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"I'll Repeat It": DMK Leader Day After Uproar Over 'Sanatana' Remark
Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin - at the centre of a storm over his "sanatana dharma must be eradicated" remark - doubled down on his comment and, on Monday evening, declared "I will repeat the same thing again and again".
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China Certified Malaria-Free After 70-Year Long Fight: WHO
China was certified as malaria-free on Wednesday by the World Health Organization, following a 70-year effort to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease.
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Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Urges Delhi To Declare Malaria, Dengue Notifiable Diseases
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urged the Delhi government today to declare malaria and dengue as notifiable diseases to help pave the way for a successful eradication of the two vector-borne diseases from the national capital.
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Mamata Banerjee Friends With Dengue, Malaria: Amit Shah Vows To Eradicate Diseases
Lashing out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the Trinamool chief is friends with "dengue and malaria" and the state will not be rid of the diseases until she leaves.
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Drug-Resistant Strain Of Malaria Makes It "Almost Untreatable" In Asia
Last week, two studies found that the presence of drug-resistant strains of malaria is on the rise in southeast Asia. The research has provoked alarm among scientists who are leading the fight against one of the world's most stubborn health problems.
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Google's Plan To Rid The World Of Mosquitoes Involves Breeding More Of Them
Hundreds of millions of people fall sick each year due to diseases such as malaria, dengue, yellow fever, and chikungunya - all carried by mosquitoes. It seems counterintuitive, then, that a plan to eradicate mosquitoes would involve breeding more of them - but that's exactly what Google's parent compant, Alphabet, is doing.
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Sniffer Dogs Could Help Identify And Eradicate Malaria
Steven Lindsay, a public health entomologist at Durham University in England, has been researching malaria control for decades. His preferred approach, he says, is to "sit on the boundaries," drumming up ideas that others might not. So it's perhaps unsurprising that his latest project was inspired by the baggage-claim area at Dulles International A...
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Expert Views: How can the World Outpace Resistance to Eradicate Malaria by 2040?
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a global health and education charity set up by the Microsoft founder and his wife, has set a target of eradicating malaria by 2040.
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Why Delhi Is Failing In Fight Against Malaria, Chikungunya. Here's What It Must Do
Two people have died due to malaria in Delhi, raising concerns about the state's efforts at curbing mosquito-borne diseases. Neighboring Sri Lanka has not only managed to eradicate malaria but has lessons India can benefit from.
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Presidents And Billionaires Drive Battle Against Africa's Deadliest Creature
Global plans to eliminate malaria were abandoned in 1969 as the goal was seen as prohibitively complicated and expensive, despite success in eradicating the disease in the 1950s in parts of Europe, North America and the Caribbean.
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New Malaria Vaccine May Prevent Infection For Over One Year
An experimental malaria vaccine protected healthy adults from infection for more than a year in a clinical trial in US, an advance that may help control and ultimately eradicate the deadly disease.
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Britain, Bill Gates Announce 3 Billion Pounds To Eradicate Malaria
Britain's finance minister and tech billionaire Bill Gates unveiled today a plan to spend billions to eradicate "the world's deadliest killer" malaria.
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Change in Vaccine Use Needed To Eradicate Polio, WHO Says
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has suggested the withdrawal of a specific type of an oral polio vaccine used against the Type II variant from April next year.
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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Offer Hope in Malaria Fight
Scientists have found a way of genetically modifying mosquitoes to produce sperm that only creates males, offering a potential fresh approach to fighting and eventually eradicating malaria.
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Malaria vaccine disappoints in African babies trial
A GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) experimental malaria vaccine touted as a new weapon in the fight to eradicate the deadly disease proved only 30 per cent effective when given to African babies in a crucial clinical trial.
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"I'll Repeat It": DMK Leader Day After Uproar Over 'Sanatana' Remark
Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin - at the centre of a storm over his "sanatana dharma must be eradicated" remark - doubled down on his comment and, on Monday evening, declared "I will repeat the same thing again and again".
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China Certified Malaria-Free After 70-Year Long Fight: WHO
China was certified as malaria-free on Wednesday by the World Health Organization, following a 70-year effort to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease.
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Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Urges Delhi To Declare Malaria, Dengue Notifiable Diseases
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urged the Delhi government today to declare malaria and dengue as notifiable diseases to help pave the way for a successful eradication of the two vector-borne diseases from the national capital.
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Mamata Banerjee Friends With Dengue, Malaria: Amit Shah Vows To Eradicate Diseases
Lashing out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the Trinamool chief is friends with "dengue and malaria" and the state will not be rid of the diseases until she leaves.
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Drug-Resistant Strain Of Malaria Makes It "Almost Untreatable" In Asia
Last week, two studies found that the presence of drug-resistant strains of malaria is on the rise in southeast Asia. The research has provoked alarm among scientists who are leading the fight against one of the world's most stubborn health problems.
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Google's Plan To Rid The World Of Mosquitoes Involves Breeding More Of Them
Hundreds of millions of people fall sick each year due to diseases such as malaria, dengue, yellow fever, and chikungunya - all carried by mosquitoes. It seems counterintuitive, then, that a plan to eradicate mosquitoes would involve breeding more of them - but that's exactly what Google's parent compant, Alphabet, is doing.
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Sniffer Dogs Could Help Identify And Eradicate Malaria
Steven Lindsay, a public health entomologist at Durham University in England, has been researching malaria control for decades. His preferred approach, he says, is to "sit on the boundaries," drumming up ideas that others might not. So it's perhaps unsurprising that his latest project was inspired by the baggage-claim area at Dulles International A...
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Expert Views: How can the World Outpace Resistance to Eradicate Malaria by 2040?
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a global health and education charity set up by the Microsoft founder and his wife, has set a target of eradicating malaria by 2040.
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Why Delhi Is Failing In Fight Against Malaria, Chikungunya. Here's What It Must Do
Two people have died due to malaria in Delhi, raising concerns about the state's efforts at curbing mosquito-borne diseases. Neighboring Sri Lanka has not only managed to eradicate malaria but has lessons India can benefit from.
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Presidents And Billionaires Drive Battle Against Africa's Deadliest Creature
Global plans to eliminate malaria were abandoned in 1969 as the goal was seen as prohibitively complicated and expensive, despite success in eradicating the disease in the 1950s in parts of Europe, North America and the Caribbean.
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New Malaria Vaccine May Prevent Infection For Over One Year
An experimental malaria vaccine protected healthy adults from infection for more than a year in a clinical trial in US, an advance that may help control and ultimately eradicate the deadly disease.
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Britain, Bill Gates Announce 3 Billion Pounds To Eradicate Malaria
Britain's finance minister and tech billionaire Bill Gates unveiled today a plan to spend billions to eradicate "the world's deadliest killer" malaria.
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Change in Vaccine Use Needed To Eradicate Polio, WHO Says
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has suggested the withdrawal of a specific type of an oral polio vaccine used against the Type II variant from April next year.
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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Offer Hope in Malaria Fight
Scientists have found a way of genetically modifying mosquitoes to produce sperm that only creates males, offering a potential fresh approach to fighting and eventually eradicating malaria.
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Malaria vaccine disappoints in African babies trial
A GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) experimental malaria vaccine touted as a new weapon in the fight to eradicate the deadly disease proved only 30 per cent effective when given to African babies in a crucial clinical trial.
