Earlier this year, the UK Health Security Agency confirmed a case of tick-borne encephalitis—a potentially deadly virus carried by ticks that causes brain inflammation. A British man is also said to have contracted alpha-gal ...
Aug 22, 2023
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As a deadly disease that people can catch from ticks moves across the continent, the EU is seeking new tests and a vaccine for the infection.
Apr 14, 2023
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So-called arthropod-borne diseases are human illnesses, commonly transmitted by the bite of infected arthropod vectors like ticks, mosquitoes, sandflies, or fleas. Efforts to strengthen disease surveillance in this area across ...
Feb 16, 2023
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The UN health agency said it would hold an emergency meeting Tuesday after at least nine people in Equatorial Guinea died from Marburg haemorrhagic fever, a cousin of the Ebola virus.
Feb 14, 2023
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Guinea has recorded the first known case of Marburg virus, a lethal cousin to Ebola, the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) says.
Aug 10, 2021
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The World Health Organization has accused Tanzania of failing to provide information on suspected cases of Ebola in the country, potentially hindering efforts to curb the spread of the deadly virus.
Sep 22, 2019
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As health agencies battle to stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in eastern DR Congo, some survivors of the disease are playing a crucial role in aiding victims of the worst outbreak in the country's history.
Sep 20, 2019
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Researchers led by Duke-NUS Medical School have discovered that tryptase, an enzyme in human cells that acts like scissors to cut up nearby proteins, is responsible for blood vessel leakage in severe dengue hemorrhagic fever. ...
Aug 27, 2019
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At least 40 people have died in Bangladesh's worst-ever outbreak of dengue, officials said Tuesday, as overburdened hospitals struggled to treat thousands of patients.
Aug 13, 2019
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As hundreds die in a severe dengue outbreak in the Philippines, many of them children, President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday he was open to lifting his government's blanket ban on the Dengvaxia vaccine.
Aug 8, 2019
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