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94 more test positive for Zika virus in Rajasthan
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Oct. 18 (ANI): The total number of Zika virus infected cases has mounted to 94 in Rajasthan, informed Dr V.K. Mathur, Director of Public Health for Rajasthan.
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Adequate steps taken to check H1N1 flu, Zika outbreak: Nadda
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 16 (ANI): Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting to discuss the issue of H1N1 flu and Zika virus outbreak.
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Rajasthan: 60 detected with Zika virus cured
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Oct 16 (ANI): The Rajasthan health department has said that out of 72 persons tested positive for Zika virus, 60 have been cured.
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Rajasthan: 50 test positive for Zika virus
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Oct 13 (ANI): Rajasthan Government's official data on Saturday confirmed that 50 positive cases of Zika virus have been reported from Jaipur.
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Rajasthan: 276 teams deployed in Zika virus-affected wards
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Oct 13 (ANI): At least 276 teams have been deployed in Zika virus-affected wards of Jaipur's Shastri Nagar.
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Rajasthan: 29 Zika virus positive cases
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Oct 9 (ANI): Rajasthan Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Veenu Gupta on Tuesday confirmed a total 29 positive cases of Zika virus, including three pregnant women.
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Polio vaccines safe and effective assures Centre
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 5 (ANI): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday refuted rumors being spread about virus being found in polio drops meant to be given to children up to five years and reassured that polio vaccines being used in India are safe and effective.
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Hepatitis C treatment effective for people who inject drugs: Study
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Sep 21(ANI): New hepatitis C therapies are effective at curing the virus in people who inject drugs, according to a new study.
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Dengue - A continuing global threat
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 11 (ANI): Dengue fever is a painful, debilitating mosquito-borne disease caused by dengue viruses. Each year, an estimated 400 million people globally are infected with the virus; about 100 million get progressively sick and 2.5 percent of those patients die. It is the
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HIV and AIDS Act 2017 comes into force
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Sep 11 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has announced implementation of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Act, 2017 starting September 10, 2018.
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Here's how Zika virus strips immune cells of their identity
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 11 (ANI): A recent study has noted that Zika virus infects the very cells that are supposed to protect the body from infection.
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A new way to attack herpesviruses
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA] Aug 29(ANI): A team of scientists have uncovered the mechanism that allows the virus to replicate. Their study could open new therapeutic avenues to treat not only cytomegalovirus but other viruses as well.
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