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US cruise ship in limbo as anti-virus controls spread

Officials in California were deciding Saturday where to dock a cruise ship with 21 coronavirus cases aboard and four U.S. universities canceled in-person classes as Western countries imitate China by imposing travel controls and shutting down public events to contain the outbreak. The Grand Princess cruise ship, with 3,500 people aboard, was waiting off San […]

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Avoid kissing on Valentine's Day 'to prevent spread of coronavirus'

‘Stop hugging and kissing to halt the coronavirus’: Avoiding close contact with ‘British standoffishness’ is the best way to beat the contagious illness, virologist claims John Oxford, Professor of Queen Mary University, warned against close contact  Said bit of ‘British standoffishness’ was needed to curb the spread of virus in UK The epidemic has so […]

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E.coli is more likely to be spread through poor toilet hygiene

Not washing your hands after going to the toilet ‘puts you at a greater risk of catching potentially deadly E.coli than eating undercooked chicken or pork’ Experts found most drug resistant E. coli strains are spread between humans The ‘likeliest route’ of catching it is through faecal particles entering your mouth E. coli bacteria normally […]

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Experimental herpes jab prevented the spread of the virus

Hope for a herpes vaccine after a trial of an experimental jab prevented sores and blistering in rodents that were infected with the virus The experimental vaccine prevented animals from developing blisters   Scientists said the findings were ‘better than anything’ they’ve ever seen The researchers hope it will one day be given to teenagers at […]

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Hospital staff errors with gowns and gloves spread antibiotic-resistant bacteria

During the study, the workers oversaw 95 patients with contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, as well as vancomycin-resistant Enterococci and multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli. (iStock) Health care workers caring for infectious patients sometimes make mistakes when removing personal protective garments, resulting in contamination of clothes or equipment with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a small study […]

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Stopping the spread of ovarian cancer

Molecules that are important for a developing fetus have also been shown to drive the spread of ovarian cancer in adult women, according to Sydney researchers. In Australia, one woman will die from ovarian cancer every 10 hours. The survival rate for women with the disease has remained at 30 per cent for years, as […]