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Health AustraliaHow to Stop Dengue Fever and Save Thousands of Lives? By Infecting Mosquitos with Bacteria
It appears that researchers at Melbourne’s Monash University, Australia, have found a way to eradicate the dengue fever in Indonesia by infecting mosquitoes with the Wolbachia bacteria which prevents them from infecting humans.
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Health BangladeshThis Woman Debunks Corona Myths: Drinking Tea Doesn’t Repel the Virus… Nor Does Praying.
Ashmida Begum, a Rohingya refugee in the Cox’s Bazar camps, the largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh, goes from door to door in the hopes of dispeling dangerous myths about the coronavirus.
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Health USAFewer Cigarettes, Better Treatment: Lung Cancer now Less Deadly in the US
A new study, led by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows that recent advances in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatment have contributed to a sharp mortality drop in the United States in the recent years.
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Health USAHow Poor Countries Could Save Billions by Preventing Unwanted Pregnancies
Research scientists say that ensuring contraception is available to all women in low-income and middle-income countries could help prevent unwanted pregnancies - and save sixteen billion dollars a year in maternal and newborn care.
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Health GermanyGermany Gives Record 561 Million Dollars to the World Health Organization
Germany is promising over half a billion euros – around $561 million – in funding this year for the World Health Organization (WHO), marking the highest amount the country has ever contributed to the WHO in a single year.
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