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Ebola outbreak spreading to new patients who have no known links to existing carriers of disease

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Ebola outbreak spreading to new patients who have no known links to existing carriers of disease

BUNIA, Democratic Republic of the Congo — Four out of every five new Ebola ​cases in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo have no known link to existing patients, a ‌senior World Health Organization official said, warning that the true scale of the outbreak could be two to four times larger than official data … Read more

Controversial new 5th type of diabetes is officially recognized — and existing treatments can make things worse

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Controversial new 5th type of diabetes is officially recognized — and existing treatments can make things worse

The diabetes playbook just got a major update. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) officially recognized a fifth form of the disease this year, a landmark step that comes more than 70 years after it was first identified. The move aims to shine a light on a long-overlooked condition that affects millions worldwide — but the … Read more