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The usual treatments are failing 60% of the time in some regions of Cambodia, scientists say. Via Andy Dorn 
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New vaccine trial in South Africa builds on previous RV144 study to bring in more effective prevention of infection Via Andy Dorn
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The Zika epidemic raised key questions over how we tackle outbreaks of disease, and from whose perspective we treat them Via Andy Dorn
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Latest news, politics, business and sport from Thailand and Asean, plus features, opinion and multimedia from across Southeast Asia. Via Andy Dorn
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It’s no secret that Americans have gotten much, much bigger over the past few decades. The signs are all around us, from XXXL clothing sizes to supersize movie seats and even coffins. Via Andy Dorn
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The 2000 Aids conference in Durban shocked the world into action. Now, a new crisis looms, one fuelled by drug resistance, costly treatments and the lack of power many women have in sexual relationships Via Andy Dorn
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A toilet or safe drinking water? The stark choice facing many people in rural India | Priyanka Pulla
India’s ambitious sanitation drive has created a health hazard, with many toilets built cheek by jowl with family water supplies Via Andy Dorn
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The spread of Zika is the price being paid for a massive policy failure on mosquito control, says World Health Organization leader Margaret Chan. Via Andy Dorn
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For most of human history, we have sought to treat and cure diseases. But only in recent decades did it become possible to ensure that a particular disease never threatens humanity again. Julie Gar... Via Andy Dorn
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See where people are suffering under the burden of HIV the most in the world and the new steps President Obama is taking to help. Via Mr. David Burton
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Jake McCormick's phone is unusually silent. October should be a busy time for the safari specialist scheduling holiday getaways, but because of Ebola - almost no one is booking a trip to Africa.
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Kent College History's curator insight,
January 11, 2017 5:53 AM
'The influenza or flu pandemic of 1918 to 1919, the deadliest in modern history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide–about one-third of the planet’s population at the time–and killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million victims.'
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Scientists in Brazil are preparing to release millions of factory-bred mosquitoes in an attempt to wipe out their distant cousins that carry tropical diseases. The insects' method: have sex and then die. Via mrhill
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Early tests by UK universities give grounds for optimism after patient shows no sign of virus following treatment Via Andy Dorn
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Another 30 countries, including China and Iran, could be next to be delivered from scourge that kills 400,000 every year Via Andy Dorn
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Latest news, politics, business and sport from Thailand and Asean, plus features, opinion and multimedia from across Southeast Asia. Via Andy Dorn
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With a huge middle class and a resurgent economy, the conditions that have left 50 million children with stunted growth aren’t just unfair – they’re eminently fixable Via Andy Dorn
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The CDC has determined a county’s vulnerability with a recipe that includes high rates of fatal overdoses, prescription opioid sales and searing poverty Via Andy Dorn
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Latest news, politics, business and sport from Thailand and Asean, plus features, opinion and multimedia from across Southeast Asia. Via Andy Dorn
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Bill Gates introduces Mosquito Week on his personal blog, the Gates Notes. Everything posted this week is dedicated to this deadly creature. Mosquitoes carry devastating diseases like malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, and encephalitis. Via mrhill
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Thailand is bracing itself for an even worse 2016 with experts warning the number of infections may be on par with the 1987 mega-outbreak. Via Andy Dorn
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Cancer, dementia, heart disease and new – or new strains of – infectious diseases are what modern westerners are dying of now Via mrhill
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