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Congo Yellow Fever: Outbreak Ends in Congo
By Anne Collins | Feb 16, 2017 07:40 AM ESTTwo months after Angola had declared an end to yellow fever, Congot finally followed after aggressive vaccination campaigns last year.
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Malaria Drug Fails Patients In The UK For The First Time
By Anne Collins | Feb 01, 2017 08:00 AM ESTAfter four patients travelled to Uganda, they were treated with malaria drugs last year. After a year, malaria returned and showed signs of resistance to the drugs.
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After Zika Virus, Brazil Investigates Dozens Of Yellow Fever Cases
By Beatrix Smith | Jan 24, 2017 11:09 PM ESTBrazil is now experiencing another mosquito-borne illness outbreak. Health officials confirmed that there are 47 cases of Yellow fever and 25 people have died.
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Malaria Update: Eliminating Malaria In India By Protecting Both Cattle And Humans
By Minnow Blythe | Jan 17, 2017 10:30 AM ESTCattle and cattle sheds play huge roles in the persistence of Malaria in India.
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New Tropical Invasive Mosquitos Found in Florida
By Meiwa Javellana | Jan 16, 2017 11:23 PM ESTNew species of invasive tropical mosquitoes alarms Florida. People in Homestead, Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale are on the lookout.
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Latest Dengue Update: Bacteria Strain That Stops Dengue Transmission In Mosquitoes Dies In Hot Environment
By Minnow Blythe | Jan 08, 2017 10:09 PM ESTThe research involved to stop transmission of dengue in mosquitoes has hit a snag.
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Genetically Modified Malaria Vaccine Could Curb The Potentially-Fatal Mosquito-Borne Disease
By Angela Laguipo | Jan 06, 2017 11:11 AM ESTA genetically engineered malaria vaccine shows promise as a potent and effective vaccine against the potentially fatal disease.
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5 Natural Ways to Keep Mosquitoes Away this Summer
By Mariel Peralta | Jun 07, 2016 07:31 AM EDTMosquitoes are blood-sucking insects that can bring disease from their painful stings. Here are natural ways to keep them away.
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Malaria Vaccine Experiment Achieves 50% Success: NIH
By Brian McNeill | May 12, 2016 10:39 AM EDTMalaria is one of the most dreaded disease that affects hundreds of millions of people with more than 500,000 dying from it annually. And the most disheartening part of it all is that includes innocent children aged 5 and below as singled out in a study from University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.
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Florida Health Authorities Issue Warning For Tourists As Virus Cases In The Region Rise Up To 22
By Mara Mayer | Feb 19, 2016 12:17 PM ESTFlorida health officials issue warning to tourists amid a statewide Zika surge and declared a public health emergency across 9 affected counties.
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WHO Initiates Study To Create GM Modified Mosquitoes To Combat Zika
By Jenn Loro | Feb 18, 2016 09:09 AM ESTThe World Health Organization has recently announced its support for experiments for genetically modified mosquitoes to fight off Zika surge.
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One In Four U.S. White-Tailed Deer Have Malarial Parasite
By R. Siva Kumar | Feb 09, 2016 03:54 PM ESTA new kind of malarial parasite has been discovered, which shows that the illness infects most East Coast white-tailed deer.
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Hawaii Baby Born With Zika And Microcephaly
By Jenn Loro | Jan 20, 2016 08:52 AM ESTThe first-ever US case of a baby born with brain defect linked to mosquito-borne Zika virus was reported in Hawaii but infection could have likely occurred in Brazil where the mother stayed last year prompting US health officials to issue a travel alert informing pregnant women to avoid visiting a number of Caribbean and Latin American countries and territories with high rates of serious birth defects caused by mosquitoes.
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Dengue Fever Infected 182 Patients In Hawaii And Counting
By Jenn Loro | Dec 30, 2015 01:58 PM ESTLocal health officials in Hawaii confirmed 182 reported cases of dengue fever- the state’s largest dengue outbreak since World War II.
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West Nile Virus hurting the Native Bird Population, Study Finds
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 04, 2015 12:45 PM ESTThe West Nile virus is taking a toll on the native bird population within the United States, a new study found.
