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Study uncovers 'concerning' defect in malaria diagnosis
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a new study, current methods can greatly overestimate the rates at which malaria parasites multiply in an infected person's blood, which has important implications for determining how harmful they are to a host. The findings have ramifications for understanding how medicine res
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Study finds ‘concerning’ flaw in malaria diagnostics
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a new analysis, current approaches can significantly overestimate the rates at which malaria parasites multiply in an infected person's blood, which has critical consequences for figuring out how damaging they might be to a host.
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Dengue cases in Delhi rise to 105 last week, total 348 cases reported so f
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In the aftermath of recent heavy monsoon floods that inundated parts of Delhi, health officials are grappling with a significant surge in dengue cases.
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Kolkata Municipal Corporation starts awareness campaign to check dengue, m
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In view of the increasing cases of dengue and malaria, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has started an awareness campaign.
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Flawless Pharma Pvt Ltd to invest USD 100 Million in buyout of Assets &
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 2: Flawless Pharma Private Limited a research-based integrated pharmaceutical company involved in niche API manufacturing & marketing of pharmaceutical ingredient supplier for foremost formulators with services, including APIs, custom pharmaceutical services, ge
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Punjab: Cabinet Ministers hold meeting to prevent spread of water and vect
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Dr Balbir Singh, while reviewing the activities being carried out by various departments to deal with the growing threat of dengue, Malaria and other vector-borne diseases, instructed all the departments to work in tandem to control the spread of these diseases.
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WHO launches 'One life, one liver' campaign on World Hepatitis Day
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
To mark World Hepatitis Day (WHD), the WHO is calling for scaling up testing and treatment for viral hepatitis, warning that the disease could kill more people than malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV combined by 2040 if current infection trends continue.
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Delhi CM Kejriwal calls meeting with Minister, Mayor over escalating Dengu
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
As monsoon rains continue to batter the region, the incidence of dengue and malaria has spiked, affecting the health and well-being of many residents.
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Amid rise in dengue cases, Delhi govt asks chemists not to sell painkiller
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
"Aspirin, Ibuprofen and Diclofenac group of medicines may be restricted to be sold on a prescription of a Registered Medical Practitioner only," read the advisory.
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Scientific breakthrough uses mRNA technology to create a highly effective
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
In preclinical models, Trans-Tasman research collaborators from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington's Ferrier Research Institute and the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research in New Zealand and the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Australia developed an mR
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Delhi Mayor instructs sanitation department to minimize possibility of inf
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Talking to the reporters, Shelly said, "We are here today to inspect the hospitals. As there is the flood-water everywhere, there is a possibility of diseases like dengue, chikungunya and malaria. So, instructions have been issued to the sanitation department to carry out a cleanliness drive
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Study provides insight into regulation of apicoplast gene expression in ma
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A recent study discovered that gene expression within the apicoplast, an organelle in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, is regulated by melatonin (the circadian signalling hormone) in host blood and intrinsic parasite cues via a factor called ApSigma. The regulatory system highligh
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