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Cholera vaccine stocks could save millions of refugees in Nepal

First the quake, now the disease. The earthquake in Nepal on 25 April drove 2.8 million people into tents with little clean water or sanitation. Infections like hepatitis and diarrhoea are now appearing, but the biggest...

8 May, 2015

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Vaccination must be scaled up in Ebola-affected countries

A growing risk of outbreaks of measles, pertussis, and other vaccine-preventable diseases in countries affected by Ebola must be countered by urgent scaling up of routine immunization activities, according to the World...

12 April, 2015

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Researchers test first Ebola vaccine in infected community

World Health Organization (WHO) and Guinean government officials have launched the first trial of an Ebola vaccine in Basse-Guinee, a community affected by the virus during the past year. VSV-EBOV, a leading Ebola...

31 March, 2015

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WHO worries flu viruses are sharing genetic material quicker

A recent surge in human infections caused by bird flu viruses and a proliferation of the types of animal flu viruses sparking infections in people are events that need to be watched, the World Health Organization said...

6 March, 2015

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UN extends use of meningitis vaccine to African infants

The World Health Organisation has approved giving a groundbreaking meningitis vaccine manufactured in India, which does not have to be stored in fridges or iceboxes, to babies across Africa, experts said. WHO’s...

12 January, 2015

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Ebola vaccines move closer to ultimate test

The race to develop Ebola vaccines will soon enter a new phase that may bring answers to the most important question: Do they actually work? In as little as 4 weeks, tests could begin in West Africa in people at risk of...

12 January, 2015

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Ebola outbreak: Virus still ‘running ahead of us’, says WHO

The Ebola virus that has killed thousands in West Africa is still “running ahead” of efforts to contain it, the head of the World Health Organization has said. Director general Margaret Chan said the...

26 December, 2014

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Lapses in infection control associated with spread of severe respiratory virus MERS, according to study

Little is known about the often fatal virus known as Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), but researchers have identified gaps in infection control as a major culprit in all eleven published cases...

9 December, 2014

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Ebola virus detected in semen three months after symptoms end

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday that the semen of men recovering from Ebola can contain the deadly virus up to three months after the symptoms disappear. Four studies on the persistence of Ebola...

3 December, 2014

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Ebola death toll nears 7,000

The death toll from the worst Ebola outbreak on record has reached nearly 7,000 in West Africa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. The toll of 6,928 dead showed a leap of just over 1,200 since the WHO released...

3 December, 2014

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