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Zika: Two billion at risk in Africa and Asia, study says
Posted in Science on 5th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
More than two billion people could be at risk from Zika virus outbreaks in parts of Africa and Asia.
Zika infection may affect adult brain cells
Posted in Medicine on 21st Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller
Populations of cells that serve to replace lost or damaged neurons throughout adulthood, and are also thought to be critical to learning and memory.
Zika epidemic will end in three years, study suggests
Posted in Science on 17th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
They said this mirrored the pattern of other epidemics, such as chikungunia, a virus similar to Zika.
Viral hepatitis 'kills as many as Aids or TB'
Posted in Science on 8th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
Viral hepatitis is one of the leading killers across the globe, with a death toll that matches Aids or tuberculosis, research in the Lancet suggests.
Cheap blood test can discriminate between bacterial, viral infections, study finds
Posted in Medicine on 7th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
The overuse of antibiotics threatens to create a global scourge of antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens.