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Health The WorldWe May Soon Detect Parkinson’s Disease Years Before Any Symptoms
Eight blood-based biomarkers could be the key to detecting Parkinson’s disease up to seven years before the first symptoms appear, which could lead to the development of a long-awaited cure for millions of patients worldwide.
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Health ChadDream Come True: No More Sleep Sickness!
Not only has Chad eliminated its first neglected tropical disease , the gambiense form of the sleeping sickness, as a public health problem, but it has also become the 51st country to do so, making the 100-country target by 2030 set by the World Health Organization…
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Health The WorldLifesaving Investments Against Infectious Diseases Prove Worth Every Penny (and More!)
A recent study shows that the $100 billion invested in fighting infectious diseases in poor countries over the last 30 years generated almost $50 trillion and will have averted more than 40 million deaths by 2040.
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Health USASickle Cell Disease: First Patient to Receive Treatment
Kendric Cromer, a 12-year-old boy from Washington, the United States, is the world’s first patient suffering from sickle cell disease to undergo a commercially approved gene therapy, one that gives hope to thousands of people dealing with the painful genetic disorder of red blood cells.
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Health BeninBetter Mosquito Nets for Even Better Malaria Protection
Bed nets remain one of the most effective tools against malaria, and second-generation mosquito screens have been successfully tested in West African countries like Benin, preventing a rise in cases and deaths from the life-threatening disease.