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Dengue claims 120 lives this year in Mexico

September 6, 2019 The dengue virus has claimed 120 lives across Mexico so far this year, the Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion of the Ministry of Health Hugo Lopez-Gatell said on Thursday.

U.S. to give nearly $2 billion to fight opioids

September 5, 2019 The Trump administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to states and local governments to help fight the opioid crisis.

Obesity pandemic shifting cancer to younger people

September 4, 2019 A new study looking at incidence of disease data nationwide from 2000 to 2016 found a shift in obesity-associated cancers (OACs) to younger individuals.

Dutch mosquito trap can stop dengue outbreaks

September 3, 2019 With the dengue vaccine withdrawn from the Philippine market, mosquito control is the best option to avoid disease spread.

How bacteria behind hospital infections block out antibiotics

September 3, 2019 Drug-resistant bacteria responsible for deadly hospital-acquired infections shut out antibiotics by closing tiny doors in their cell walls.

70,000 people got dengue in Bangladesh but there is sign of fall

September 1, 2019 A total of 51,734 cases of dengue were reported in Bangladesh this month, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since January in the country to over 70,000.

Philippines dengue death toll rises to 882

August 31, 2019 The dengue death toll increased from 720 to 882 in fifteen days, the Philippines Department of Health announced.

WHO: Albania, Czech Republic, Greece and Britain lose measles eliminated status

August 30, 2019 Four European countries previously declared to have eliminated measles have lost their coveted status as the highly contagious disease surges within their borders, a branch of the World Health Organization said.

South Sudan probes birth defects in oil regions

August 30, 2019 South Sudan has begun investigations into whether an increasing number of infants born with deformities in crude-oil-producing regions is linked to oil pollution, the Petroleum Ministry said.

Second Ebola outbreak confirmed in western Uganda

August 30, 2019 Uganda\'s ministry of health announced late on Thursday a second Ebola outbreak in the western district of Kasese, about 472 km from the capital Kampala, following an imported case from the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Inflammation triggers silent mutation to cause deadly lung disease

August 29, 2019 Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found that inflammation in the lungs of rats, triggered by something as simple as the flu, may wake up a silent genetic defect that causes sudden onset cases of pulmonary hypertension, a deadly form of high blood pressure in the lungs.

Vaccine against deadly superbug Klebsiella effective in mice

August 28, 2019 Scientists have produced and tested, in mice, a vaccine that protects against a worrisome superbug: a hypervirulent form of the bacteria Klebsiella pneumoniae.