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W. African Ebola epidemic 'likely to last months': UN
Jul 03, 2014 (AFP)
The United Nations health agency said on Thursday it expected the worst Ebola outbreak in history to continue its deadly rampage through west Africa for at leas...
US-based scientist makes potent version of H1N1 flu
Jul 02, 2014 (AFP)
A US-based Japanese scientist said Wednesday he has succeeded in engineering a version of the so-called swine flu virus that would be able to evade the human im...
Latvia orders pig cull to stem African swine fever
Jun 27, 2014 (AFP)
Latvia ordered a cull of pigs and a 40-day ban on public events in its eastern district of Latgale on Friday amid an outbreak of African swine fever. The diseas...
Mideast sees 'worrying' rise in HIV cases: UN
Jun 20, 2014 (AFP)
A sharp rise in new HIV infections in the Middle East and North Africa is a worrying trend, despite some positive developments, UNAIDS chief Michel Sidibe told ...
Study reveals conditions linked to deadly bird flu and maps areas at risks
Jun 20, 2014 (SPX)
A dangerous strain of avian influenza, H7N9, that's causing severe illness and deaths in China may be inhabiting a small fraction of its potential range and app...
Science finds chink in superbug armour
Jun 18, 2014 (AFP)
Scientists Wednesday announced an advance in the quest to solve the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, saying they had found a chink in the armour of bac...
HIV battle: Uganda tests out rubber band circumcision
Jun 17, 2014 (AFP)
With trousers around his ankles, Justin Igalla awaits a tight rubber band for his foreskin, an innovative non-surgical technique rolling out in several African ...
H7N9 flu: New map pinpoints Asian countries at risk
Jun 17, 2014 (AFP)
Five Asian countries could join China as targets for the H7N9 bird flu virus that has claimed about a hundred lives since it erupted in March 2013, scientists s...
Key genes for Spanish flu pandemic exist in nature: report
Jun 11, 2014 (AFP)
Bird flu viruses circulating in nature contain eight genes key to potentially recreate a pathogene similar to that which caused the 1918 deadly Spanish flu pand...
Deadly diseases overlooked for too long
Jun 10, 2014 (SPX)
Decades of neglect have allowed infectious diseases to devastate the lives of thousands of people in the developing world, a study reveals. Researchers say thre...
Ugandan HIV bill 'nonsensical', says health body
Jun 06, 2014 (AFP)
Uganda's AIDS commission on Friday called an HIV bill passed by parliament "nonsensical", and urged the country's president not to sign it into law. "My advice ...
Scientists find compound to fight virus behind SARS, MERS
May 30, 2014 (AFP)
An international team of scientists say they have identified a compound that can fight coronaviruses, responsible for the SARS and MERS outbreaks, which current...
Oman reports 3 swine flu deaths
May 28, 2014 (AFP)
Omani health authorities announced Wednesday three deaths this month from the swine flu virus, the official ONA news agency reported. The health ministry said "...
After 8,000 cholera deaths, Haiti faces new epidemic
May 28, 2014 (AFP)
Hard-hit by a cholera epidemic that started in 2010, Haiti now faces a new threat in the expanding chikungunya virus, authorities said Wednesday. "We have had 8...
Sierra Leone confirms first case of Ebola as epidemic spreads
May 26, 2014 (AFP)
Sierra Leone on Monday confirmed its first death from Ebola and said it was restricting travel in some areas to stop the deadly haemorrhagic fever sweeping west...
Health officials warn of epidemic as Balkans mourn dead
May 20, 2014 (AFP)
Serbia declared three days of national mourning Tuesday as the death toll from the worst floods to hit the Balkans in living memory rose to 49 and health offici...
Disease warning in deluged, mourning Balkans
May 20, 2014 (AFP)
Officials in the Balkans warned Tuesday of the risk of epidemics as the death toll from the worst floods in over a century hit 49 and water levels in Serbia inc...
China winds could carry childhood disease to Japan: study
May 19, 2014 (AFP)
An airborne toxin that is blown into Japan from northeast China could be the cause of the mysterious Kawasaki disease, a childhood illness that mostly affects t...
US backs expanded AIDS therapy for prevention
May 16, 2014 (AFP)
US health authorities are recommending the daily use of anti-retroviral medication to prevent HIV infection for high-risk groups. The new guidelines by the US C...
Crimea facing 'human tragedy' on AIDS: UN envoy
May 08, 2014 (AFP)
The UN AIDS envoy for eastern Europe on Thursday said Crimea faced a "human tragedy" and risks to public health after a programme for intravenous drug users was...
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