Respiratory Diseases
Respiratory diseases—diseases of the lungs and airways such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and lung can cer—have diverse causes. While cigarette smoking...
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A U.S. man who had been quarantined with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis for nearly a year after returning from Russia was transferred Thursday to a hospital in Colorado.Robert Daniels, 27, h...
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The Tokushima District Court ordered Wednesday the state to pay
a total of 57.2 million yen in damages to 26 people who contracted
pneumoconiosis through state-ordered tunnel construction pro...
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Foshan, a mid-western manufacturing hub in southern China's
Guangdong Province, is responsible for generating most air pollutants
in the past year, according to an air quality monitoring repo...
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The Matsuyama District Court ordered the state Friday to pay a
total of 35.2 million yen to 16 of the 22 former construction workers
who were seeking damages for contracting pneumoconiosis in...
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More than a dozen states sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to lower soot levels from smokestacks and exhaust pipes, a move the state officials argue would save thousands of li...
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Children with asthma should get flu shots to protect them, but only 3 in 10 do, U.S. health officials said Thursday."We were surprised at how low the number was," said Susan Brim of the U.S. Center...
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Children with asthma should get flu shots to protect them, but only 3 in 10 do, U.S. health officials said Thursday."We were surprised at how low the number was," said Susan Brim of the U.S. Center...
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Geneva (dpa) - Diseases attributed to the use of solid fuel in the
home are responsible for around 1.5 million deaths globally every
year, according to new estimates publish...
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An official of the North Korean Red Cross Society said Thursday
he expects the food shortage in North Korea to worsen after recent
floods washed away or submerged 11 percent of the country's ...
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Flu season is almost here, and a new study finds that skipping that annual flu shot could have serious consequences for older people.The 10-year study of seniors included those from the Portland ar...
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Respiratory Diseases
Tuberculosis patient transferred to Colorado hospital for treatment
