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Study reveals viral hepatitis more deadly than HIV/AIDS in Europe

The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) revealed on April 11 at the International Liver CongressTM 2014 that viral hepatitis is more deadly across European Union countries than HIV/AIDS. The study showed that...

22 April, 2014

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Rapid, broad countermeasures sought against mystery infections

A group of University of Washington scientists is seeking broad, versatile countermeasures effective against several different kinds of viruses and other pathogens. The investigators are part of a national push for...

11 April, 2014

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Ebola has no cure or vaccine

The first two cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Liberia, after spreading from neighbouring Guinea, where the deadly virus has killed 78 people. The two Liberian cases are sisters, one of whom had recently returned...

1 April, 2014

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Measles eliminated in four Western Pacific countries – WHO

The World Health Organization has declared the elimination of measles in four of 37 areas it covers in the Western Pacific, a region that is home to more than 1.8 billion people and includes some of the world’s poorest...

24 March, 2014

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Ebola virus identified as source of deadly epidemic in Guinea

Experts in Guinea had been unable to identify the highly contagious disease, whose symptoms – diarrhoea, vomiting and bleeding – were first observed six weeks ago but scientists in the French city of Lyon...

24 March, 2014

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Rare double infection: Lupus patient makes antibodies to fight HIV

One woman’s uncommon ability to fight her HIV infection may provide new insights for developing a vaccine that triggers a special immune response against the viral disease, researchers said. Scientists studied a...

17 March, 2014

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Diseases resurface with decline in vaccinations

Despite the continuing technological and scientific advances in medicine, old disease threats are starting to resurface as public health problems. Some argue that we are rapidly approaching a “post-antibiotic” era due...

17 February, 2014

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Special gene potentially responsible for Chinese fatal infections of H7N9 bird flu disease

The H7N9 strain of bird flu is continuing to spread and take the lives of Chinese citizens, despite government efforts to stem the outbreak. On Tuesday, three more people had died from the avian flu, state news...

7 February, 2014

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Free, hi-tech HIV vaccine coming soon

A revolutionary, free and crowd-funded HIV vaccine is in the works. Its creators use a machine learning algorithm to examine the cells of rare individuals naturally immune to the virus to then re-engineer the same...

3 February, 2014

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Communicable, non-communicable diseases remained on the rise

The trend of health problems in 2013 once again hinted towards an alarming fact that the country is facing extraordinarily heavy burden of both the communicable and non-communicable diseases. Pakistan has been facing...

27 January, 2014

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