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Tuberculosis epidemic larger than previously thought
Oct 13, 2016 (AFP)
The tuberculosis epidemic is larger than previously thought, infecting 10.4 million people last year, while research into vaccines and cures is "severely underf...
WHO to send 1 mln cholera vaccine doses to hurricane-hit Haiti
Oct 11, 2016 (AFP)
The World Health Organization said Tuesday it would send a million cholera vaccine doses to Haiti, which has seen cases of the disease surge since it was ravage...
After hurricane, Haiti confronts cholera outbreak
Oct 09, 2016 (AFP)
A week after being devastated by a hurricane, Haiti faces a growing cholera outbreak that threatens to turn its disaster even more deadly. In Port Salut, a smas...
X-ray free-electron laser is aiding the fight against Zika-carrying mosquitoes
Sep 28, 2016 (UPI)
The toxin BinAB is currently used to combat malaria, West Nile virus and viral encephalitis. The toxin features insecticidal protein crystals, which are deadly ...
Aerial pesticide 'key driver' of Zika's end in Miami: US
Sep 23, 2016 (AFP)
The use of a controversial pesticide, sprayed from overhead on a Miami neighborhood, was a "key driver" in ending the local spread of the Zika virus there, US h...
UN mobilizes to stop super-bugs
Sep 21, 2016 (AFP)
The United Nations on Wednesday launched a global effort to fight so-called super-bugs that resist antibiotics, warning of a mounting death toll without more re...
Bill Gates: Disease fight is tough but progress is 'incredible'
Sep 18, 2016 (AFP)
Through his foundation, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates is the top nongovernmental donor to the Global Fund against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, with p...
Global Fund collects almost $13 bn to fight AIDS, malaria and TB
Sep 17, 2016 (AFP)
Donors pledged nearly $13 billion on Saturday in the fight to eradicate AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by 2030, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced...
World must ready for global microcephaly 'epidemic': study
Sep 15, 2016 (AFP)
The world should prepare for a "global epidemic" of microcephaly, a condition which restricts head growth in foetuses, as the Zika virus takes root in new count...
Engineers battle superbugs with star-shaped 'peptide polymers'
Sep 13, 2016 (UPI)
Engineers in Australia have discovered a new way to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The new antibacterial weaponry is called peptide polymers. According to...
Setting a Safe Course for Gene Editing Research
Sep 13, 2016 (SPX)
A new DARPA program could help unlock the potential of advanced gene editing technologies by developing a set of tools to address potential risks of this rapidl...
Millions of US bees die from spray to fight Zika mosquitoes
Sep 02, 2016 (AFP)
Beekeeper Juanita Stanley woke up stunned Monday morning when she realized the familiar buzz at her South Carolina apiary had gone silent. In an effort to contr...
Reconstructing the 6th century plague from a victim
Sep 01, 2016 (SPX)
Before the infamous Black Death, the first great plague epidemic was the Justinian plague, which, over the course of two centuries, wiped out up to an estimated...
Hong Kong reports first case of Zika virus
Aug 25, 2016 (AFP)
Hong Kong authorities reported the city's first Zika virus infection Thursday, which they described as an imported case of the disease blamed for birth defects....
Common cold viruses originated in camels
Aug 19, 2016 (SPX)
There are four globally endemic human coronaviruses which, together with the better known rhinoviruses, are responsible for causing common colds. Usually, infec...
Scientists explain why Russian tuberculosis is the most infectious
Aug 19, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers from the Federal Research and Clinical Centre of Physical-Chemical Medicine, and staff from MIPT's Systems Biology Laboratory, the Research Institut...
Miami residents fret over pesticide used to fight Zika
Aug 16, 2016 (AFP)
People at the epicenter of America's first homegrown outbreak of the Zika virus are worried that one of the weapons being used to fight it amounts to a cannon r...
Warmer climate could lower dengue risk
Aug 12, 2016 (SPX)
Health researchers predict that the transmission of dengue could decrease in a future warmer climate, countering previous projections that climate change would ...
Scientists warn anthrax just one threat as Russian permafrost melts
Aug 11, 2016 (AFP)
A recent anthrax outbreak in the far north of Russia left a child dead, 23 people infected and the government scrambling to deploy hundreds of rescue workers an...
Study pushes back the origin of HIV-related retroviruses to 60 million years ago
Aug 10, 2016 (SPX)
Lentiviruses cause a variety of chronic diseases in mammals - ranging from the most notorious example of HIV/AIDS in humans to various neurological disorders in...
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