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Math helps understand how human behavior spreads infectious diseas
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Aug 16(ANI): Turns out, mathematics can help public health workers understand and influence human behaviors that lead to the spread of infectious diseases.
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BMC kills 2L rodents to curb Leptospirosis during Monsoon
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 19 (ANI): The BMC Insecticide department has killed more than two lakh rodents in the past six months to curb the rise of infectious diseases during monsoons.
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Chicken Pox cases on the rise in Hyderabad
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 04 (ANI): Infectious diseases tend to become more widespread in the summers because of the heat. The increase in the number of Chicken Pox victims substantiates this claim in Telangana's Hyderabad which is witnessing rising temperature.
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Immune-suppression must while planning for smallpox outbreak
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Mar. 03 (ANI): Unprecedented levels of immune-suppression in countries like Australia and the US must be considered in planning for the real risk of smallpox re-emerging in the world, an expert in infectious diseases has warned.
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Asians, Europeans more vulnerable to severe dengue
Updated : 3 years ago IST
London [U.K.], Feb. 24 (ANI): Turns out, genetics make Asians and Europeans susceptible to severe dengue, a new study has stated. As globalisation and climate change spread tropical infectious diseases around the globe, not all populations have the same degree of susceptibility.
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Valentine's Day 2018: Beat the Broken Heart Syndrome
Updated : 3 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 14 (ANI): Valentine's Day always comes with its very own and unique sense of keenness. Nearly everybody seems to have an infectious smile of anticipation and a spring in their step.
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Researchers find new ally against Tuberculosis infections
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], December 29 (ANI): Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that usually affects the lungs. Compared with other diseases caused by a single infectious agent, tuberculosis is the second biggest killer, globally.
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Men with long ring finger attract curvy women: Study
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 18 (ANI): Men, if you think that your personality or your infectious smile lands you with the woman of your dreams, then you might have to think again.
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Sclerosis drug, a new weapon against superbugs
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 23 (ANI): They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and this applies just as well to infectious diseases. Now, a new study shows that a 20-year-old widely used medicine for multiple sclerosis can fight a type of multi-resistant bacteria.
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Cataract surgery reduces death risk in older women: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], October 27 (ANI): Older women who undergo cataract surgery are at 60 percent reduced risk of death from all causes, suggests a recent study.
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This protein cuts flu death risk, improves symptoms
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 30 (ANI): Scientists showed that a small protein, called retrocyclin-101 (RC-101), could potentially improve the symptoms and mortality associated with the flu and possibly other types of infectious illness as well.
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Time for action on Antimicrobial Resistance
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): Antibiotics or antimicrobial agents have been used for the last 70 years to treat patients who have infectious diseases.
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