August2016
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Greater self-acceptance improves emotional well-being
Aug 28, 2016News Hour: Self-acceptance is defined as “an individual’s acceptance of all of his/her attributes, positive or negative.” It includes body acceptance, self-protection from negative criticism, and believing in one’s capacities. Many people have low self-acceptance. There... -
FDA recommends Zika testing for all blood donated in U.S.
Aug 28, 2016News Hour: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended on Friday that all blood donated in the United States and its territories be tested for Zika virus, as it moves to prevent transmission of the virus... -
Saving lives by prescribing naloxone with opioid painkillers
Aug 28, 2016News Hour: Opioid drugs help relieve pain by sticking to opioid receptors in the body, which in turn, helps block “pain signals.” The umbrella term “opioids” includes prescription painkillers, such as hydrocodone (in Vicodin) or oxycodone... -
Hong Kong’s first Zika case tests negative
Aug 28, 2016News Hour: Hong Kong’s first Zika patient tested negative for the virus on Friday and was discharged from hospital, the government said in a statement. On Thursday, the Centre for Health Protection had said the 38-year-old... -
Airfares fall since Zika outbreak, Miami hotel bookings slow
Aug 28, 2016News Hour: Travelers have booked fewer hotel rooms in downtown Miami, and leisure airfares to the greater Miami area have inched down in the weeks since the Zika virus was detected there, data reviewed by Reuters... -
Zika likely spread sexually from asymptomatic man to woman
Aug 28, 2016News Hour: New Zika research released on Friday has found that the virus may spread sexually from a man to a woman even if the man had no symptoms of Zika infection. The finding came from... -
First case of locally transmitted Zika virus in Singapore
Aug 28, 2016News Hour: Singapore has confirmed its first case of a locally-transmitted Zika virus, which has been linked to microcephaly, a rare birth defect, in Brazil, the health ministry said. A 47-year-old Malaysian woman working in the... -
Bombs dropped on Aleppo funeral killed 24 mourners in Syria
Aug 28, 2016News Hour: At least 24 funeral mourners have been killed and 30 others wounded in a barrel bomb attack in a rebel-held area of Aleppo, according to activists, taking the death toll of civilians in the northern Syrian... -
Japan to invest $30bn in Africa over the next 3 years
Aug 28, 2016News Hour: Japan will invest $30bn in Africa over the next three years, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged at a summit in Kenya, reports Aljazeera. Starting this year, Japan will make a $10bn investment in the... -
Soldiers killed in roadside bombing in Paraguay
Aug 28, 2016News Hour: Eight Paraguayan soldiers have been killed in a roadside bombing, according to the government, in an attack blamed on a Marxist armed group, reports Aljazeera. Francisco de Vargas, the interior minister, said on Saturday...
