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HIV has big hiding place, foiling hopes for cure
Oct 24, 2013 (AFP)
Modern medicine can keep HIV at bay but not cure it, and researchers said Thursday the reason may lie in the larger-than-expected size of the virus's hiding pla...
Baby's HIV 'cure not a fluke,' US researchers say
Oct 23, 2013 (AFP)
A little girl who was treated for HIV shortly after birth still shows no sign of infection at age three, suggesting her apparent cure was not a fluke, US resear...
Delhi hospitals overflow with hidden dengue epidemic
Oct 20, 2013 (AFP)
Factory worker Mohammad Awwal is gripped by fever, sweats and the sort of agonising aches that mean his condition is sometimes called "breakbone disease". It's ...
Taiwan looks to first vaccine against fatal H7N9 avian flu
Oct 14, 2013 (AFP)
Taiwan is scheduled to roll out its first vaccine against the H7N9 strain of avian flu in late 2014, after the island confirmed the first outbreak of the deadly...
HIV infections plummet since 2001: UN
Sep 23, 2013 (AFP)
New HIV infections have plummeted by a third overall since 2001 and more than halved among children, the United Nations said Monday. Globally, 2.3 million peopl...
Disarming HIV With a Pop
Sep 22, 2013 (SPX)
Pinning down an effective way to combat the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus, the viral precursor to AIDS, has long been a challenge for scientists an...
Projected climate change in West Africa not likely to worsen malaria situation
Sep 22, 2013 (SPX)
As public-health officials continue to fight malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, researchers are trying to predict how climate change will impact the disease, which ...
AIDS epidemic's end by 2030 seen: UN official
Sep 19, 2013 (AFP)
A top UN official said the global AIDS epidemic could be over by 2030 because of progress made in treatment and control of the disease. "I think that 2030 is a ...
Toward making people invisible to mosquitoes
Sep 13, 2013 (SPX)
In an advance toward providing mosquito-plagued people, pets and livestock with an invisibility cloak against these blood-sucking insects, scientists today desc...
Effects of climate change on West Nile virus
Sep 13, 2013 (SPX)
The varied influence of climate change on temperature and precipitation may have an equally wide-ranging effect on the spread of West Nile virus, suggesting tha...
HIV-positive Ukrainians protest clinic closure
Sep 12, 2013 (AFP)
Patients at Ukraine's main HIV hospital on Thursday handcuffed themselves to their beds in protest at plans for its closure. Three HIV-positive patients at the ...
Experts urge renewed push on US-Thai HIV vaccine
Aug 29, 2013 (AFP)
Health experts on Thursday called for trials of an HIV vaccine under development in Thailand to be speeded up following recent setbacks in other efforts to end ...
Experimental Ebola treatment protects some primates even after disease symptoms appear
Aug 23, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists have successfully treated the deadly Ebola virus in infected animals following onset of disease symptoms, according to a report published online toda...
Long-term study backs early HIV drugs for children
Aug 21, 2013 (AFP)
A landmark five-year trial has strengthened evidence that early use of antiretroviral drugs helps children combat the AIDS virus, doctors reported on Thursday. ...
Scientists find another flu virus in Chinese chickens
Aug 21, 2013 (AFP)
Scientists studying the H7N9 bird flu virus that has killed more than 40 people since March said Wednesday they had discovered another H7-type virus lurking in ...
Infectious diseases and climate change intersect with no simple answers
Aug 19, 2013 (SPX)
Climate change is already affecting the spread of infectious diseases--and human health and biodiversity worldwide--according to disease ecologists reporting re...
Cambodian boy dies from bird flu: WHO
Aug 19, 2013 (AFP)
A nine-year-old boy has died from bird flu in Cambodia, the 10th victim this year, the World Health Organisation said Monday, warning that the kingdom's deadlie...
MRSA strain in humans originally came from cattle
Aug 19, 2013 (SPX)
A strain of bacteria that causes skin and soft tissue infections in humans originally came from cattle, according to a study to be published in mBio, the online...
New H7N9 bird flu death confirmed in China: hospital
Aug 13, 2013 (AFP)
A Chinese woman infected with the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus died of multiple organ failure, a Beijing hospital said, bringing the total fatalities from the dis...
New case of H7N9 bird flu confirmed in China: officials
Aug 11, 2013 (AFP)
A Chinese poultry worker was confirmed as having contracted the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus, health officials said, the first case in the southern Guangdong prov...
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