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Bill and Melinda Gates to host second annual Goalkeepers Event
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Seattle (United States), Aug 22 (NewsVoir): Bill and Melinda Gates, co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will gather emerging and established leaders in government and business, as well as activists and performers, at Goalkeepers 2018 in New York City, September 25-26. In its se
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Know how math predicts human behaviour
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Aug 19 (ANI): Seems like math can predict human behaviour in reference to the emergence and evolution of pathogens within host populations.
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Here's how altitude influences bone growth
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] June 20(ANI): An international team of scientists has found that high altitude and the limited available energy can affect the growth of long bones in Himalayan populations.
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Asians, Europeans more vulnerable to severe dengue
Updated : 8 years ago IST
London [U.K.], Feb. 24 (ANI): Turns out, genetics make Asians and Europeans susceptible to severe dengue, a new study has stated. As globalisation and climate change spread tropical infectious diseases around the globe, not all populations have the same degree of susceptibility.
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Urgent need to scale up health services in Cox's Bazar: WHO
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], Feb.21 (ANI): Calling for continued efforts to further scale up health services for nearly 1.3 million people in Cox's Bazar, Rohingyas and their surrounding host communities, the World Health Organisation today said six months after the start of the refugee crisis,
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Prostate Cancer: Symptoms and Treatment
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 5 (ANI): Prostate cancer is extremely prevalent among asymptomatic men throughout the world. As per a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the incidence and mortality estimates per 100,000 age-normalized populations in India is nine and three respectively.
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Countries that invest in education will benefit: Vice President Ansari
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Yerevan (Armenia), Apr 26 (ANI): Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari has said that the countries that have invested in educating their populations, built strong consumer economies, and have democratic institutions that can deal with social change will benefit.
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Ancient DNA reveals genetic legacy of pandemics in the Americas
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec. 20(ANI): Tuberculosis, treponemal disease, Chagas disease, and many other pathogens were endemic to populations of Prehistoric America. But the "Columbian Exchange" beginning in 1492 introduced new pathogens to American populations, including smallpox, measles, in
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Research shows effect of toxic pollution on fishes
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Dec.11 (ANI): A recent research identifies the genetic mechanism responsible for evolutionary adaptation to toxic pollution observed in wild Atlantic killifish populations.
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EduSports launches 'MILES' for adolescents, youth students
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 7 (ANI): India's sports education organization EduSports has announced the launch of an integrated sports education platform for adolescents and youth student populations in middle-high schools and colleges called MILES.
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WHO commits to eliminate, eradicate neglected tropical diseases
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Sept. 7 (ANI): Health ministers of World Health Organisaton (WHO) South-East Asia Region today reaffirmed their commitment to achieve time-bound targets to control, eliminate and eradicate neglected tropical diseases, which continue to burden marginalized populations.
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