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Climate change likely to worsen threat of diarrheal disease in Botswana, arid African countries
Apr 02, 2013 (SPX)
In a National Science Foundation funded study, Kathleen Alexander, an associate professor of wildlife at Virginia Tech, found that climate drives a large part o...
China strengthens checks after new bird flu deaths
Apr 01, 2013 (AFP)
China's commercial hub Shanghai is stepping up monitoring after a new strain of bird flu killed two people, state media said Monday, as Taiwan announced it woul...
New avian flu strain kills two in China, one critical
Mar 31, 2013 (AFP)
Two people in China have died after being infected with H7N9 avian influenza -- a sub-type that had not previously been transmitted to humans -- the government ...
Flu vaccine linked to narcolepsy in under 30s: study
Mar 26, 2013 (AFP)
A vaccine used in Sweden in the 2009-2010 "swine flu" pandemic is linked to a higher risk of the sleeping disorder narcolepsy among under 30s, and not just chil...
New research paper says we are still at risk of the plague
Mar 19, 2013 (SPX)
Historical review provides lessons for the control of the plague Today archaeologists unearthed a 'Black Death' grave in London, containing more than a dozen sk...
Battling AIDS stigma in Morocco's religious heartlands
Mar 16, 2013 (AFP)
"I don't have anything," said Asmaa with a sigh as she stepped out of the mobile clinic offering free AIDS tests in Sale, a conservative city in Morocco where t...
Ten years on, the SARS outbreak that changed Hong Kong
Mar 15, 2013 (AFP)
With its bustling streets, shops and busy restaurants, little suggests that ten years ago Amoy Gardens was on the front line of Hong Kong's battle with a virus ...
Over quarter of S.African schoolgirls HIV positive: minister
Mar 14, 2013 (AFP)
As many as 28 percent of South African schoolgirls are HIV positive, according to figures from the country's health minister reported by local media on Thursday...
French patients keep HIV at bay despite stopping drugs
Mar 14, 2013 (AFP)
A small French study of 14 HIV patients who have remained healthy for years after stopping drug treatment offers fresh evidence that early medical intervention ...
H1N1 flu jab linked to small risk of nervous disorder
Mar 13, 2013 (AFP)
Vaccination in the United States against H1N1 "swine" flu, which swept the world in 2009-10, carried a small but tolerable risk of Guillain-Barre syndrome, a di...
Myanmar shelter offers refuge for HIV patients
Mar 07, 2013 (AFP)
At a small and peaceful clinic on the outskirts of Yangon, 20 volunteers tend to 300 HIV patients abandoned by a health care system allowed to crumble during de...
HIV cured in baby for the first time: scientists
Mar 04, 2013 (AFP)
Researchers say they have, for the first time, cured a baby born with HIV -- a development that could help improve treatment of babies infected at birth. There ...
HIV 'cure' in infancy, caution experts
Mar 04, 2013 (AFP)
AIDS experts cautioned Monday against hype of a cure after doctors in the United States suppressed HIV in a child born with the virus by administering a potent ...
Daily-dose HIV prevention fails for African women: study
Mar 04, 2013 (AFP)
Daily doses of drugs or vaginal gels have proven ineffective at preventing HIV infections in southern Africa, a study out Monday revealed, saying most of the wo...
Atlantic warming points to malaria risk... in India
Mar 03, 2013 (AFP)
Health watchdogs monitoring the risk of malaria in India should keep a close eye on what's happening thousands of kilometres (miles) away in the Atlantic, an un...
Cambodia orders action to stop deadly bird flu
Mar 01, 2013 (AFP)
Phnom Penh on Friday ordered urgent action to stem the "worrying" number of bird flu deaths in Cambodia, following a surge in the number of fatalities from the ...
Diamond sheds light on basic building blocks of life
Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)
The UK's national synchrotron facility, Diamond Light Source, is now the first and only place in Europe where pathogens requiring Containment Level 3 - includin...
Using transportation data to predict pandemics
Feb 26, 2013 (SPX)
In a world of increasing global connections, predicting the spread of infectious diseases is more complicated than ever. Pandemics no longer follow the patterns...
Study boosts link between flu vaccine, sleep disorder
Feb 26, 2013 (AFP)
A study in England has strengthened evidence from Scandinavia that a vaccine used to prevent pandemic flu boosted the risk of sleep disorder among teens and chi...
A mighty fighting flu breakthrough
Feb 26, 2013 (SPX)
The new drug has been proven to be effective in preventing the spread of different strains of influenza in laboratory models - including resistant strains of th...
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