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Yogi govt launches National Deworming Campaign in UP
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Building on its track record of effectively combating diseases such as COVID, TB, and encephalitis, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has launched the National Deworming Campaign across 66 districts to rid the state of diseases caused by worms.
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Health Ministry issues show cause notice to IndiGo airline after worms fou
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Health Ministry has issued a show cause notice to the IndiGo airline on a complaint by a Delhi-based dietician who alleged that worms were served in sandwiches by IndiGo staff during a Delhi to Mumbai flight on December 29.
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IndiGo apologizes after woman found worm in sandwich served to her
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
However, IndiGo in a statement apologized to the woman and said that the matter is currently under investigation.
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Former first lady Rosalynn Carter enters hospice in Georgia
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In May, the Centre announced that the former first lady was diagnosed with dementia.
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Doctors remove 3-inch long live parasitic worm from Australian woman’s bra
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Doctors removed a 3-inch long live parasitic worm from an Australian woman’s brain, the world’s first discovery of a live worm inside a human brain, according to CNN.
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Even treated wastewater may affect rivers
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Some species vanish due to wastewater treatment plant effluents, whereas other species gain. Larvae of some insect orders, such as the stonefly and caddisfly orders, are particularly badly affected. In contrast, some worms and crustaceans have the ability to proliferate. This was supported b
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Researchers discover new method to treat fungal infections
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
There are just three primary kinds of antifungal drugs available today, and they all act by breaking the barrier that surrounds fungal cells. Despite the fact that they all assault the barrier, current therapies are quite specialised, which means that what kills one type of fungus may not ki
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Immune cell discovery may lead to improved chronic worm treatment: Researc
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Researchers at Monash University have discovered why some intestinal worm infections become chronic in animal models, which could lead to human vaccinations and better therapies.
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Scientists revive worm frozen 46,000 years ago
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The roundworm, of a previously unknown species, survived 40 meters (131.2 feet) below the surface in the Siberian permafrost in a dormant state known as cryptobiosis, according to Teymuras Kurzchalia, professor emeritus at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dr
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Injury to one part of body can trigger healing response in another: Study
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
According to a new study, an injury to one region of the body can trigger a healing response in another.
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Study gives more insight into treatment of schistosomias
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The schistosomiasis worms (Schistosoma mansoni) are uncommon in a number of aspects, most notably the requirement that male and female adults remain partnered throughout their lives in order for reproduction to be effective. As many as 3,000 eggs might be laid daily by females. About half go
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Diet of nematodes affects capacity to learn: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers discovered that when nematodes, tiny worms measuring about a millimetre or less in length, eat the bacteria Lactobacillus reuteri, the ageing-related decline in associative learning ability does not occur.
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