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Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progr
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Immunisation efforts are increasingly at risk as misinformation, population growth, ongoing humanitarian crises, and funding cuts jeopardise progress and leave millions of children, adolescents, and adults at risk, warned WHO, UNICEF, and Gavi during World Immunisation Week (April 24-30).
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Study reveals discovery of mosquitoes could lead to new strategy against d
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have made an important discovery about Aedes aegypti mosquitos, which could one day lead to better methods for reducing mosquito-to-human transmission of dengue, yellow fever,
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Study finds potential solution for bacterial infection
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to a new study, a vaccine originally developed to prevent bacteria-caused diarrhoea has now been found to help infant nonhuman primates grow faster and will treat bacterial infections.
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117 out of 1,191 passengers evacuated from Sudan under Operation Kaveri pu
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Under Operation Kaveri, a total of 1,191 passengers have been evacuated from Sudan of which 117 are currently under quarantine as they are not vaccinated against Yellow Fever. The passengers will be released after seven days if they remain asymptomatic, according to an official press rele
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Chemical mixture in skin attracts mosquitoes that spread illness
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
California [US], September 21 (ANI): A fragrance from human skin directs mosquitoes that transmit Zika, dengue, and yellow fever toward their victims. Up until this point, the precise makeup of that smell was unknown.
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Research: Targeting mosquito spit to halt Yellow Fever, Dengue and Zika
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 13 (ANI): According to research by the University of Leeds, a molecule in mosquito spit has been identified as a potential new target for vaccination against a range of diseases for which there is no protection or medicine.
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Yellow fever mosquito can be tackled by using nanoparticles: Study
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 24 (ANI): The yellow fever mosquito spreads multiple untreatable viruses in humans. Thankfully, researchers at The Ohio State University may have found a way to squash the pesky population in its juvenile stages.
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Study finds yellow fever mosquito can be tackled by using nanoparticles
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 19 (ANI): The yellow fever mosquito was a species native only to Africa before being mistakenly introduced to the new world due to the slave trade in the 16th century.
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At least 25 killed in Ghana's yellow fever outbreak
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Accra [Ghana], November 17 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 25 people have been killed in a yellow fever outbreak in north Ghana, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS).
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Eight die from suspected yellow fever in Ghana
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Accra [Ghana], October 30 (ANI/Xinhua): At least eight people have died of suspected yellow fever infection in the northern Savannah Region of Ghana, a statement from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) said late on Friday.
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Study focuses on using landscape connectivity to control deadly mosquito-b
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 26 (ANI): A recent study led researchers at Yale School of the Environment has developed a new method for tracking how the deadly yellow fever mosquito moves through the environment, a potentially critical tool for controlling the insect and the diseases it spreads.
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COVID-19: KGMU closes yellow fever vaccination centre from March 23
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 21 (ANI): King George's Medical University (KGMU) has decided to shut the yellow fever vaccination centre from March 23 until further orders in the view of coronavirus outbreak.
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