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Health GambiaFamilies No Longer Have to Worry About This Blindness-Causing Disease
Gambia becomes the second African country to eliminate trachoma - a disease that can cause blindness - as a public health problem, an encouraging milestone towards the World Health Organization's target of curbing 20 neglected tropical diseases by 2030.
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Health USAThis Breakthrough Vaccine Fights HIV (and More!)
A laboratory in California, United States managed to develop a vaccine that targets the right immune cells to fight HIV, showing great promise as the first stage of a vaccine strategy in the fight against this deadly virus - and other viral diseases.
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Health USATurns Out Your Blood Reveals Everything About You (and Can Help Prevent Diseases)
Upon analyzing some 4,000 samples of blood plasma, researchers have discovered that the human body goes through three shifts during its lifetime, and this newfound tool can help health professional better tackle age-related diseases.
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Health SwitzerlandNew Roadmap Leads the Way to Eradicate Tropical Diseases
The World Health Organization released a road map that outlines its strategic approach to end Neglected Tropical Diseases in a mission to reduce the number of people in need of interventions against those diseases by 90% by 2030.
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Health NetherlandsResearchers Might Have Found the First New Human Organ in 300 Years
A team of researchers from the Netherlands believe they have identified a new pair of large salivary glands where the nasal cavity meets the throat. If confirmed, it could be the first identification of its kind in 300 years.