The mpox virus is closely related to the smallpox virus (variola virus), which caused large, deadly outbreaks before it was eradicated by vaccination at the end of the 1970s. While the smallpox virus led to very severe disease ...
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Female genital mutilation is a practice deeply rooted in cultural traditions around the world. The World Health Organization defines it as comprising all procedures that involve removal of parts of the external female genital ...
Dec 21, 2022
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A rehabilitation program that helps people with long COVID reduce their symptoms and increase activity levels has shown "impressive" results, say scientists.
Dec 15, 2022
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Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda said the European Union had given the green light to its dengue fever vaccine, making it the second jab preventing the disease to be approved by the bloc.
Dec 9, 2022
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A validated Symptom Burden Questionnaire that will help medical researchers unravel the complexities of Long COVID and develop or test new treatments is now available for translation into hundreds of languages, with support ...
Dec 8, 2022
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Vulnerable populations in 45 high-burden countries worldwide must be prioritized in efforts to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis (TB) care, according to new research published in BMC Medicine.
Nov 13, 2022
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The Ministry of Health in Uganda and partners, including LSTM, are celebrating the elimination of Gambian sleeping sickness following the recent announcement from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Oct 25, 2022
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A major presentation at this year's International Congress on Obesity (ICO 2022) in Melbourne, Australia (18–23 October) (a biennial meeting of the World Obesity Federation) will describe how a combination of factors including ...
Oct 19, 2022
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Babies who are born two to three months early are usually separated from their mother in the first hours after birth.
Oct 12, 2022
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Indian authorities are investigating cough syrups made by a local pharmaceutical company after the World Health Organisation said they could be responsible for the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia.
Oct 7, 2022
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