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Malaria drug-resistant parasite common in Southeast Asia

The problem could get much worse if the parasite reaches Africa, warn experts An analysis of blood samples from malaria patients in 10 Asian and African countries has found...

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Hollywood

Jennifer Hudson Stand Up To Cancer

Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, and Genentech, one of the world’s leading biotech companies, have joined forces with GR...

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Health

Whooping cough vaccine safe for pregnant women

Pregnant women in their third trimester can safely receive the whooping cough vaccine to prevent infections in newborns, a recent study from the UK suggests. Whooping cough...

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Health

Hatching Superbugs

At a time when chicken consumption is at an all time high in India, a study by Delhi non-profit Centre for Science and Environment shows poultry meat could be churning out ...

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Health

AMC Plans Free Hepatitis-B Vaccination for School Children

Around one lakh people from India and China die every year of Hepatitis-B. There is a need to create awareness on the disease, which is more infectious and communicable tha...

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Health

Malaria vaccine shows continued protection during 18 months of follow-up

A vaccine previously shown to reduce malaria in young infants and children reduces larger numbers of malaria cases in areas of higher malaria transmission, according to res...

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Bollywood

Open to join polio campaign for Pak children: Amitabh Bachchan

Having helped India eradicate polio, actor and UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan today said he was open to a similar eradication campaign for the well-bei...

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Health

Rs.8, 632 crore for AIDS control programme

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday approved budgetary support of Rs.8, 632.77 crore for the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) Phase-IV which ...

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Health

33,000 girls vaccinated against cervical cancer

More than 33,000 girls aged nine to 13 have been vaccinated against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) to protect them from cervical cancer in the country. The beneficiaries w...

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Environment

Climate change ‘single biggest hindrance’ to human development

The recently released Human Development Report has identified six major threats to human development and proposed a set of policies and reforms to address these vulnerabili...

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