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Drug-resistant typhoid now 'epidemic' in Africa
May 11, 2015 (AFP)
Drug-resistant typhoid has become an invisible epidemic in Africa, scientists said on Monday after an unprecedented probe into the disease. Writing in the journ...
Dengue cases soar in Brazil, as death toll climbs
May 04, 2015 (AFP)
Cases of dengue have soared in Brazil where the disease has caused 229 fatalities this year, the Health Ministry said Monday, as authorities try to combat its s...
Meningitis epidemic kills more than 250 in Niger
May 04, 2015 (AFP)
A meningitis epidemic in poverty-stricken Niger has claimed 252 lives since January, a health official said Monday, warning the country was short of vaccines to...
Ream discovers new mechanism behind malaria progression
Apr 30, 2015 (SPX)
A team of researchers from four universities has pinpointed one of the mechanisms responsible for the progression of malaria, providing a new target for possibl...
Disease fears hit Nepal's quake-hit homeless
Apr 30, 2015 (AFP)
With its sewage system badly damaged, carcasses rotting in the rubble and thousands of people sleeping rough, experts say Nepal faces a race against time to ens...
Researchers inform development of Ebola vaccine trials
Apr 23, 2015 (SPX)
As the current Ebola outbreak wanes, scientists have to make the most of every opportunity to prepare for future outbreaks. One such opportunity involves the id...
THoR Aims to Help Future Patients Weather the Storm of Infection
Apr 23, 2015 (SPX)
In every population that encounters an infectious organism, a few individuals prove to be resilient-unfazed by that pathogen because they are either resistant t...
Meningitis epidemic kills 75 in Niger
Apr 16, 2015 (AFP)
A meningitis epidemic that broke out in January in Niger has killed 75 people so far, the health minister said on Thursday. The total number of nationwide cases...
Study of African birds reveals hotbed of malaria parasite diversity
Apr 15, 2015 (SPX)
When you think of tropical biodiversity, you may picture flocks of colorful birds flitting through lush foliage--but what you are less likely to imagine is the ...
Researchers create tool to predict avian flu outbreaks
Apr 14, 2015 (SPX)
A simple and effective portable tool to predict avian flu outbreaks on farms has been created by University of Guelph researchers. U of G researchers devised a ...
Complex bacterial challenge in fight against deadly amphibian disease
Apr 09, 2015 (SPX)
New research from The University of Manchester and the Institute of Zoology has shed light on the complex challenge facing scientists battling one of the world'...
Designer molecule lowers HIV levels: trial results
Apr 08, 2015 (AFP)
Researchers said Wednesday a lab-manufactured antibody "significantly" reduced HIV blood levels in a small but promising human trial, and caused no harmful side...
Inkjet could produce tool to identify infectious diseases
Apr 08, 2015 (SPX)
Consumers are one step closer to benefiting from packaging that could give simple text warnings when food is contaminated with deadly pathogens like E. coli and...
Jordan reports five swine flu deaths since Jan 1
Apr 05, 2015 (AFP)
Five people have died in Jordan since the beginning of the year from swine flu, the health ministry said Sunday, adding that it has recorded 130 cases of the vi...
Meningitis epidemic kills 45 in Niger
Apr 04, 2015 (AFP)
A meningitis epidemic that broke out in January in Niger has so far killed 45 people, the health minister told AFP on Saturday. "From January 1 to March 29, 201...
New class of insecticides offers safer, more targeted mosquito control
Apr 02, 2015 (SPX)
Purdue researchers have identified a new class of chemical insecticides that could provide a safer, more selective means of controlling mosquitoes that transmit...
Gates calls for 'germ games' instead of war games
Mar 19, 2015 (AFP)
Bill Gates opened a mock Ebola field hospital at the prestigious TED Conference on Wednesday as part of a call to be battle-ready for a deadly global epidemic. ...
US to Deploy Chemical Brigade to Liberia to Combat Ebola
Mar 13, 2015 (Sputnik)
The United States will deploy its Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear brigade's headquarters to Liberia to further combat the Ebola epidemic, the US ...
Swine flu outbreak in India raises concern
Mar 13, 2015 (SPX)
Since December, an outbreak of swine flu in India has killed more than 1,200 people, and a new MIT study suggests that the strain has acquired mutations that ma...
British Ebola patient flown home from S. Leone
Mar 12, 2015 (AFP)
A female British military healthcare worker who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone arrived home Thursday for treatment in a London hospital isolation unit. A Roya...
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