Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bhutan records first coronavirus death
The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan on Friday recorded its first coronavirus death after 10 months of seeking to isolate itself from the global pandemic.
Jan 8, 2021
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News tagged with current outbreak
Health
Swarming locusts: People used to eat them, but shouldn't anymore
Massive swarms of locusts are sweeping across South Asia, the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. The current outbreak is the worst in recent decades. One million hectares of land is under threat in eight countries in the ...
Apr 24, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study: Pregnant women with coronavirus don't experience more severe illness
According to a study published this week, most pregnant women with the coronavirus do not suffer worse illness than the general population who have the novel virus.
Apr 9, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pandemic: what does it mean and does it matter?
When does an epidemic become a pandemic? As the novel coronavirus continues its spread across the globe, what does the designation mean to world healthcare systems as they try to rein in the deadly disease?
Feb 26, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus outbreak: WHO's decision to not declare a global emergency explained
The World Health Organization's decision to not declare the novel coronavirus outbreak in China a public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC, will surprise many. The number of reported cases and deaths is ...
Jan 28, 2020
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Medical research
Coronavirus therapies slowed by intermittent nature of outbreaks
As the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak causes worldwide concern, Purdue University scientists say control measures are an absolute necessity and that medical treatments for similar disease are on the horizon.
Jan 23, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Community-based wildlife carcass surveillance is key for early detection of Ebola virus
Human Ebola epidemics, like the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, are known to start from a contact with wildlife infected with Ebola virus. In the early 2000s a series of such outbreaks in Central Africa ...
Aug 28, 2019
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Medications
Lab tests show experimental Ebola treatments effective
Two experimental Ebola treatments being used in the current outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have proved effective in laboratory tests with human cells, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
Jul 11, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Measles vaccine takes effect within weeks, also safeguards health of others
Dear Mayo Clinic: How long does it take to become immune from measles once one has gotten the measles vaccine? And given the current outbreak, would it be beneficial for me to get a booster vaccine even though I was vaccinated ...
Jul 3, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New epidemic forecast model could save precious resources
When governments and institutions deploy epidemic forecast models when facing an outbreak, they sometimes fail to factor in human behavior and over-allocate precious resources as a result. Thanks to new research authored ...
Jul 2, 2019
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