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West Africa counts economic cost as Ebola outbreak ends
Jan 13, 2016 (AFP)
Gold miner Dauda Kamanda has never been rich, but before Ebola hit Sierra Leone he was getting by selling the nuggets he unearthed to traders who exported them ...
Bacterial superweapon falters with too many targets
Jan 12, 2016 (SPX)
In 2006, scientists discovered that some of the world's most common disease-causing bacteria wield a uniquely powerful weapon that can kill targeted cells - bot...
WHO approves S. Korean producer to double cholera vaccine supply
Jan 08, 2016 (AFP)
The World Health Organization said Friday it had approved a South Korean company as the third producer of an oral vaccine against cholera, in a bid to double gl...
UGA ecologist finds another cause of antibiotic resistance
Dec 30, 2015 (SPX)
While the rapid emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has prompted the medical community, non-profit organizations, public health officials and the nationa...
Ebola: Timeline of an epidemic
Dec 29, 2015 (AFP)
Key dates in the latest Ebola epidemic, the worst ever outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever which first surfaced in 1976 in what is now the Democratic Republic of...
US and Mexico must work to prevent mosquito-transmitted epidemics
Dec 25, 2015 (SPX)
Despite the increasing risks of mosquito-transmitted epidemics in the United States and Mexico, policymakers in both countries have made little effort to preven...
Study: Infectious disease spread is fueled by international trade
Dec 22, 2015 (UPI)
A new study published in the journal Food Security suggests the growth of international trade has spurred the spread of infectious disease. The paper also conte...
Drug firm announces advance in quest for HIV cure
Dec 22, 2015 (AFP)
A Norwegian drug firm on Tuesday announced an advance in its quest for an HIV cure with a drug combination which seeks to force the virus out of its hiding plac...
Mosquitoes tuned to seek out warm-blooded hosts
Dec 17, 2015 (SPX)
Many animals gravitate towards heat, most often to regulate their own body temperatures. In rare cases, certain species - ticks, bedbugs, and some species of mo...
Early childhood exposure to farm animals boosts immunological responses
Dec 17, 2015 (SPX)
Exposure to farm animals in early childhood modifies the key allergy-related immunological mechanisms, shows a recent study from the University of Eastern Finla...
Pigs that are resistant to incurable disease developed at University of Missouri
Dec 15, 2015 (SPX)
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) virus was first detected in the U.S. in 1987. Pigs who contract the disease have extreme difficulty reprodu...
Swine flu toll up by 15, reached 57 in Iran: Official
Dec 15, 2015 (AFP)
An outbreak of swine flu has claimed 57 lives since mid-November in Iran, where hundreds of people have been diagnosed with the virus, the health ministry said ...
How Ebola spread in Western Africa, 2014-2015
Dec 12, 2015 (SPX)
Late in 2013, a novel variant of the Ebola virus emerged in Western Africa to start what would become the largest human epidemic on record. In a study published...
Gene in 'last resort' antibiotics resistance found in Denmark
Dec 11, 2015 (AFP)
A gene that makes bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotics has been found in Denmark, a new study has shown, after first being identified by researchers in...
Russian TV host reveals HIV-positive status live on air
Dec 02, 2015 (AFP)
A well-known Russian television host announced live on air that he is HIV-positive, an unprecedented revelation in a country with rising infection rates but whe...
Indonesia's Papua battles AIDS epidemic
Dec 01, 2015 (AFP)
Fifteen-year-old Adina curls up in bed under a sheet, her body ravaged by AIDS, one of many caught up in an epidemic sweeping Indonesia's eastern Papua region. ...
With climate change, malaria risk in Africa shifts, grows
Dec 01, 2015 (SPX)
A larger portion of Africa is currently at high risk for malaria transmission than previously predicted, according to a new University of Florida mapping study....
Fighting AIDS a top priority in western Kenya
Nov 30, 2015 (AFP)
Between plantations of bananas, mangoes and avocados, a small group of men trek along paths freshly carved out by the November rains on a mission to inform and ...
'Live positively': Togo's 'Tino' sets example for HIV/AIDS
Nov 30, 2015 (AFP)
Augustin Dokla is arguably Togo's most famous person with HIV, having lived with the virus -- against the odds -- since 1999. Sixteen years later, he's still fi...
Adolescent deaths from AIDS tripled since 2000: UNICEF
Nov 27, 2015 (AFP)
The number of adolescents dying from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years, most of them having acquired the disease when they were infants, according to figu...
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