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Spirit of HIV AIDS Act 2017 is to prevent discrimination
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], July 10 (ANI): Responding to UNAIDS critique of Goa government's move to make HIV test mandatory for marriage, the Goa government on Wednesday asserted that the Spirit of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) A
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Strain of common cold virus could treat cancer cells in bladder
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 5 (ANI): A recent study discovered that a strain of the common cold virus may potentially target, infect and destroy cancer cells in patients with bladder cancer.
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'H1N1 virus claimed 1,076 lives in 2019, over 26,000 infected'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): A total of 1,076 people have lost their lives due to H1N1 virus across the country this year (until June 23), while the number of those infected by it stands at 26,140, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday.
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Sharp fall in AES, JEV cases this year, says Gorakhpur DM
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 28 (ANI): Eastern Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur city has seen drastic fall in cases of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV) this year as compared to previous years, authorities have claimed.
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Hepatitis C transmission from mothers to babies can be prevented through u
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 17 (ANI): In a recent study conducted by researchers in Canada stated that the transmission of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) from mothers to babies can be prevented.
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31 test positive for HIV in Pakistan's Sindh
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jun 15 (ANI): Thirty-one of 2,500 persons were found to be HIV positive during a screening programme for the virus conducted in Pakistan's Sindh province, health officials said on Saturday.
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A team of scientists arrives in Kerala to find the source of Nipah Virus o
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Ernakulam (Kerala) [India], Jun 13 (ANI): An eight-member team of scientists from Institute of Advanced Virology, Kerala, and National Institute of Virology. Pune, arrived in North Paravur, Ernakulam, to collect samples from fruit-eating bats to find the source of Nipah virus.
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Necessary steps taken to prevent Nipah in Puducherry: Dr KV Raman
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], Jun 13 (ANI): Necessary steps have been taken to prevent the spread of Nipah in Puducherry, Dr KV Raman, Director of Department of Health and Family Welfare Service, said on Wednesday.
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Deadly Ebola virus spreads to Uganda from DR Congo
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Kasese [Uganda], Jun 12 (ANI): The outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, which has infected more than 2,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has spread to Uganda, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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Kochi: Four suspected of Nipah virus discharged from isolation ward
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala)[India], June 9 (ANI): Scaling down the fear of Nipah virus that gripped Kerala, four suspected cases of Nipah virus who had been kept in the isolation ward at Kalamassery Medical College, have been shifted to the observation ward here on Sunday.
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PM assures Kerala of assistance in tackling Nipah
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Guruvayur (Kerala) [India], June 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday assured the people of Kerala that the Centre was working closely with the state government to provide all necessary arrangements required to deal with the Nipah virus problem that has cropped up in the stat
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Nipah Virus: Kerala Heath Minister K K Shailaja meets Harsh Vardhan
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister K K Shailaja on Friday met Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and discussed the status and preparedness of her state for containment and management of Nipah Virus Disease.
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