Dr Marc Siegel talks Hurricane Florence medical risks
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Category 4 Hurricane Florence drawing closer to Carolinas and threatens ‘catastrophic’ flooding
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Large and violent Florence is continuing on a beeline toward the East Coast as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane. Catastrophic flooding and destructive winds are becoming very likely in the eastern Carolinas. Forecasts generally project the storm to make … Read More
California wildfires damage in 2018 worth over $2.6 Billion
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More than 6,000 wildfires have hit the US state this year and experts say situation to worsen in the future. Wind-driven flames roll over a hill towards homes during the Mendencino Complex Fire near Lakeport, California, U.S. August 2, 2018. … Read More
Earthquake paralyzes Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido
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An earthquake has paralyzed Hokkaido, Japan’s northern island, killing eight residents. Power is cut to 3 million households. Trains and mobile phone networks are idle. The jolt follows a typhoon over western Japan. Japan mobilized 20,000 rescue workers on Hokkaido … Read More
‘Incurable’ & drug-resistant: Deadly superbug colonizing hospitals across globe
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The superbug Staphylcocus epidermidis on an agar plate in Melbourne on September 4, 2018. © William WEST / AFP Doctors are warning of a potentially fatal and “formidable” pathogen which has spread to hospitals across the globe and is resistant … Read More
Syphilis: Rates of the sexually transmitted disease on the rise
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Syphilis is a thing of the past? Wrong. The number of syphilis infections worldwide has increased drastically in recent years. 4,309 cases were reported in Germany in 2007, 10 years later, it had reached 7,476. But why? Berlin today, New … Read More