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UP: 32 children die due to infection in Badaun hospital
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Badaun (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 11 (ANI): At least 32 children died in last 50 days due to an outbreak of unidentified infection in SNCU (Sick Newborn Care Unit) ward of Badaun District Women's Hospital. However, doctors here denied the allegations saying, "the hospital is not solely
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Hepatitis C drugs can reduce liver-cancer related deaths: Study
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 11 (ANI): A new study has put forth that antiviral drugs used to treat hepatitis C are beneficial in reducing liver-related deaths by nearly 50 per cent in patients who had a history of liver cancer.
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Researchers discover medication to silence HIV infection
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 7 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a new potential medication that works with an HIV-infected person's own body to further suppress the ever present but silent virus that available HIV treatments are unable to combat.
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Water treatment cuts parasitic roundworm infections; Study
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 3 (ANI): A recent study in rural Kenya explored the effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions because of the increasing rates of the intestinal worm and Giardia infections.
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Scientists remove need for anti-rejection drugs in transplant recipients
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 2 (ANI): Whenever a transplant is done recipients need to take long-term antirejection drugs that suppress the body's immune system. However, anti-rejection drugs are known to cause serious infections and even cancer in recipients. Now, researchers have found a way
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Glanders fear in C'garh: Mare injected with anesthesia to her death
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 31 (ANI): The Livestock Department here injected an infected mare with a high dose of veterinary anaesthesia to her death to prevent the spread of an epidemic. The mare -- Rani -- collapsed in her sleep after being injected with sodium thiopental by t
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World Breastfeeding Week: To choose breast feeding or pumping?
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 30 (ANI): A mother's breast milk supports immune responses in her newborn till six months, further decreasing the risk of infections, malnourishment, allergies, and other complications.
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AGO trap: Eliminates female mosquitoes to help curb chikungunya virus
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 28 (ANI): A disease control centre developed an Autocidal Gravid Ovitrap (AGO trap) that attracts and captures female mosquitoes looking for a site to lay eggs. After which researchers reported that AGO traps successfully protected people from infection with chiku
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Skin nerves anticipate and fight infection: study
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 28 (ANI): A recent discovery revealed that pain-sensing nerves help fight skin infections and prevent its spread, suggesting a new type of immunity.
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Dengue fever kills 13 in Tanzania
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Dodoma [Tanzania], July 28 (ANI): As many as 13 people have died as a result of dengue fever, while 6,677 people are infected with the virus across the East African country, the health ministry told the state media.
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Here's how HIV infection contribute to wide-ranging metabolic conditions
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 27 (ANI): A recent study found that HIV-infected cells release vesicles that contain a viral protein called Nef, further damaging cholesterol metabolism and triggering inflammation in uninfected bystander cells.
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Study suggests mechanism to wake up sleeping bacteria to fight infections
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 20 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a mechanism to wake up sleepy bacteria to combat chronic infections. These sleeping bacteria are called 'persisters' and can be found in every type of bacterial population studied so far, including important human pathogens.
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