#disease control

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Unidentified lung disease found in family members

South Korea has detected what could be seen as the first case of members of the same family suffering from an ...

Death toll from E. Coli rises to 30

- A 57-year-old man died of E. coli infection in Germany`s Frankfurt Thursday, pushing the death toll from the bacteria ...

US proposes advertisers ditch junk food for kids

Food companies should revamp their marketing to children by advertising foods that are healthy, four U.S. agencies ...

Addressing malaria global elimination

- Malaria is known as a frightening specter across the world, especially in countries with vast tropical forests, such ...

Malignant malaria still haunts Indonesia

For many years, malaria has been a frightening specter across the world, especially in countries with vast areas of ...

Sumatra on alert as bird flu comes back

The sudden death of thousands of chickens has been reported in several cities on Sumatra Island over the past several ...

Padang hospital treats 27 bird flu suspects

A total of 27 patients suspected of being infected by bird flu virus have been treated in M Jamil Public Hospital in ...

Bengkulu still on bird flu alert

Bengkulu Province is still on alert of bird flu as H5N1 virus cases have been reported in every region in the ...

China discovers virus that killed 36 after betting tick bites

Chinese scientists have discovered a previously unknown virus carried by ticks which led to at least 36 deaths in six ...

Oscar(R) Nominees Receive (XTIO2 INC.) XTI 360(TM) Nano Coating Anti-Germ System

-        XTIO2 INC. (http://www.xti.tm) (XTI) presented the 83rd Academy(R) ...

Diabetes Heightens Risk Of Cancer Death - Study - (d)

Doctors know that diabetics have a higher than normal risk of dying of heart attacks or strokes, but new research on ...

Indonesia, Malaysia to cooperate in health sector

Indonesia`s and Malaysia`s health ministers signed a "joint statement" on cooperation in the health sector here on ...

15 dead as Nipah virus returns to Bangladesh

At least 15 people have died in an outbreak of Nipah virus in a remote northern Bangladesh town as the deadly disease ...

UK Government and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Announce New Commitment to Eradicating Polio

- Citing dramatic gains achieved with polio vaccines, Prime Minister David Cameron, Bill and Melinda Gates call on ...

Air bags, poor economy save road lives - U.S. study

Air bags and the economic recession have contributed to the biggest drop in road deaths in the United States since ...