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Ebola Victims Face 90% Death Risk; Drugs Start to Emerge

(Bloomberg) Almost 40 years after Ebola emerged from the jungles of Africa as one of the world’s most lethal diseases, scientists are beginning to close in on treatments that may be able to stop the virus. People who are at risk of infection have little protection for now against a virus that kills as many  Read More »

Unexplained hemorrhagic fever kills 23 in Guinea

(Health24) An outbreak of hemorrhagic fever has killed at least 23 people in Guinea’s South-eastern forest region since February when the first case was reported, health authorities in the West African nation said. At least 35 cases have been recorded by local health officials, said Sakoba Keita, the doctor in charge of the prevention of  Read More »

Faster diagnosis key to finding drug-resistant tuberculosis in the Republic of Moldova

(WHO) As part of key recommendations made by WHO to combat drug-resistant TB, the Republic of Moldova is introducing rapid diagnostic tools for MDR-TB at the point-of-care. Since 2012, Xpert MTB/RIF assay units have been installed in 30 district and municipal TB services across the country. Xpert MTB/RIF assay is a rapid, accurate test that  Read More »

Mystery hemorrhagic fever kills 23 in Guinea

(Reuters) An outbreak of hemorrhagic fever has killed at least 23 people in Guinea’s southeastern forest region since February when the first case was reported, health authorities in the West African nation said on Wednesday. At least 35 cases have been recorded by local health officials, said Sakoba Keita, the doctor in charge of the  Read More »

Department plans vaccination against Kyasanur Forest Disease

(The Times of India) Dakshina Kannada district Health and Family Welfare department has sent a proposal to the government seeking approval to administer vaccine against Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) in identified areas in Dakshina Kannda district. The decision was taken in the wake of a suspected case of KFD reported at Beluvai in Moodbidri near  Read More »

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