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Hybrid 'super mosquito' resistant to insecticide-treated bed nets
Jan 13, 2015 (SPX)
Interbreeding of two malaria mosquito species in the West African country of Mali has resulted in a "super mosquito" hybrid that's resistant to insecticide-trea...
Scientists discover hybrid insecticide-resistant mosquito in Mali
Jan 12, 2015 (UPI)
Researchers in Mali have discovered a new hybrid mosquito -- a so-called "super mosquito" -- that is unaffected by bed nets treated with insecticides. Thanks to...
Five years after quake, cholera epidemic haunts Haiti
Jan 10, 2015 (AFP)
Five years after an earthquake demolished its capital, Haiti's efforts to get back on its feet are still hampered by an epidemic blamed on the UN troops there t...
Contaminated equipment behind Cambodia HIV outbreak
Jan 10, 2015 (AFP)
A mass HIV outbreak in a Cambodian village was most likely caused by contaminated medical equipment, the World Health Organization and Cambodian health ministry...
Sierra Leone now has means to control Ebola epidemic
Jan 10, 2015 (AFP)
Sierra Leone now has the means to curb the Ebola epidemic, the new head of the UN mission for the fight against the disease and a senior World Health Organizati...
At least 26 US kids die of flu in 'bad' season: officials
Jan 09, 2015 (AFP)
A particularly bad flu is sweeping the United States, killing 26 children so far this season and nearly doubling hospitalizations among people over 65 in the pa...
US okays Roche test to identify HIV, hepatitis viruses
Jan 09, 2015 (AFP)
US authorities have approved a test developed by Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche that can detect both HIV and hepatitis viruses, the company said Friday. The Co...
DigitalGlobe products used in fight against Ebola
Jan 08, 2015 (UPI)
DigitalGlobe, an Earth observation and geospatial solutions company, says its products are playing an important role in the international effort to combat Ebola...
New clues in quest for HIV cure: researchers
Jan 07, 2015 (AFP)
Scientists seeking a cure for AIDS said Wednesday they had found important clues about how HIV manages to skirt detection after being suppressed by drugs. The s...
One Pakistani's dogged fight against rats
Jan 05, 2015 (AFP)
The people of Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar have lived through countless bombings, shootings and kidnappings in recent years, but now a new peril sta...
'AIDS demolition team' report roils China netizens
Dec 30, 2014 (AFP)
A property developer in China reportedly hired a group of people with HIV to harass residents into leaving their homes, sparking anger from the country's Intern...
China bird flu death reported as 2014 toll rises
Dec 29, 2014 (AFP)
A man has died from the H7N9 bird flu strain in eastern China, state media reported Monday, at the end of a year in which cases of the virus have accelerated. T...
Egypt reports 10th bird flu death this year
Dec 29, 2014 (AFP)
Egyptian health authorities on Monday reported the country's 10th death this year from bird flu, as well as the first case of H5N1 infection in the capital. The...
Hong Kong raises bird flu alert level as woman critical
Dec 28, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong hospitals raised alert levels Sunday as a woman diagnosed with the deadly H7N9 avian flu virus was in a critical condition. The 68-year-old woman was ...
Four die of bird flu in Libya: minister
Dec 27, 2014 (AFP)
Four people have died of bird flu in Libya in recent days, the health minister of the country's internationally recognised government said on Saturday. Rida al-...
China promises medical care for HIV-positive boy: state media
Dec 22, 2014 (AFP)
China's health ministry has promised to provide medical care and a living allowance for an eight-year-old HIV-positive boy targeted by villagers for expulsion, ...
China grandfather defends petition to expel HIV-positive boy: report
Dec 20, 2014 (AFP)
The grandfather of a Chinese HIV-positive boy has defended his support for a petition to banish him from their village, media reported Saturday, in a case that ...
New suit for Ebola workers promises more comfort, safety
Dec 19, 2014 (AFP)
For health care workers on the front lines of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, risking their lives in stifling protective suits, relief could soon be on the w...
Cause of malaria drug resistance in SE Asia identified
Dec 18, 2014 (SPX)
Growing resistance to malaria drugs in Southeast Asia is caused by a single mutated gene inside the disease-causing Plasmodium falciparum parasite, according to...
Shame in China as village votes to expel HIV-positive boy
Dec 18, 2014 (AFP)
The plight of a Chinese boy with the HIV virus, reportedly pushed to leave his home by 200 villagers who signed a petition, sparked intense online soul-searchin...
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