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Nipah Virus outbreak: 15 samples in high-risk category sent for testing
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Amid concerns over the Nipah virus in Kerala, 15 samples of those in the high-risk category in the contact list have been sent for testing.
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MoS Bharati Pravin Pawar visits ICMR-NIV institute, reviews steps taken fo
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar reviewed steps taken for containment of Nipah virus outbreak in Kozhikode, Kerala, from the Indian Council of Medical Research – National Institute of Virology (ICMR-NIV), in Pune on Thursday
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Kerala: Schools, colleges to remain closed in Kozhikode till September 16
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
In the wake of the Nipah virus outbreak in Kozhikode district, the district collector has declared a holiday for all educational institutions including Anganwadis, Madrasas, Tuition Centers) including professional colleges on September 16, in addition to the two-day holiday already declared
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Marburg vaccine shows promising results in first-in-human study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A newly published paper in The Lancet shows that an experimental vaccine against Marburg virus (MARV) was safe and induced an immune response in a small, first-in-human clinical trial. The vaccine, developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
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Scientists find new treatment methods for the new Lassa virus fever
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A new study from scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology gives researchers a guide to neutralizing Lassa virus using a trio of rare antibodies isolated from survivors of Lassa virus infection.
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Lassa virus endemic area could significantly grow in coming decades
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
San Diego [US], September 27 (ANI): Researchers examined decades' worth of environmental data related to Lassa virus outbreaks for their study, which was published on September 27 in Nature Communications.
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New Monkeypox strain identified in UK
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 2 (ANI): A new strain of Monkeypox has been identified in the UK, the country's health authorities said.
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Poliovirus detected in 7 Pakistani cities after testing sewage samples
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 2 (ANI): Pakistan Federal authorities on Tuesday confirmed that poliovirus was detected in seven cities in several provinces of the country after testing environmental samples from various cities.
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Pakistan: 13th case of polio virus detected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2022
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): An 18-month-old was paralyzed by wild poliovirus in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (KP), the National Institute of Health confirmed on Friday.
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Pakistan govt asks national and provincial health authorities to look for
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): As the Pakistan Health Ministry confirmed the lack of facilities for diagnostic tests for the Monkeypox virus the federal government on Monday issued a high alert in the country.
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WHO pledges full support as Tanzania launches vaccination against polio
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], May 18 (ANI): The World Health Organisation extended its support to Tanzania in organizing polio campaigns, after Tanzania launched its second round of vaccination against polio on Wednesday to curb the outbreak of the virus in the country.
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Chinese premier admits challenges in providing jobs to youth amid COVID ou
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 30 (ANI): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang admitted that the country faces many challenges in job creation due to recent virus outbreaks and added that the total number of new job seekers this year would hit 16.6 million, including a record 10.6 million university graduates.
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