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116 culprits cause cancer
Cancer

116 culprits cause cancer

The International Agency for Cancer Research has just announced a list of 116 causes that are considered to increase the likelihood of causing cancer, according to the T…

December 14, 2018
Smoking can cause colon cancer
Cancer

Smoking can cause colon cancer

Tobacco is condemned ... A study published in the international scientific journal Gastroenterology said smoking increased the risk of colon cancer by 2.14 times compare…

December 14, 2018
Scientists propose creating deadly flu strains
Flu epidemic

Scientists propose creating deadly flu strains

Despite worries, on August 7, 22 international scientists from 15 organizations said they wanted to create a strain of influenza and the strain of bird flu to study thei…

December 14, 2018
IAEA uses nuclear technology against H5N1 virus
Flu epidemic

IAEA uses nuclear technology against H5N1 virus

Experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have deployed nuclear technology to determine the spread of highly virulent H5N1 virus and the risk of rapid inf…

December 14, 2018
America helps Vietnam fight against influenza
Flu epidemic

America helps Vietnam fight against influenza

The International Development Agency (USAID) and the US Department of Health today announced a US $ 10.5 million grant to help Vietnam prevent and control bird flu and h…

December 14, 2018
Human antibodies protect mice from bird flu
Flu epidemic

Human antibodies protect mice from bird flu

A group of international scientists, including researchers from the Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health, said: They…

December 14, 2018
Avian influenza antibody found
Flu epidemic

Avian influenza antibody found

An international team of scientists who have isolated bird flu antibodies could help fight bird flu in humans - the disease that has claimed more than 180 lives worldwid…

December 14, 2018
Detecting how the bird flu virus kills
Flu epidemic

Detecting how the bird flu virus kills

The group of international scientists in Ho Chi Minh City has discovered how the H5N1 virus kills people and opens up the prospect of more effective prevention of epidem…

December 14, 2018