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Doctors, vets explore shared medical problems (Update)
What do Siberian tigers and older women have in common?
Nov 1, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The chikungunya virus and its risk to Australia
Chikungunya is a virus transmitted to people by mosquitoes; it usually causes a non-fatal but debilitating illness.
Oct 14, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Deadly threat bangs at Queensland's door
Scientists at The University of Queensland have identified a deadly threat lurking just 30 kilometres north of Queensland.
Aug 23, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Swiss on alert for mosquito blamed for dengue
Scientists in Switzerland are hunting for a species of mosquito capable of spreading the tropical disease dengue that may have crossed the Alps.
Aug 7, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The disease vectors, my friend, are blowing in the wind
Australian researchers are developing a new tool to help track and manage the vast numbers of disease-carrying insects blown from Asia into northern Australia every year by cyclones and monsoon winds.
Jul 25, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
High-testosterone competitors more likely to choose red
Why do so many sports players and athletes choose to wear the color red when they compete? A new study to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that it may ...
May 16, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers develop prototype chikungunya vaccine
Wageningen University in the Netherlands has developed a prototype vaccine against chikungunya in a joint effort with the Erasmus Medical Centre and TI Pharma. This prototype may hopefully lead to the first working vaccine ...
Mar 21, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Chances seen rising for chikungunya outbreaks in NYC, Atlanta, Miami
Global travel and climate warming could be creating the right conditions for outbreaks of a new virus in this country, according to a new Cornell University computer model.
Dec 17, 2012
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Other
Reckitt to buy vitamin company Schiff for $1.4B
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC said Wednesday that is acquiring vitamin and nutrition supplement maker Schiff Nutrition International Inc. for $1.4 billion, topping an earlier bid by Bayer AG.
Nov 21, 2012
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Health
In Europe, defences rise against Asian mosquito peril
Behind air-tight doors in a lab in a southern French city, scientists in protective coveralls wage war against a fingernail-sized danger.
Aug 13, 2012
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