en-my-hotdailynews: 2015-01-29 Malaysia Health

Stock up on dengue test kits, GPs told
The Star Online
PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry wants private general practitioners (GPs) to stock up on dengue rapid test kits and carry out tests on all patients with dengue symptoms as concerns of a worsening outbreak grow. Its minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam ...

Many clinics unable to detect dengue   The Sun Daily
Private Medical Practitioners Fail To Detect Symptoms Of Dengue Early ...   Bernama
Dengue cases 65pc higher than last year   New Straits Times Online

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Fox News

Gates, UK take lead in $7.5 bln pledge for children's vaccines
Reuters Africa
BERLIN Jan 27 (Reuters) - International donors led by Bill Gates and Britain pledged $7.5 billion on Tuesday for vaccines to immunise 300 million children in poor countries against potentially deadly diseases like diarrhoea and pneumonia, Germany's ...

Pfizer Commits to Further Reduce Price for Prevenar 13 in the World's Poorest ...   MarketWatch
Pfizer cuts vaccine price for poor as GAVI group seeks $7.5 billion   Reuters UK

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Sky News Australia

US child virus cases worry doctors
Sky News Australia
US doctors have reported 12 cases of muscle weakness or paralysis among children in Colorado that may be linked to a nationwide outbreak of a usually rare respiratory virus. Called EV-D68, the virus is a so-called non-polio enterovirus. Some viruses in this ...

107 children stricken by mysterious polio-like illness   USA TODAY
After polio in India, another virus lurks   The Asian Age

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Clapway

Would You Do 10 Squats For A Free Subway Ride? Well, Now You Can
Clapway
There's a growing problem in Mexico – their waistlines. After outranking the United States in terms of obesity in 2013 (nearly 70% of the population is overweight), the government has been looking for creative ways to help its citizens get into better fitness.
Mexico City Is Trading Metro Cards For Squats   Vocativ
Mexico's latest way to beat the obesity epidemic: make commuters do squats for ...   The Guardian
Mexico City swaps squats for free subway rides   CTV News
ABC Online
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Foreign Policy (blog)

Heroic Villains
Foreign Policy (blog)
By Debora L. SparDebora L. Spar is a columnist for Foreign Policy, the president of Barnard College, and the author of Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection. January 28, 2015; facebook twitter google-plus reddit email. Heroic Villains.
The World Won't Tolerate Another Pandemic: World Bank President   teleSUR English
World `dangerously unprepared` for future pandemics: World Bank chief   Zee News
Post-Ebola: What does the recovery look like?   Thomson Reuters Foundation
Canadian Underwriter
Care2.com
Panorama.am
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Daily News & Analysis

Now, fat-busting jab that can help you get rid of 'double-chin': New Study
Daily News & Analysis
Researchers have recently developed a new fat-busting injection that can help people get rid of their "double-chin". Image for representational purposes only. Agencies: RNA. Researchers have recently developed a new fat-busting injection that can help ...

There may be a way to banish your double chin for good   Irish Examiner
FDA considers drug that fights chin fat   HealthCentral.com
Now, fat-busting jab that can help you get rid of 'double-chin'   Zee News
The Legacy
BT.com
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Recently discovered coffee proteins resemble morphine
helpmeoutDOC News - A consistent flow of medical news
Coffee has a protein with an effect similar to morphine's, researchers in Brazil have discovered. Study leader Felipe Vinecky of the Molecular Biology Department at the University of Brasilia (UnB) conducted a research in collaboration with the Genetics and ...

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