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Gurgaon Ramps Up Surveillance, Testing As City Sees Rise In Dengue Cases
Gurgaon has reported 18 cases of dengue and two cases of malaria this season. With the city witnessing an upsurge in vector borne-diseases, the district health officials have set up a 20-bed ward at the civil hospital to deal with the outbreak.
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Potential Breakthrough In Malaria Vaccine? New Jab Demonstrates 77 Percent Efficacy
Despite many vaccines tested over the years, this is the first to meet the required WHO’s required efficacy target.
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Brazilian President Says He Tested Negative For Covid 2 Weeks After Diagnosis
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Saturday he has tested negative for the new coronavirus more than two weeks after being diagnosed on July 7, attributing his recovery to an unproven malaria drug.
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Drug Championed By Donald Trump For Coronavirus Treatment Fails Another Test
The malaria treatment repeatedly championed by U.S. President Donald Trump as a "game changer" in the fight against the novel coronavirus has again failed to show a benefit in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a study released on Thursday.
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Homemade Soup May Help Fight Off Malaria, Reveals Study
The researchers from Imperial College London with school children test their traditional family soup broth recipes that originated from countries in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
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Risks Of Epidemics Rise In Kerala As Flood Water Recedes
Health experts say as the flood water recedes, Kerala may have to cope with waterborne and vectorborne diseases such as cholera, typhoid, malaria, hepatitis and other fevers.
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A Blood Test That Can Accurately Diagnose Malaria
Berlin: Scientists have developed an automated blood test that can accurately diagnose malaria much faster than current methods. A major problem associated with this infectious tropical disease is the difficulty in obtaining a fast and reliable diagnosis. Up to now it was diagnosed mainly by means of the microscopic detection of pathogens in the bl...
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World Malaria Day 2017: These African Nations Will Test the First Ever Malaria Vaccine
Relevant information collected from these countries will then be put to use to decide the wider application of the vaccine.
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Number of Deaths In Chikungunya, Dengue Cases Rises To 30
Chikungunya and dengue continued to wreak havoc in Delhi with the number of deaths from the two vector-borne diseases climbing to 30 today even as the number of affected people crossed 2,800.
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Chinese Nobel Medicine Winner, 84, 'Not Really Surprised'
Tu Youyou, the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel prize for medicine, said today she was "not really surprised" to be recognised after a remarkable career which saw her team test a breakthrough malaria drug on themselves during the chaos of the Cultural Revolution.
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Malaria Deaths Fall 60 Per Cent Since 2000: UN
Malaria deaths worldwide have fallen by 60 percent since 2000, the UN said Wednesday, with improved diagnostic tests and the massive distribution of mosquito nets aiding dramatic progress against the disease.
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Over 3,400 Students Test Positive for Malaria in Odisha
As many as 3,434 students of government-run residential schools in Kandhamal district of Odisha have tested positive for malaria.
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Malaria Can be Detected With a Breath Test: Scientists
Australian scientists have discovered that the chemical make-up of malaria patients' breath has distinctive properties, making diagnosis by breath analysis a possibility, medical officials reported on Tuesday.
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Ebola in 2015 - End of the Line for a Killer?
After decades making brief, murderous forays from central Africa's forests, Ebola erupted into a global emergency in 2014, yet its success could spell its downfall as scientists scramble to relegate it to a footnote of medical history.
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New York, Missouri Patients Test Negative for Ebola Virus
Two travelers who returned recently from separate West Africa trips tested negative for Ebola on Thursday at hospitals in New York and Missouri and will stay under observation while awaiting additional confirmation of the results, health officials said.
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Gurgaon Ramps Up Surveillance, Testing As City Sees Rise In Dengue Cases
Gurgaon has reported 18 cases of dengue and two cases of malaria this season. With the city witnessing an upsurge in vector borne-diseases, the district health officials have set up a 20-bed ward at the civil hospital to deal with the outbreak.
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Potential Breakthrough In Malaria Vaccine? New Jab Demonstrates 77 Percent Efficacy
Despite many vaccines tested over the years, this is the first to meet the required WHO’s required efficacy target.
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Brazilian President Says He Tested Negative For Covid 2 Weeks After Diagnosis
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Saturday he has tested negative for the new coronavirus more than two weeks after being diagnosed on July 7, attributing his recovery to an unproven malaria drug.
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Drug Championed By Donald Trump For Coronavirus Treatment Fails Another Test
The malaria treatment repeatedly championed by U.S. President Donald Trump as a "game changer" in the fight against the novel coronavirus has again failed to show a benefit in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a study released on Thursday.
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Homemade Soup May Help Fight Off Malaria, Reveals Study
The researchers from Imperial College London with school children test their traditional family soup broth recipes that originated from countries in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
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Risks Of Epidemics Rise In Kerala As Flood Water Recedes
Health experts say as the flood water recedes, Kerala may have to cope with waterborne and vectorborne diseases such as cholera, typhoid, malaria, hepatitis and other fevers.
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A Blood Test That Can Accurately Diagnose Malaria
Berlin: Scientists have developed an automated blood test that can accurately diagnose malaria much faster than current methods. A major problem associated with this infectious tropical disease is the difficulty in obtaining a fast and reliable diagnosis. Up to now it was diagnosed mainly by means of the microscopic detection of pathogens in the bl...
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World Malaria Day 2017: These African Nations Will Test the First Ever Malaria Vaccine
Relevant information collected from these countries will then be put to use to decide the wider application of the vaccine.
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Number of Deaths In Chikungunya, Dengue Cases Rises To 30
Chikungunya and dengue continued to wreak havoc in Delhi with the number of deaths from the two vector-borne diseases climbing to 30 today even as the number of affected people crossed 2,800.
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Chinese Nobel Medicine Winner, 84, 'Not Really Surprised'
Tu Youyou, the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel prize for medicine, said today she was "not really surprised" to be recognised after a remarkable career which saw her team test a breakthrough malaria drug on themselves during the chaos of the Cultural Revolution.
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Malaria Deaths Fall 60 Per Cent Since 2000: UN
Malaria deaths worldwide have fallen by 60 percent since 2000, the UN said Wednesday, with improved diagnostic tests and the massive distribution of mosquito nets aiding dramatic progress against the disease.
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Over 3,400 Students Test Positive for Malaria in Odisha
As many as 3,434 students of government-run residential schools in Kandhamal district of Odisha have tested positive for malaria.
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Malaria Can be Detected With a Breath Test: Scientists
Australian scientists have discovered that the chemical make-up of malaria patients' breath has distinctive properties, making diagnosis by breath analysis a possibility, medical officials reported on Tuesday.
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Ebola in 2015 - End of the Line for a Killer?
After decades making brief, murderous forays from central Africa's forests, Ebola erupted into a global emergency in 2014, yet its success could spell its downfall as scientists scramble to relegate it to a footnote of medical history.
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New York, Missouri Patients Test Negative for Ebola Virus
Two travelers who returned recently from separate West Africa trips tested negative for Ebola on Thursday at hospitals in New York and Missouri and will stay under observation while awaiting additional confirmation of the results, health officials said.
