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Most parents nervous to take their kids for vaccinations due to COVID-19:
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 12 (ANI): Vaccination rates in the U.S. have plummeted amid COVID-19, something experts warn could lead to the next pandemic of dangerous and preventable childhood diseases. A new national survey by Orlando Health finds while the vast majority of parents (84%) beli
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Study details catastrophic disease events in marine mammals
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 18 (ANI): Coronavirus crisis, has indeed, become an alarm to people across the globe to understand the ways in which certain infectious diseases can devastate a life. However, a recent study has expanded its research to identify the factors disturbing marine mamma
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IAF inducts indigenously developed pod ARPIT for evacuation of critical pa
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Indian Air Force has designed, developed and inducted an Airborne Rescue Pod for Isolated Transportation (ARPIT) which will be utilised for the evacuation of critical patients with infectious diseases including COVID-19 from high altitude area, isolated an
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Centre to increase public expenditure on health: Sitharaman
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced that public expenditure on health will be increased and a dedicated hospital block for treatment of infectious diseases will be set up in each district across the nation.
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Consumption of liquor can weaken immunity, increase chances of COVID-19 in
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 6 (ANI): Consumption of alcohol, especially its heavy use, weakens the immune system and reduces body's ability to cope with infectious diseases such as COVID-19, say doctors.
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Antiviral drug -- Remdesivir -- is next big thing in fight against COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): Since the onset of global coronavirus pandemic, scientists, experts and medical practitioners are vigorously engaged in researching for the most effective treatment of COVID-19 patients. As per the experts, antiviral drug -- Remdesivir -- could be the answe
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'Saturday Night Live' home edition returns with Brad Pitt as Dr. Anthony F
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 26 (ANI): Seems like the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases -- Dr. Anthony Fauci's wish came true!
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Coral disease risk factors revealed by tools used to study human disease:
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 23 (ANI): In a recent study, a team of international researchers have used a statistical technique typically employed in human epidemiology to determine the ecological risk factors affecting the prevalence of two coral diseases -- growth anomalies, abnormalities li
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Singapore reports 2 more cases of coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Singapore, Feb 12 (ANI): Two more cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Singapore on Tuesday, bringing the total number of people infected with the deadly virus to 47 in the island nation.
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US health official says 'development of new vaccine to fight coronavirus i
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 9 (ANI): A US health official has said that the development of a new vaccine to fight the coronavirus is progressing well, with "no glitches."
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Initial tests of antibody against henipaviruses on healthy volunteers succ
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 4 (ANI): Potential lethal infections from certain viruses can be treated through a promising clinical antibody induction.
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Radical treatment of oral infection is not necessary before stem cell tran
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): A recent scientific study suggests that contrary to the conventional belief, oral infection has no association with the risk of patients that people developing serious infectious diseases within six months of undergoing stem cell transplantation.
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