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After 2015: infectious diseases in a new era of health and development

The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have provided a framework for accelerating the decline of infectious diseases, backed by a massive injection of foreign investment in low-income countries. The MDG...

29 July, 2014

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Big Data strategy to revolutionise infectious disease diagnosis

Public Health England have drawn together advanced data tools to better their diagnosis and surveillance of life-threatening infectious diseases. The Department of Health’s executive agency Public Health England is...

22 July, 2014

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Early HIV drugs ‘may not stop virus’

HIV can rapidly form invulnerable strongholds in the body, dashing hopes that early treatment might cure the virus, according to new research. A baby was thought to have been cured with treatment hours after birth, but...

22 July, 2014

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Researchers move closer to disrupting malaria parasite development

Scientists undertaking a “Herculean study” in malaria parasite development recently announced that they are getting closer to disrupting the lifecycle of the parasite—one of the world’s deadliest diseases. Researchers...

18 July, 2014

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Ancient parasite highlights humans’ role in spread of disease

The discovery of a schistosomiasis parasite egg in a 6,200-year-old grave in Syria may be the earliest evidence that agricultural irrigation systems in the Middle East contributed to a vast spread of disease, scientists...

16 July, 2014

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Connectivity and emerging infectious diseases in Southeast Asia

Experts sometimes describe Southeast Asia as a “hotspot” for emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) because several major outbreaks have started in this region. Now, with unprecedented levels of connection between animals...

16 July, 2014

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Infectious diseases still major public health issue, CDC says

Infectious diseases continue to pose “substantial challenges” to US public health, despite efforts and advances in control, according to a report by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

8 July, 2014

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Three babies ‘CURED’ of HIV after being given revolutionary vaccine in the first hours of their lives

Three babies have been declared HIV-free after being treated with a revolutionary new drug only hours after they were born. The fourth child only has ‘a very low level’ of the virus after receiving the same...

1 July, 2014

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New weapon in fight against ‘superbugs’

Some harmful bacteria are increasingly resistant to treatment with antibiotics. A discovery might be able to help the antibiotics treat the disease. A soil sample from a national park in eastern Canada has produced a...

1 July, 2014

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Review on effects of treating cholera with antimicrobial drugs

Researchers from the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group, co-ordinated through the editorial base in LSTM, conducted an independent review of the effects of treating cholera with antimicrobial drugs, published in The...

27 June, 2014

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