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KWN HEALTH

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Care needed to reduce pet-to-human infection risk

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – Pets can be a source of infection, and newborns, the elderly, children with leukemia and adults with cancer are especially vulnerable, according to a new review of data from previous research. Selecting the right pets and using safe strategies to care for them can reduce the risk, the authors write. “Pets have a number of really important health benefits,” including emotional and social support,

Colombian acid survivor seeks tougher justice for 'an identity erased'

By Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Natalia Ponce de Leon’s life was shattered within seconds when a stalker hurled acid at her outside the family home in an upscale part of the Colombian capital last year. The sulphuric acid devoured Ponce’s face, neck, abdomen and legs, melting her skin and leaving a quarter of her body burnt in an attack that shocked the Latin American country. Although acid