Health Glance
New drug-resistant strains of the parasite that causes malaria have been identified by scientists. Researchers found parasites in western Cambodia that are genetically different from other strains around the world.
These organisms are able to withstand treatment by artemisinin - a frontline drug in the fight against malaria. Reports of drug resistance in the area first emerged in 2008. The problem has since spread to other parts of South East Asia.
Researchers find parasite resistant to malaria drug
Early signs for HIV cure are 'promising' as Danish scientists begin test on humans
Danish scientists claim they’re on the brink of a “promising” breakthrough to cure HIV.
Researchers at the Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark said they're now conducting clinical trials on humans using a “novel strategy” that has worked in lab tests, London’s The Telegraph reported.
The announcement comes just days after the U.S. government said it is halting a large study on creating an AIDS vaccine because experimental shots failed to prevent HIV infection.
Former Gas Workers: Fracking Caused Health Problems
Former natural gas drillers gathered in the Southern Tier Friday night to say fracking has been harmful to their health.
A group of doctors and former workers spoke to a crowd in Bath. They say hydraulic fracturing is harmful to the environment and to the people involved with it.. So the group wants to stop drilling from coming to New York. One worker says he has severe health problems that he never did before working in the gas field.
Roundup, An Herbicide, Could Be Linked To Parkinson's, Cancer And Other Health Issues, Study Shows
Heavy use of the world's most popular herbicide, Roundup, could be linked to a range of health problems and diseases, including Parkinson's, infertility and cancers, according to a new study.
The peer-reviewed report, published last week in the scientific journal Entropy, said evidence indicates that residues of "glyphosate," the chief ingredient in Roundup weed killer, which is sprayed over millions of acres of crops, has been found in food.T
Colorado, Washington deal with marijuana health, safety standards
State officials in Colorado and Washington say they are struggling to prepare health and safety guidelines for recently legalized recreational marijuana.
Marijuana, like other agricultural commodities, is subject to mold, mites and pesticide residue in raw form, and salmonella and other safety risks in prepared form, NBC News reported Friday.
At chicken plants, chemicals blamed for health ailments are poised to proliferate
When Jose Navarro landed a job as a federal poultry inspector in 2006, he moved his wife and newborn son to a rural town in Upstate New York near the processing plant, believing it was a steppingstone to a better life.
Five years later, Navarro was dead. The 37-year-old’s lungs had bled out.
His death triggered a federal investigation that raised questions about the health risks associated with a rise in the use of toxic, bacteria-killing chemicals in poultry plants.
Another HIV vaccine fails as agency halts study
Bad news in the fight against the AIDS virus: The government is halting a large U.S. study of a possible HIV vaccine because the experimental shots are not preventing infection.
The study had enrolled about 2,500 people, mostly gay men, in 19 cities. Half received an experimental vaccine developed by the National Institutes of Health, and half received dummy shots.
A safety review this week found that slightly more volunteers who had received the vaccine later became infected with HIV. It is not clear why.
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