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New cholera vaccine tested successfully
VietNamNet Bridge - " New cholera patients are still being reported in some northern provinces like Hai Phong, Nam Dinh and Hanoi .
Should Clinical Trials Be Outsourced?
An Indian patient is treated for suspected cholera in a hospital in Kakiriguma village of Koraput district, some 500 kilometres southwest of Orissa state's capital, Bhubaneswar.
Even viruses can get sick, study finds
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Vaccine donated to cyclone victims
The International Vaccine Institute, the only international organization based in Korea, said yesterday that it will send 136,680 doses of cholera vaccine to help victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar.
Afghanistan has made undeniable progress on public health. But will it be sustainable? The people of Afghanistan are long-suffering. For 30 years they faced constant threats - from Soviet military forces, from ...
Cholera outbreak kills 18 in S. Kudarat village
Eighteen people have died as a result of a cholera outbreak in two tribal communities in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat.
Spatial Epidemiology: Where Have We Come in 150 Years?
Geospatial Technologies and Homeland Security , pp. 257-282. Abstract Modern epidemiology is founded on a tradition of spatial analysis.
Kachin News Group: Nearly entire Htoi Ra Yang population suffer from Malaria and cholera
Nearly the entire population of the Htoi Ra Yang village, 30 miles from the Sinbo logging fields in Kachin State, northern Burma has been afflicted by malaria and cholera, a source said.
Podcast: History of madhouses and seaside health spas in Devon, UK
This month's episode goes on location to Devon, a beautiful, southwestern coastal county in England.
Forced to drink contaminated tubewell water full of arsenic, Maoist people's Liberation Army fighters camped at Chulachuli in the Eastern Nepal are getting sick.
New Tools Emerge in Global Fight for Clean Water
For more than a billion people around the world, finding clean water is a daily concern.
Church: Cholera death toll rises to 172 in Papua
The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Indonesia's easternmost province has risen to 172 Wednesday as reports of violence against migrants accused of spreading the disease are being reported, according to ...
When dirt leads to disease and death
The risk of people dying from easily preventable and curable illnesses is worrying health experts and the government.
When dirt leads to disease and death
The risk of people dying from easily preventable and curable illnesses is worrying health experts and the government.
Contaminated water sources pose serious risks to health,
Contaminated water is posing a serious risk to health, a senior official from the Health Ministry has warned.
Numberwatch After many mind-sapping years of trawling through the morass of health scare stories, I formulated a number of laws, one of which was the Law of Beneficial Developments: The intensity of the ...
Remnant Of An Ancient 'RNA World' Discovered By Yale Researchers
Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: Genetics Article Date: 20 Jul 2008 Some bacterial cells can swim, morph into new forms and even become dangerously virulent - all ...
Volunteers spruce up Virginia City
Splotches of white paint dot 23-year-old Taniya Fatticci's arms, cargo shorts and the bandana strung around her head.
Health officials on high alert in Ganjam district
BERHAMPUR: The health officials in Ganjam district are on high alert after locating stains of vibrio cholerae bacteria in the stool samples of persons suffering from diarrhoea in remote areas of Patrapur block.
[Editors' Choice] A Virulent Response to Losing Your Tail
Sci. Signal. , 22 July 2008 Vol. 1 , Issue 29, p. ec260 [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.129ec260] Microbiology Elizabeth M. Adler Science Signaling , AAAS, Washington, DC 20005, USA The bacterium Vibrio cholerae ...