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Global alert over deadly bat virus
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Global alert over deadly bat virus

Experts on infectious diseases warn people to stay away from bats worldwide after the recent death of an eight-year-old boy bitten in Australia. The boy last month became the third person in the country to die of...

26 March, 2013
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World TB Day
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World TB Day

March 24 marked World TB Day, commemorating the date in 1882 when the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was announced. World TB Day serves to raise awareness about TB issues and to support worldwide TB control...

25 March, 2013
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Why teens may be behind on vaccinations
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Why teens may be behind on vaccinations

A new survey finds even though vaccines for certain teenage illnesses are available and are found to be safe, many parents aren’t having their teens inoculated. The question is why? Researchers looked at parent...

20 March, 2013
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New clues to how flu virus spreads
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New clues to how flu virus spreads

People are generally surprised to learn that scientists don’t know for sure how flu spreads,” says Donald Milton, M.D., Dr.P.H., who directs the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health and led...

14 March, 2013
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Some brain cells are better virus fighters
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Some brain cells are better virus fighters

Viruses often spread through the brain in patchwork patterns, infecting some cells but missing others. New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis helps explain why. The scientists showed that...

13 March, 2013
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