Texas's first locally acquired case of malaria in 30 years was recently reported by health officials. The patient was diagnosed with the disease after working outdoors in South Texas's Cameron County, the Texas Department ...
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Florida International University scientists discovered the first and only known natural arsenic-containing antibiotic to fight antibiotic resistance. Now, research reveals it can stop transmission of a deadly disease spreading ...
Jun 30, 2023
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The United States has seen five cases of malaria spread by mosquitos in the last two months—the first time there's been local spread in 20 years.
Jun 27, 2023
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There's one animal that ruins summer evenings: the mosquito. While mosquitoes don't carry any diseases in the U.K., their itchy bites are far from fun.
Jun 26, 2023
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Wrangling head lice, and the children they infest, must be up there with the most challenging duties a parent or caregiver has to face.
Jun 14, 2023
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Our battle with malaria has lasted thousands of years. We need better vaccines or we risk losing, according to UNSW Sydney researchers.
Apr 24, 2023
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As with COVID, public health agencies around the world have struggled to predict which communities will be hit the hardest with malaria, a life-threatening disease that infected an estimated 247 million people in 2021. A ...
Feb 22, 2023
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They are only 10 cm long but could well be the line separating life from death in malaria. By taking the lead in iron recycling, the kidneys stop our body from surrendering to the invading parasite, Gulbenkian researchers ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Two doctors at the Max Super Specialty Hospital in India has documented the filarial dance of scrotal worms on video. In the video, the undulations of live worms residing in a male patient's scrotum can be seen.
A longstanding medical myth suggests that taking vitamin B1, also known as thiamine, can make your body repel mosquitoes.
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