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Govt adopts strategy for cluster containment to contain spread of COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): The government is adopting a strategy for cluster containment and for outbreaks that are amenable to management to contain the spread of COVID-19, said Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, here on Tuesday.
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Coronavirus: Leave of doctors, support staff cancelled at J-K medical inst
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 13 (ANI): Amid fears of coronavirus outbreak, Sher-I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences has cancelled the leave of all its doctors and support staff on Friday.
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Fake news can make disease outbreaks worse, research shows
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 14 (ANI): It has come to notice that the spread of misinformation, harmful advice, fake news about diseases could be making its outbreaks worse, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).
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Study traces coronavirus origin to snakes
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 23 (ANI): Tracing the origins of highly contagious and life-threatening viruses is hugely imperative for formulating preventive strategies and treatment methods in the face of future outbreaks.
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Nationwide curfew imposed in Sri Lanka
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka has imposed a nationwide night curfew beginning from 9 pm on Monday to curtail escalated communal unrest in the country, one of the worst outbreaks since the deadly Easter suicide bombings.
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WHO lists 10 threats to global health in 2019
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 21 (ANI): Taking to its website, the World Health Organization (WHO) has written that the world is facing multiple health challenges. These include outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, increasing reports of drug-resistant pathogens, growing rates of obesit
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WHO's South-East Asian members to intensify efforts to control dengue
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 9 (ANI): Countries in WHO (World Health Organisation) South-East Asia resolved to accelerate efforts to control dengue, a disease which threatens nearly 1.3 billion people with frequent and large-scale outbreaks, and control malaria, that continues to be endemic in the
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Factors linked to chikungunya, dengue outbreaks discovered
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] July 25(ANI): In one of the largest studies of its kind, researchers analyzed chikungunya and dengue outbreak data from 76 countries over a period of 50 years.
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Mass vaccinations can't prevent Ebola outbreaks
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
London [U.K.], May 10 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced a new Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Kongo. However, a recent research suggests prophylactic mass vaccination programmes are not a realistic option in the battle to prevent the disease.
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Single dose vaccine may control cholera outbreaks: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 13 (ANI): In a recent study, a group of researchers have developed a high-dose cholera vaccine for controlling outbreaks.
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Protect your skin from acne outbreaks in Summer
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 21 (ANI): Summers are here and it is the most nightmarish time for skin issues specially acne. Ugly to look at and painful in general, the outbreak of acne can be extremely demotivating and affect the confidence of an individual.
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The power of empathy to halt disease outbreaks
Updated : 8 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 17 (ANI): Turns out, it just takes a little empathy to halt infectious disease outbreaks.
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