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MoHAP, health partners provide medical tests and health guidance to pilgri
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP), in collaboration with its partners in the health sector has announced it will deploy specialised health education teams at airports, in a strategic move aimed at safeguarding the health and safety of pilgrims from infectious diseases.
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Malaria treatment made possible by cancer medication: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Because the disease is becoming increasingly resistant to existing medications, a group of UCF researchers is attempting to use cancer pharmaceuticals to accelerate the development of new, life-saving malaria treatments. The study's findings were published in the journal ACS Infectious Disea
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Schools in Kerala observe 'dry day' to tackle infectious diseases
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Earlier on Thursday, Kerala state health department authorities announced that 'dry day' will be observed on Friday in schools, on Saturday in offices, and on Sunday at houses for the next few weeks to prevent mosquito vector breeding.
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Cancer medication helps to fight against malaria: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A group of UCF researchers are looking to use cancer pharmaceuticals to hasten the development of fresh, life-saving malaria treatments because the disease is getting more and more resistant to existing medications.
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Researchers discover critical factors that determine survival of airborne
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers at the University of Bristol have made significant discoveries about the reasons why airborne viruses lose their ability to spread disease.
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Study reveals disorient malaria parasite to prevent it from causing harm
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Malaria continues to be a serious public health issue, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, with almost 250 million cases each year and 621,000 fatalities. The parasitic disease malaria is spread by mosquitoes and is brought on by a species of bacteria called Plasmodium. Plasmodium must adjust
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Metformin lowers risk of long Covid: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
University of Minnesota researchers discovered that metformin, a medicine typically used to treat diabetes, reduces the development of protracted COVID in a recent study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
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27 pc of Afghan citizens regularly use tobacco: Taliban
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
As per the Taliban Ministry, more than forty-five per cent of deaths in Afghanistan are caused by non-infectious diseases.
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Research: Clinical trials of mRNA global influenza vaccine candidate begin
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A clinical trial of an experimental universal influenza vaccine developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Vaccine Research Centre (VRC), which is part of the National Institutes of Health, has begun at Duke University in Durham, North Carol
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Researchers discover gene silencing DNA enzyme that target single molecule
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A DNA enzyme, or DNAzyme, has been created by researchers at the University of California, Irvine that can identify between two RNA strands inside a cell and cut the one linked to the sickness while leaving the healthy strand unharmed. This ground-breaking "gene silencing" method may fundame
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Researchers discover antivirals that helps fight emerging infectious disea
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A recent study has discovered possible broad-spectrum antiviral drugs capable of targeting numerous families of RNA viruses, which continue to pose a serious threat to future pandemics. The UCLA Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology study, led by Gustavo Garcia Jr., tested a libra
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Metropolis Healthcare Limited launches the 'NextGen HLA' High Resolution T
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 17 (ANI/SRV): Metropolis Healthcare Limited, India's leading diagnostic service provider announces the launch of the "NextGen HLA" Typing Test. Powered by the complex molecular technology 'Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)'. Metropolis' NextGen HLA Typing i
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