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US: Fauci plans to retire by end of Biden's current term
Updated : 3 years, 8 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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Ghana declares first outbreak of deadly Marburg virus
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Accra [Ghana], July 18 (ANI): Ghana has officially confirmed two cases of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola.
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Male dogs are four times more likely than female dogs to develop infectiou
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Cambridge [England], July 9 (ANI): A recent study found that male dogs are four to five times more likely than female dogs to develop the oro-nasal variant of a canine transmissible venereal tumour.
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Research institute plans to study whether BCG vaccine booster dose can red
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The country's apex tuberculosis (TB) research institute has planned a study to assess whether a booster dose of the Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccine can reduce the burden of Tuberculosis (TB), a highly infectious disease that primarily affects the lun
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Study finds male dogs are four times more likely to develop infectious can
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Cambridge [England], July 4 (ANI): According to a recent study, male dogs have a four to five times higher chance of contracting the oro-nasal variant of canine transmissible venereal tumour than female dogs.
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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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KiDi's global viral hit "Touch It" goes platinum in India
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 22 (ANI/PRNewswire): Ghanaian superstar KiDi's global viral hit "Touch It"(Empire/Lynx Entertainment/Made In East New York, 9122 Records) - an Afrobeats infused high-life anthem - has just hit PLATINUM status in India. The infectious song has now surpassed
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Book on elimination of infectious diseases in South-East Asia launched
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): To mark the World Environment Day this year, a book titled 'Elimination of Infectious Diseases from the South-East Asia Region Keeping the Promise' was launched at a virtual event on Monday.
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Study shows how plants activate their immune system against pathogens in r
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 7 (ANI): While rain is essential for the survival of plants, it also contains bacteria and other pathogens which can cause them harm. So how do plants protect themselves from this threat?
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Bats host most virulent, but not most dangerous zoonotic viruses: Study
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 30 (ANI): Most infectious diseases like Ebola, severe acute respiratory syndrome among other deadly viruses seem to be linked to bats. Now, researchers studying zoonotic viral risks across animal reservoirs have found that bats host the most virulent but not always th
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