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Science Just Figured Out Why Mosquitoes Love Human Blood

MEDICINE & HEALTH Scientists from the US discovered the compound in human blood that attracts mosquitoes. A new study published in the journal Neuron by researchers from The Rockefeller University in New York City figured out the compounds in the human blood that attract mosquitoes and how they can detect it.

HIV & AIDS Awareness In-Print—Not In A Blood Bag

In the age of the slow death of the print industry, book authors and magazines must become a bit more avant garde and push their boundaries if they expect to survive. But with a bit of blood and creative marketing one German magazine may keep its face in the headlines, and its reader’s aware in the process.

Gay and Bisexual Men in the U.S.May Be Allowed to Donate Blood

Panel considers lifting FDA ban on blood donations by gay men. The vestiges of homophobia from the earlier times may have been felt lately when the government put to vote whether to uphold or lift a certain ban against accepting blood donations from gay and bisexual men.

WHO Predicts Ebola Outbreak Could Worsen by 1000% as Soon as December

While health officials are attempting to isolate the spread of the disease, fear and ignorance of the disease have allowed for major setbacks to propagate across the West African nations, leading to further casualties of the disease. Now, after months of assessing the situation in the field, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported Tuesday, Oct. 14, that the rate of infection may increase by ten-fold, to 10,000 new cases per week as early as this December.
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