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Pakistan floods: Infectious diseases kill nine people in Sindh in 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], September 20 (ANI): As infections continue to rise across flood-hit Pakistan, at least nine people have been reported dead of viral diseases in Sindh on Monday, ARY News reported citing the data of the Ministry of Health.
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Study suggests more attention on synanthropic flies, disease carriers
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Amherst [US], September 20 (ANI): According to a new study, "synanthropic" flies, or non-biting flies that live with us, need to be paid more attention as disease carriers. While epidemiologists have focused on biting flies, which can spread diseases by transferring infected blood from host
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Outbreak of infections in Pakistan's Sindh 'uncontrollable' as floods wrea
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], September 19 (ANI): Unprecedented floods across Pakistan have resulted in a widespread outbreak of infectious diseases in the country, posing a severe threat to the health of the citizens.
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The Conference in Molecular Diagnostics and Precision Medicine (AMDP-2022)
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 16 (ANI/NewsVoir): The International Conference on Advances in Molecular Diagnostics and Precision Medicine (AMDP) began on 15th September 2022 at Anna University, Chennai and will continue till 17th September. The conference revolves around various fa
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Hundreds of thousands of Pak flood victims face risk of infectious disease
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 5 (ANI): Pakistan's alarming flood situation pose a risk of hunger and disease for hundreds and thousands of flood-affected people left scrambling for shelter and aid after the devastating rains in the country.
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BD India launches rapid molecular technique for detecting multidrug-resist
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 31 (ANI/NewsVoir): To enable clinicians to rapidly test for TB and multidrug resistance as a first-line test, BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD Lifesciences (Becton, Dickinson, and Company), today introduced the BD MAX molecular diagnostic system and availability of t
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Antony Fauci to step down as chief medical advisor to Biden in December
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 22 (ANI): Top American doctor Antony Fauci said on Monday that he will quit as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and also as the chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden in December this year.
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Frontier Biotechnologies announces positive phase 1 results of its first c
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Atlanta (Georgia) [US], August 10 (ANI/PRNewswire): Frontier Biotechnologies, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and dissemination of innovative medicines that improve patient health, announced positive results from the Phase 1 clinical trial of its drug candid
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US: Fauci plans to retire by end of Biden's current term
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 19 (ANI): White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr Antony Fauci has said that he is planning to retire by the end of President Joe Biden's present term, which will end in January 2025, CNN reported on Monday.
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COVID-19 infections on the rise in Germany due to BA.5 variant
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): COVID-19 infections have been steadily growing in Germany mainly due to the spread of Omicron variant BA.5, which now accounts for almost 66 per cent of all infections, according to data released on Friday by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectio
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Over 42 lakh deaths prevented in India due to COVID vaccination in 2021: L
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): COVID-19 vaccination drive in India prevented over 42 lakh deaths in 2021, according to the Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, which is based on findings on estimates of "excess" mortalities in the country during the pandemic.
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German COVID-19 incidence rate rises above 500 amidst summer wave
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], June 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Germany's seven-day COVID-19 incidence rate on Thursday increased to 533 infections per 100,000 inhabitants amidst the summer wave, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases.
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