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Chemical Spray Tans May Pose Health Risk
Could misuse of the popular beauty treatment have impact on your health?
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D.C. health officials won’t release info on latest measles case
Questions arise after the confirmation of D.C.’s second case of measles this year. The District’s Department of Health (DOH) is not giving any information on the latest patient. http://bit.ly/1vYDZVM

Officials: 'Superbug' No Threat to Public Health
Officials at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles say an outbreak of an antibiotic-resistant ‘superbug’ that exposed nearly 180 patients does not pose a public health threat, and was handled properly after it was discovered. (Feb. 19)
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A look at the challenges threatening the health of Obamacare
More than 11 million people have enrolled for health insurance in the second year of the new marketplaces, and more than 80 percent of enrollees have been eligible for subsidies. The Supreme Court will soon decide whether states can provide those subsidies sold through the federal exchange. Gwen Ifi

Wrong tax information sent to nearly a million health care users
The government says some of the tax information sent to Americans enrolled in Obamacare is wrong, telling taxpayers to hold off filing their 2014 returns. Julianna Goldman reports from Washington.

Why Do We Have Sex?
There’s sexual reproduction, and there’s asexual reproduction. Which one is more beneficial, and why?
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Sexual reproduction has another benefit: It makes humans less prone to disease over time
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150216125429.htm
“For decades, theories on the

Ebola: Health Officials Concerned About A Slowdown In Decline Pattern
World health organization has warned against complacency in the fight against the scourge. The UN agency says its important to maintain the robust response so as to get the number of cases to zero.

Indian flu outbreak has killed 774 people
An outbreak of the N1H1 flu virus has killed 774 people in India with nearly 13,000 cases reported since December. . Report by Simon Longden.

What do new nutrition recommendations mean for consumers?
A government advisory committee made a series of recommendations this past week about what Americans should and shouldn’t eat and drink, which will help shape the official guidelines being drawn by the Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services. For more about this, Alice Lichten

How can art help mental health?
The Bethlem Royal Hospital in south London is the world’s oldest psychiatric institution, treating patients for nearly eight centuries.
Previously known as Bedlam, over the years the hospital has acquired a huge and significant collection of art and artefacts, much of it by patients. For year

Low-Cost Incubator May Save More Babies
Each year, about one million babies throughout the world die of complications due to premature birth. Many of them could have been saved if given access to an incubator. But this expensive device is sorely lacking in developing countries. A young British researcher says he has found a solution R

$1 birth control injection for women in 69 developing countries could slash unwanted pregnancies
A US$1 contraceptive injection will be made available to women in 69 of the world’s poorest countries thanks to an agreement between the Gates Foundation, drug company Pfizer, and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation.
The contraceptive injection, known as the Sayana Press, comes prepackaged

New research on E-cigarettes
A University of Hawaii Cancer Center study says tobacco smokers who first tried nicotine gum, patches or medication were up to 4 times likely to pick up e-cigs. Subscribe to KITV on YouTube now for more: http://bit.ly/1hxKwsa
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Mali Tries to Track 200 Contacts After New Ebola Cases
Mali is trying to trace at least 200 contacts linked to confirmed and probable Ebola victims in an effort to control its second Ebola outbreak, health officials said on Friday. An initial batch of contacts linked to a 2-year-old from Guinea who died from the deadly disease last month were close to t