Yellow fever in Paraguayans

Sue Wu submitted, created time 10 months 2 weeks (www.reuters.com)

Thousands of Paraguayans blocked highways and banged on the doors of health centers on Tuesday, demanding vaccines after four people died in the first outbreak of yellow fever in 30 years in this South American nation.

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More advanced cancer seen in uninsured Americans

DanyC submitted, created time 10 months 2 weeks (www.reuters.com)

Uninsured Americans and those in a government health program for the poor are far more likely to have advanced diseases when diagnosed with cancer than those with private coverage, researchers said on Sunday.
The study published in the medical journal Lancet Oncology also showed blacks and to a lesser extent Hispanics, regardless of insurance status, were more likely than whites to have advanced cancer when first diagnosed.

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