Disease Threatens Banana, the World’s Most Popular Fruit
A disease that threatens the world's most popular fruit – the banana – has arrived in Latin America. As a result, officials in Colombia have declared a state of ...
Updated: 08/28/2019 05:56P
APHIS Invites Proposals for Disease Prevention and Emergency Response
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection *Service* (APHIS) is announcing the open period to apply for 2019 funding for ...
Updated: 08/28/2019 05:10P
Deaths from heart disease and these other conditions are on the rise, research suggests
Death rates in the United States due to cardiometabolic diseases -- heart disease, stroke, diabetes and high blood pressure -- have either plateaued or climbed ...
Updated: 08/27/2019 12:02P
Whatever Happened To ... The Mysterious Kidney Disease Striking Central America?
In 2014 and 2015, NPR reported on a mysterious form of kidney disease that has killed tens of thousands in Central America, many of them in their 30s and 40s.
Updated: 08/26/2019 09:36A
US banana imports on alert after disease makes long-dreaded arrival in Colombia
The arrival of the disease is bringing back worries about the world's dependence on a single type of banana, the Cavendish.
Updated: 08/26/2019 08:06A
Florida’s Palm Trees Threatened by Disease
Lethal bronzing has gone from a relatively minor issue on Florida's Gulf Coast to a nearly statewide problem in just over 10 years.
Updated: 08/25/2019 05:57P
Blaming Schools for Student Absences Is Like Denouncing Doctors for Disease
If something is wrong with children, it must be the school's fault.Right?If kids can't read, write and do 'rithmetic, the teachers must not have taught 'em right.
Updated: 08/25/2019 12:30P
First vaper reported dead after mysterious lung disease
The first person has died after being hospitalized from what appears to be an unknown lung illness linked to vaping, according to the CDC.
Updated: 08/23/2019 06:23P
When the Public Feared That Library Books Could Spread Deadly Diseases
On September 12, 1895, a Nebraskan named Jessie Allan died of tuberculosis. Such deaths were a common occurrence at the turn of the 20th century, but ...
Updated: 08/23/2019 07:09A