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Google searches for "NSW scabies outbreak" have spiked over recent days in light of an outbreak of the contagious skin condition in New South Wales.
Aug 11, 2024
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Scientists have developed a new, safe and effective way to infect volunteers with the parasite that causes leishmaniasis and measure the body's immune response, bringing a vaccine for the neglected tropical disease a step ...
Aug 2, 2024
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Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is a neglected tropical disease that causes severe itching, disfiguring skin conditions and visual impairment.
Jul 17, 2024
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A new study suggests that a course of the drug doxycycline can decrease acute seizure-related hospitalization and deaths related to nodding syndrome.
Jun 4, 2024
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Health officials in Gaza are growing increasingly concerned about the spread of disease among displaced communities in the besieged enclave.
Feb 8, 2024
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Scabies is an unpleasant skin infection that's common all around the world. Outbreaks happen regularly—with an estimated 450 million cases occurring globally each year. But since the start of winter, outbreaks in the UK have ...
Jan 8, 2024
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For the first time, scientists have begun to figure out why the disfiguring skin lesions caused by cutaneous leishmaniasis don't hurt.
Nov 30, 2023
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The parasitic disease leishmaniasis is found primarily in Central and South America, the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, and Central Asia and is transmitted to humans by a sand fly. An estimated 1.5 million new cases ...
Oct 24, 2023
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Many Australians likely read the coverage of the live roundworm found in the brain of a New South Wales woman with morbid curiosity. If you missed it, a wriggling, eight-centimeter-long parasitic roundworm was removed from ...
Sep 14, 2023
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Scientists have established the effectiveness of vaccines they developed to prevent the disfiguring skin disease leishmaniasis in animal studies, and Phase 1 human trial planning is in motion for the most promising candidate.
Aug 31, 2023
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