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Yellow fever claims 172 lives in Nigeria: WHO
A yellow fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 172 people so far, the World Health Organization said Friday.
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Vaccine candidate protects against COVID-19 and yellow fever
Virologists at the Rega Institute at KU Leuven (Belgium) have developed a vaccine candidate against Covid-19 based on the yellow fever vaccine, which as a result also works against yellow fever. Results published today in ...
Dec 01, 2020
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Greater mosquito susceptibility to Zika virus fueled the epidemic
The Zika virus has spread around the world over the last decade, causing millions of infections, some of which have been associated with congenital abnormalities and neurological disorders.
Nov 19, 2020
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Millions at risk as coronavirus disrupts immunisation campaigns: UN
Millions of people, including in Africa's most populous country Nigeria, risk contracting diseases such as polio and measles as the coronavirus pandemic has halted vaccination campaigns, the UN said Wednesday.
Nov 11, 2020
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Light pollution may increase biting behavior at night in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Artificial light abnormally increases mosquito biting behavior at night in a species that typically prefers to bite people during the day, according to research from the University of Notre Dame that was published in The ...
Oct 20, 2020
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Covid-19 reinfection casts doubt on virus immunity: study
COVID-19 patients may experience more severe symptoms the second time they are infected, according to research released Tuesday confirming it is possible to catch the potentially deadly disease more than once.
Oct 13, 2020
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What is post-viral fatigue syndrome, the condition affecting some COVID-19 survivors?
For many of us, becoming ill with a virus might put us on the couch for a week or two. It's frustrating, but after recovering we can generally get back to the things we're used to.
Oct 06, 2020
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Supercharged 'clones' spark scarlet fever's re-emergence
A University of Queensland-led team of international researchers says supercharged "clones" of the bacteria Streptococcus pyogenes are to blame for the resurgence of the disease, which has caused high death rates for centuries.
Oct 06, 2020
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Winter coughs and fevers will put huge strain on COVID-19 testing capacity
Higher numbers of people with coughs and fevers in the coming months will place a significant strain on the UK's COVID-19 testing system and capacity must be immediately scaled up, finds a new modeling study led by UCL and ...
Oct 02, 2020
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Where in the world will the next epidemic start?
Viruses jumping from animals to humans have been the starting point of numerous outbreaks, from Ebola to Zika. Given the similarity of SARS-CoV-2 to coronaviruses found in bats, this probably marked the beginning of COVID-19 ...
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Fever
Fever (also known as pyrexia) is a common medical sign characterized by an elevation of temperature above the normal range of 36.5–37.5 °C (98–100 °F) due to an increase in the body temperature regulatory set-point. This increase in set-point triggers increased muscle tone and shivering.
As a person's temperature increases, there is, in general, a feeling of cold despite an increasing body temperature. Once the new temperature is reached, there is a feeling of warmth. A fever can be caused by many different conditions ranging from benign to potentially serious. There are arguments for and against the usefulness of fever, and the issue is controversial. With the exception of very high temperatures, treatment to reduce fever is often not necessary; however, antipyretic medications can be effective at lowering the temperature, which may improve the affected person's comfort.
Fever differs from uncontrolled hyperthermia, in that hyperthermia is an increase in body temperature over the body's thermoregulatory set-point, due to excessive heat production and/or insufficient thermoregulation.
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