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Malaria Vaccine Moves to Trials
A new vaccine made by Rockville-based pharmaceutical company Sanaria Inc. received clearance from...
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New Campaign against Malaria Launched
A new campaign against malaria was announced Friday in Norway by international health agency and...
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Glaxo Malaria Vaccine Proves Successful in Early Tests
Researchers have been trying for years to develop a vaccine for malaria, the deadly, mosquito-borne...
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Guinea Worm Disease Close To Eradication
Former US president and anti-disease campaigner Jimmy Carter has recently announced that the Guinea...
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Guinea Worm Disease Almost Gone
Guinea worm disease, also known as dracunculiasis, may
disappear within two years, former US...
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Genetic Code Of Malaria Parasite Deciphered
About 40 researchers sequenced the genetic code of
Plasmodium vivax, one of four malaria parasites...
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Elsinore Boy’s Death from Amoeba Prompts Officials’ Warnings
Riverside County health officials issued a warning on Tuesday
urging residents to take precautions...
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“Crypto” Parasite Sickens Swimmers in Dallas Area
Dallas County Health and Human Services warned and advised people with weakened immune systems to...
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Two Dallas Spraygrounds Closed Due to ‘Crypto’ Scare Reopen
The two public water parks closed on Friday after several
children got sick with cryptosporidium...
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Report: Tropical Diseases Common among US Poor
Tropical diseases usually common in Africa, Asia and Latin
American appear to be also common among...
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FDA: Heartworm Drug ProHeart 6 To Return to US Market
ProHeart 6, a heartworm drug manufactured by Fort Dodge Animal Health, will be reintroduced to the...
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CDC: Little Progress in Containing Foodborne Illnesses in US
U.S.'
struggle to contain foodborne illness showed little progress in 2007, although
they had a...
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Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba Sends Murrieta Firefighter to Death
A firefighter in California
died in a San Diego
hospital Monday from an illness that stems from a...
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Vaccines against Malaria to Be Tested on Volunteers
The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute will pay
volunteers as much as $4,000 to be bitten by...
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Screening To Detect Chagas Disease Could Save Lives
A new screening strategy devised by a team of U.S. researchers could make the detection and...
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Herbal Baby Colic Remedy Recalled
The Food and Drug Administration warned parents Thursday to avoid Baby’s Bliss Gripe...
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