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Home - OMRF News - Archives for World Health Organization

World Health Organization

Bodywork: Should you avoid MSG in foods?

March 23, 2021

Does scientific evidence actually support the case against MSG?

Filed Under: Bodywork Tagged With: adam, additive, bodywork, cohen, column, concern, danger, diet, FDA, food, health, msg, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, oklahoman, OMRF, opinion, Prescott, reputation, risk, safety, stephen, steve, who, World Health Organization

Measles: An old foe returns

February 19, 2019

Measles had virtually vanished from the United States. But thanks to the anti-vaccine movement, outbreaks have returned.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: antivaccine, antivax, autism, CDC, dangerous, death, disease, eliza chakravarty, fake, measles, movement, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, Pneumonia, preventable, stephen prescott, vaccines, World Health Organization

Superbugs: Why antibiotic resistance is a fast-growing crisis

October 11, 2017

Antibiotic resistance occurs when a bacteria, fungi, or parasite is no longer curable by medicines previously able to treat them.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: america, antibiotic, antibiotics, antimicrobial, CDC, crisis, doctor, Hal Scofield, health, infections, patient, prescription, ratings, report, resistance, robert, science, scientist-news, Scofield, stephen prescott, study, usa, virus, who, World Health Organization

Zika virus: What Oklahomans need to know

February 2, 2016

How can you best protect yourself from the Zika virus?

Filed Under: News Tagged With: aedes, baby, brazil, CDC, defect, emergency, flava virus, guillain-barre, Hal Scofield, microcephaly, mosquito, mosquitoes, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, precautions, pregnancy, pregnant, protect, repellant, small heads, south america, southern, states, stephen prescott, steve prescott, us, usa, who, World Health Organization, zika, zika virus

Bird flu: What you need to know

April 9, 2013

The H7N9 virus has proven deadly in China, but it is not yet a pandemic.

Filed Under: Featured News, News Tagged With: avian influenza, bird flu, center for disease control, China, flu shot, flu vaccine, H7N9, Linda, Linda Thompson, OMRF, scientist-news, Swine Flu, Thompson, World Health Organization

This season’s flu shot has been a long time in the making

November 17, 2011

It takes months of work from around the world to create a flu shot.

Filed Under: Featured News, News Tagged With: allergy, FDA, flu, flu shot, Food and Drug Administration, immune system, influenza, James, Judith, Judith James, Linda, Linda Thompson, monoclonal antibodies, OMRF, scientist-news, Thompson, virus, World Health Organization

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