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Health Brazil

30. January 2026

HIV-Free Births Become the Norm for Millions of Families

Brazil has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV, becoming the largest country in the world to reach this milestone and ensuring babies are born free of the virus.

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Health Australia

24. June 2025

One Leap Forward in Curing HIV

A team of researchers based in Melbourne, Australia, might have finally cracked the code to cure, once and for all, human immunodeficiency virus through mRNA technology, thus giving hope to millions of people carrying the virus.

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Health Rwanda

6. January 2025

Deadly Viral Outbreak Sees Impressive Decrease in New Cases

Two months after Rwanda’s first Marburg outbreak, the African country is delighted to share that the number of new cases has dramatically decreased, mostly due to a robust healthcare system that limited exposure to the virus.

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Animals The World

5. November 2023

We May Have Found a Way to Save Millions of Chickens a Year

In a breakthrough study, researchers have found a way of potentially making birds resistant to the avian flu.

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Health Europe

18. July 2023

Hepatitis Bye: More Vaccinations, More Safety

Four more European countries have met hepatitis B control targets set by the World Health Organization, bringing the region closer to eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health threat.

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Health India

27. February 2023

Deadly Disease Almost Entirely Eradicated

Dedicated efforts to eradicate the life-threatening disease kala-azar in India have paid off since the number of cases dropped in an outstanding way with almost 99% fewer cases in 2022 than in 2007, a promising feat for the country whose goal is to eliminate the disease…

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Health Singapore

21. December 2022

Vaccines Did the Trick: Goodbye, Rubella

Following years of dedicated efforts, Singapore successfully eliminated rubella, an airborne virus, through the administration of effective and inexpensive vaccines.

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Society USA

15. November 2022

Safety Net Programs Work: 1.7 Million Kids Pulled Out of Poverty

Despite the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, some 1.7 million children have pulled out of poverty thanks to the safety net programs that have been established across California, the United States.

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Health The World

25. October 2022

Game-Changer Lamps Could Neutralize Deadly Viruses (Including Coronavirus!)

Researchers have discovered that the use of far-UVC lamps can reduce pathogen levels by 98% in just a few minutes, meaning that pandemics such as the coronavirus that afflicted us all could soon be a thing of the past.

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Health The World

10. July 2022

COVID-19: How Vaccination Efforts Saved Millions of Lives

According to a newly published study, the first large modeling of its kind, vaccination efforts against coronavirus have helped prevent some 20 million deaths from occurring across the globe.