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Hepatitis C cases dropped in the US. Health officials aren't sure if it's a blip or a trend 04/03/2024 01:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New U.S. hepatitis C infections dropped slightly in 2022, a surprising improvement after more than a decade of steady increases, federal health officials said Wednesday. Experts are not sure whether the 6% decline is a statistical blip or the start of a downward trend. Seeing 2023 The largest fresh egg producer in the US has found bird flu in chickens at a Texas plant 04/02/2024 08:55pm • The largest producer of fresh eggs in the U.S. said Tuesday it had temporarily halted production at a Texas plant after bird flu was found in chickens, and officials said the virus had also been detected at a poultry facility in Michigan. Ridgeland, Mississippi-based Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. said in a Biden and Xi discuss Taiwan, AI and fentanyl in a push to return to regular leader talks 04/02/2024 02:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed Taiwan, artificial intelligence and security issues Tuesday in a call meant to demonstrate a return to regular leader-to-leader dialogue between the two powers. The call, described by the White House as “candid and Here's how to protect yourself from common scams this tax season 04/02/2024 05:29am • NEW YORK (AP) — Tax season can come with several headaches, from gathering documents to finding the time to sit down and file. But one pain that you want to avoid is falling for a tax scam. Year-round, scammers look for ways to trick people into giving them money or personal information. There Person is diagnosed with bird flu after being in contact with cows in Texas 04/01/2024 04:41pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A person in Texas has been diagnosed with bird flu, an infection tied to the recent discovery of the virus in dairy cows, health officials said Monday. The patient was being treated with an antiviral drug and their only reported symptom was eye redness, Texas health officials said. Reportan caso de persona con gripe aviar en Texas; el primero en el país en dos años 04/01/2024 02:03pm • ATLANTA — Una persona en Texas fue diagnosticada con gripe aviar, una infección relacionada con el reciente descubrimiento del virus en vacas lecheras, informaron las autoridades sanitarias de ese estado. Se trata del segundo caso de gripe aviar en humanos en Estados Unidos. El Departament In Taiwan, a group is battling fake news one conversation at a time — with a focus on seniors 04/01/2024 04:09am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Their days often began at the crack of dawn. They’d head out to a church, a temple, a park and set up a stall. They’d seek out seniors in particular, those who are perhaps the most vulnerable citizens of the information-saturated society that has enveloped them. To get pe La OPS advierte sobre la "peor temporada de dengue" que puede enfrentar América en 2024 03/28/2024 10:38pm • (CNN) -- El número de casos de dengue en el continente americano es tres veces mayor al registrado en el mismo periodo del año pasado, de acuerdo con funcionarios de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS).En lo que vamos de 2024, se registran al menos 3,5 millones de casos, y eso podría Dengue is sweeping through the Americas early this year 03/28/2024 03:04pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dengue is surging across the Americas early this year from Puerto Rico to Brazil, with 3.5 million cases of the tropical disease reported so far, health officials said Thursday. That tally is three times the number of cases reported at this point last year, said Dr. Ja ¿Qué es el dengue y cómo tratarlo? 03/28/2024 01:08pm • (CNN) --  Los casos de dengue en América han registrado un “aumento exponencial” en 2024 dijeron la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) y la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) en febrero. ¿Qué es el dengue y por qué los casos de esa enfermedad infecciosa han superado este año Puerto Rico declara emergencia de salud pública luego de más de 500 casos de dengue en 2024 03/28/2024 01:04pm • (CNN) -- Puerto Rico declaró la emergencia de salud pública debido al creciente número de casos de dengue.El secretario de Salud de Puerto Rico, Carlos Mellado, dijo que el departamento de salud ha registrado 549 casos de dengue en lo que va del año, superando con creces las cifras históricas.� ¿Tienes alergia primaveral? Te contamos cómo saberlo y qué hacer para superarla 03/28/2024 04:55am • (CNN) -- ¿Te resfrías más de lo normal? Bienvenido a la temporada de alergias primaverales en el hemisferio norte. Aunque creas que no tienes alergia, merece la pena prestar atención a ese resfriado.Según los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) de EE.UU., más de 1 de Top Chinese official says green, high tech development key as nation seeks to spur economy 03/28/2024 03:50am • BOAO, China (AP) — China is committed to reforms that will upgrade the technological level of its largely manufacturing-based economy and exploit green technologies expected to drive around $1.4 trillion in annual revenues, a senior Communist Party official said Thursday. “We sincerely welcome West Virginia Gov. Justice vetoes bill that would have loosened school vaccine policies 03/27/2024 08:32pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday broke with West Virginia's GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would have loosened one of the country's strictest school vaccination policies. West Virginia is only one of a handful of states in the U.S. that offers only m Being HIV-positive will no longer automatically disqualify police candidates in Tennessee city 03/27/2024 02:18pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Having HIV will no longer automatically disqualify someone from serving as a Metropolitan Nashville Police Officer, the Tennessee city agreed in a legal settlement on Friday. The agreement settles a federal discrimination lawsuit filed last year by a former Memphis police