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The next new virus
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The next new virus

A new flu, H7N9, has killed 36 people since it was first found in China two months ago. A new virus from the SARS family has killed 22 people since it was found on the Arabian Peninsula last summer. In past years, this...

3 June, 2013
4 min read
AIDS epidemic: Is an end possible?
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AIDS epidemic: Is an end possible?

More than 30 years after the discovery of the AIDS virus, experts are optimistic that a cure for the disease will be found, and that an end to the AIDS epidemic is possible. But they caution there is still a lot of work...

3 June, 2013
3 min read
Virus ‘a threat to entire world’
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Virus ‘a threat to entire world’

The new Sars-like respiratory illness, which has killed more than half of the people who have been infected with it, is a “threat to the entire world”, theWorld Health Organisation (WHO) has warned. Experts...

31 May, 2013
2 min read
Public Health Enemy No. 1: Ourselves
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Public Health Enemy No. 1: Ourselves

While infectious diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis should remain high on their hit lists, global health leaders are now having to focus more on altering lifestyles than containing outbreaks, the assistant U.S...

18 May, 2013
3 min read