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Eating Much Less Salt May Be Risky In An Over-Salted World

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:33:00 +0000

Americans are repeatedly told to cut back on salt to reduce the risk of heart disease. But there are new questions being raised about the possible risks of reducing sodium too much.

Middle East Virus Spreads Between Hospitalized Patients

Richard Knox — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:06:00 +0000
It's been eight months since a Saudi Arabian doctor described a previously unknown virus related to SARS.

Outbreak Of New SARS-Like Virus Kills 5 In Saudi Arabia

Michaeleen Doucleff — Thu, 02 May 2013 20:15:00 +0000
With a new bird flu in China, it's easy to forget that there's another worrisome virus emerging in the Middle East.
Today we got a rude reminder of its presence.
Five more people have died from a new SARS-like virus on the Arabian Peninsula, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

A $5.5 Billion Road Map To Banish Polio Forever

Jason Beaubien — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:00:00 +0000
Polio isn't going easily into the dustbin of history.
The world needs to push it in, throw down the lid and then keep an eye out to make sure it doesn't escape.
That's the gist of a new plan released Thursday by the World Health Organization and other foundations at a vaccine meeting in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
It's a six-year, $5.5 billion program, and its goal is to wipe out polio for good.
The plan calls for attacking the according to the World Health Organization, sickened at least 108 people and been implicated in 22 deaths.
The Taiwanese Centers for Disease Control said a case of H7N9 avian influenza was confirmed in a 53-year-old