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Dengue vaccine is just a year away, researchers say
A new vaccine that can halve the number of dengue cases provides a welcome shot to fight a deadly disease that infects around 390 million people every year in the tropics.
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OPINION: Ebola shows the need to rethink global public health
NEW YORK - The horrific Ebola epidemic in at least four West African countries (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria) demands not only an emergency response to halt the outbreak; it also calls for rethinking some basic assumptions of global public health.
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WHO backs use of experimental Ebola drugs in West Africa outbreak
It is ethical to offer unproven drugs or vaccines to people infected or at risk in West Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak, a World Health Organisation panel of medical ethics experts ruled on Tuesday, but cautioned supplies will be limited.
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- Education, Health Care
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An easier way to manipulate malaria genes
New approach to knocking out parasite’s genes could make it easier to identify drug targets.
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Ebola virus: Liberia health system ‘overtaxed’
Liberia's information minister has admitted that the country's health care system has been overwhelmed by the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
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Ebola virus: Vaccine ‘should be ready for 2015’, WHO says, as GSK plays down timing
An Ebola vaccine should be ready for public use by 2015, the United Nation’s health agency has said.
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Why the Ebola Vaccine Won’t Be Administered in Africa
The earliest the world can expect a vaccine to curb spreading of Ebola in West Africa is about a year away, scientists say.
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Meet the Bots That Knew Ebola Was Coming
Online technology has improved the ability to detect and track outbreaks
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