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WHO Urges Ebola Treatments, Vaccines Be Tested Only In Trials Amid Bundibugyo Outbreak
The World Health Organization said that experimental treatments and vaccines for Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo virus should only be used in clinical trials, as it works with affected countries to assess their safety and effectiveness.
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Ebola's Silent Spread: How The Virus Hijacks Human Skin To Infect Others
The average Ebola case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 25-90% in past outbreaks.
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Measles Prevention Checklist For Parents: Everything You Should Know
This checklist equips parents with the knowledge and actionable steps needed to protect their families effectively against measles.
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Humans Spread More Viruses To Animals Than They Give Us, Says Study
Some of the deadliest diseases to stalk humankind have come from pathogens that jumped from animals to people. The virus that causes AIDS, for example, crossed over from chimpanzees.
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UK Confirms Case Of "Rare" Monkeypox Infection
Monkeypox: The UK health authorities have confirmed a case of monkeypox, which is a virus passed from infected animals such as rodents to humans.
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Ebola Strikes Again: What are the Causes, Symptoms and Prevention
Ebola virus or ebola hemorrhagic fever is a severe illness in humans caused by a virus. Here's what you need to know.
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First Effective Dengue Drug Soon: Report
Drugs already developed to treat bacterial infection can be re-purposed to cure the mosquito-borne viral disease dengue, Australian researchers have found.
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World Rabies Day 2008
Every year, September 28 is celebrated as the World Rabies Day - a day which highlights the impact of human and animal rabies and promotes how to prevent and stop the disease by combating it in animals. Bhawna Arya gives the facts
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WHO Urges Ebola Treatments, Vaccines Be Tested Only In Trials Amid Bundibugyo Outbreak
The World Health Organization said that experimental treatments and vaccines for Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo virus should only be used in clinical trials, as it works with affected countries to assess their safety and effectiveness.
-
Ebola's Silent Spread: How The Virus Hijacks Human Skin To Infect Others
The average Ebola case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 25-90% in past outbreaks.
-
Measles Prevention Checklist For Parents: Everything You Should Know
This checklist equips parents with the knowledge and actionable steps needed to protect their families effectively against measles.
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Humans Spread More Viruses To Animals Than They Give Us, Says Study
Some of the deadliest diseases to stalk humankind have come from pathogens that jumped from animals to people. The virus that causes AIDS, for example, crossed over from chimpanzees.
-
UK Confirms Case Of "Rare" Monkeypox Infection
Monkeypox: The UK health authorities have confirmed a case of monkeypox, which is a virus passed from infected animals such as rodents to humans.
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Ebola Strikes Again: What are the Causes, Symptoms and Prevention
Ebola virus or ebola hemorrhagic fever is a severe illness in humans caused by a virus. Here's what you need to know.
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First Effective Dengue Drug Soon: Report
Drugs already developed to treat bacterial infection can be re-purposed to cure the mosquito-borne viral disease dengue, Australian researchers have found.
-
World Rabies Day 2008
Every year, September 28 is celebrated as the World Rabies Day - a day which highlights the impact of human and animal rabies and promotes how to prevent and stop the disease by combating it in animals. Bhawna Arya gives the facts
