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China's hospitals flooded with sick, elderly during Lunar New Year holiday
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to Chinese health officials, there was no infection "rebound" during last week's travel surge in the country.
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Researchers discover two separate reservoirs of latent HIV in patients
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
When HIV patients get antiviral medication (ART), their viral levels are reduced to the point that a conventional blood test cannot detect the virus. However, once ART is discontinued, detectable HIV resurfaces, infecting new cells. The cells that release the virus to re-ignite the infection
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Life-threatening fungal infections target of novel vaccine: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A new vaccine from the University of Georgia could be the first clinically approved immunization to protect against invasive fungal infections, a growing concern as antifungal drug resistance increases.
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Marburg vaccine shows promising results in first-in-human study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A newly published paper in The Lancet shows that an experimental vaccine against Marburg virus (MARV) was safe and induced an immune response in a small, first-in-human clinical trial. The vaccine, developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
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BD India and INS Celebrate and Recognize IV Nurses Day through Webinar Ser
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI/NewsVoir): On the occasion of Infusion Nurses Day, BD (Becton, Dickinson, and Company) in partnership with the Infusion Nurses Society (INS) India-US Affiliate organized a series of webinars for Infusion nurses and Infection control nurses across Delhi, Che
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Gum infection may risk heart arrhythmia: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Periodontitis, a gum disease, can lead to a litany of dental issues from bad breath to bleeding and lost teeth. Now, researchers at Hiroshima University have found that it could be connected to even more severe problems elsewhere in the body -- the heart.
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Researchers find gum infection may be a risk factor for heart arrhythmia
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Periodontitis, a gum disease, can lead to a litany of dental issues from bad breath to bleeding and lost teeth. Now, researchers at Hiroshima University have found that it could be connected to even more severe problems elsewhere in the body -- the heart.
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WHO urges nations to address gaps in leprosy services, accelerate efforts
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The WHO called on nations to accelerate efforts towards zero leprosy infection and disease, zero leprosy disability and zero leprosy stigma.
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Study suggests way to re-energise tired T cells when treating cancer
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A new study by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center -- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC -- James) suggests a way to re-energize critical killer immune cells that have become exhausted when fighting cancer or chro
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"China portraying protestors as tools of foreign powers"
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Since China abandoned its zero-COVID policy, its domestic challenges have increased, youth unemployment is high, the economy is slowing down, and COVID infections and deaths have accelerated.
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China compelling doctors to hide COVID-related mortalities: Report
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Authorities in China have also stopped adding to the official count, COVID deaths that have occurred outside hospitals.
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Measles virus 'cooperates' with itself to cause fatal encephalitis: Resear
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Researchers in Japan have uncovered the mechanism for how the measles virus can cause subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE, a rare but fatal neurological disorder that can occur several years after a measles infection.
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