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Mandela helped end 'conspiracy of silence' on AIDS: UN
Jun 27, 2013 (AFP)
The head of the UN's AIDS prevention agency hailed Nelson Mandela, who on Thursday was fighting for his life in hospital, for his role in breaking the silence a...
China reports another H7N9 bird flu death
Jun 27, 2013 (AFP)
Shanghai has reported another death from H7N9 bird flu, the local government said, bringing the total number of fatalities nationwide to at least 40. A 56-year-...
H7N9 bird flu kills about 1/3 hospitalised patients: study
Jun 23, 2013 (AFP)
The H7N9 bird flu that hit China this year killed over a third of hospitalised patients, said researchers Monday who labelled the virus "less serious" but proba...
Taiwan reports H6N1 bird flu case
Jun 21, 2013 (AFP)
Taiwan on Friday reported what it said was the world's first ever human case of the H6N1 strain of bird flu, commonly found in poultry. A 20-year-old woman livi...
Blacklegged ticks frequently carry both lyme disease and babesiosis
Jun 20, 2013 (UPI)
Those who get bitten by blacklegged ticks are increasingly at risk of being infected with both Lyme disease and babesiosis, as the insects regularly carry both ...
Children suffer as Pakistan battles measles epidemic
Jun 20, 2013 (AFP)
In the intensive-care ward of Lahore's Mayo hospital, pale, spotty children cry in the intense heat of the Pakistani summer -- victims of a devastating measles ...
Measles epidemic sweeps northern Syria: MSF
Jun 18, 2013 (AFP)
An epidemic of measles is sweeping through parts of northern Syria, with at least 7,000 people affected because the ongoing civil war has disrupted vaccination ...
Archaeologists unearth remains of ancient Egyptian epidemic
Jun 17, 2013 (UPI)
As a series of terrible epidemics -- now known as the Plague of Cyprian -- wiped out hordes of ancient Egyptians, some writers of the time thought the world was...
US program marks birth of one millionth HIV-free baby
Jun 17, 2013 (AFP)
This month somewhere in sub-Saharan Africa the one millionth baby will be born without HIV to a mother who suffers from the disease, thanks in large part to a d...
HIV regimen prevents infection among drug users
Jun 12, 2013 (AFP)
Giving injecting drug users a daily pill against HIV nearly halved their risk of infection by the AIDS virus, a pioneering study published on Thursday said. The...
Singapore fights back against worsening dengue outbreak
Jun 12, 2013 (AFP)
Singapore is fighting back against a rapidly worsening dengue epidemic by distributing insect repellants to every household and recruiting hundreds of disease c...
Cost-effective: HIV tests for all in India
Jun 12, 2013 (SPX)
In India most people who are HIV positive don't know it, yet testing and treatment are relatively cheap and available. It would therefore meet international sta...
WHO simplifies pandemic alert system after criticism
Jun 10, 2013 (AFP)
The World Health Organization on Monday published a new plan on how to alert the world to possible flu pandemics, following harsh criticism of its handling of t...
Only 14 China H7N9 patients left in hospital: govt
Jun 10, 2013 (AFP)
Only 14 patients from China's H7N9 bird flu outbreak are still in hospital, national health authorities said in their latest update on the disease. A total of 1...
Quack shot: Duck genome takes aim at bird flu
Jun 09, 2013 (AFP)
An international team of scientists said on Sunday they had sequenced the genome of the duck as part of an investigation into a natural source for avian influen...
Mosquitoes reared in cooler temps more susceptible to viruses
Jun 06, 2013 (SPX)
Urban epidemics resulting from viral diseases, such as West Nile fever and chikungunya fever, are transmitted by infected mosquitoes. According to Virginia Tech...
Cracking the Code of HIV; Providing An Up-Close View of the Enemy
Jun 04, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers have determined the precise chemical structure of the HIV capsid, a protein shell that protects the virus's genetic material and is a key to its abi...
Singapore bracing for worst dengue epidemic
May 31, 2013 (AFP)
Singapore is bracing itself for its worst ever dengue epidemic with infections this year already exceeding the total for all of 2012, official statistics showed...
No benefit from double dose of Tamiflu for flu: study
May 30, 2013 (AFP)
Tamiflu, the frontline treatment for influenza, offers no benefit for patients if it is administered in double the normal dose, a study conducted in Southeast A...
Evolution in the blink of an eye
May 30, 2013 (SPX)
A novel disease in songbirds has rapidly evolved to become more harmful to its host on at least two separate occasions in just two decades, according to a new s...
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