Disease
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Mystery disease kills 1 in Andhra's Eluru, over 300 people affected; Centre rushes teams
India | Dec 07, 2020, 06:22 PM ISTAndhra Pradesh's mystery disease has claimed one life and affected about 350 people so far. The authorities are yet to ascertain the sudden illness in people in and around Eluru. Meanwhile, the Central government rushed teams to the state for an urgent visit.
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Central team to visit Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday to investigate mysterious disease
India | Dec 07, 2020, 06:15 PM ISTA central team will visit Andhra Pradesh to investigate a mysterious disease that has begun spreading in the state's Eluru city claiming one life and affecting around 350 people so far.
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Andhra Pradesh baffled with mystery disease, over 100 hospitalised
India | Dec 06, 2020, 04:37 PM ISTA strange illness has struck Andhra Pradesh where several people reported strange illness. The patients have been reporting symptoms like nausea, foam in the mouth since Saturday.
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7 dead, 60 infected by new infectious disease in China: Report
World | Aug 05, 2020, 08:15 PM ISTA new infectious disease caused by a tick-borne virus has killed seven people and infected 60 others in China, official media in Beijing reported on Wednesday, warning about the possibility of its human-to-human transmission.
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Speech-generated droplets and COVID-19 transmission
News | May 15, 2020, 11:55 AM ISTResearchers report that airborne droplets produced through speech could be a potentially significant mode of COVID-19 transmission.
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Disease control strategies impact evolution of spreading viruses: Study
Science | May 13, 2020, 12:00 PM ISTDisease control strategies employed by governments can dramatically alter the evolution of pathogens like the novel coronavirus, according to a study which says such measures can change the extent of symptoms a spreading virus causes in infected individuals.
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Low-dose aspirin mitigates liver cancer risk: Study
Lifestyle | Mar 14, 2020, 12:24 PM ISTAmong adults at high risk of liver cancer, those who took low-dose aspirin were less likely to develop the disease or to die from liver-related causes.
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Watch India TV's Exclusive report on Coronavirus
News | Feb 14, 2020, 08:41 PM ISTThe novel coronavirus situation in the country was under control, the Union Health Secretary said on Friday after a meeting to review preparedness for prevention and management of the deadly infection.
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'How malaria parasite traffics between host cells decoded'
India | Dec 27, 2019, 01:24 PM ISTResearchers conducted a study on the interaction of the malaria parasite with the human red blood cells, the study was aimed at shedding more light on this complex interplay.
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Malaria carrying mosquitoes sense insecticide with leg proteins: Study
Science | Dec 26, 2019, 11:14 AM ISTIn a first, researchers have shown that proteins in the legs of malaria carrying mosquitoes help them develop resistant to insecticides, an advance that may lead to new strategies against the disease which kills nearly 4,00,000 people each year.
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Satellite and drone images predicts how a tropical disease spreads
Science | Oct 29, 2019, 03:07 PM ISTAccording to Wood, once researchers know the association between snail presence and particular habitat features, they can use drone and satellite imagery to detect those habitat features.
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As water recedes in flood-hit Punjab, threat of epidemic diseases emerges
India | Aug 23, 2019, 04:23 PM ISTThe prime concern for the state health authorities is the possible outbreak of epidemic diseases in the flood-hit areas once the water vanishes, Jalandhar Medical Officer A S Duggal said.
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Cold-parenting may lead to premature ageing in offspring
Health | Jun 03, 2019, 12:42 PM ISTAccording to a study, unsupportive parenting styles may have several negative health implications for children including premature ageing and higher disease risk later in life.
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Delhi: 3-year-old suffers from Gaucher disease; seeks help from PM Modi
India | Oct 25, 2018, 03:19 PM ISTFather of the kid works as an Arabic interpreter. He earns around Rs 8,000 a month.
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Kerala Floods: Woman dies of rat fever; death toll reaches 15
India | Sep 02, 2018, 02:26 PM ISTAs on Sunday, 40 cases of leptospirosis were reported in the state. Kozhikode reported 28 such cases while the rest were from Alappuzha, Thrissur and Pathanamthitta.
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Irrfan Khan tweets he has been diagnosed with a ‘rare disease’. Deets inside
Bollywood | Mar 05, 2018, 06:18 PM ISTIrrfan has shared that he has a rare disease and has requested people not to speculate.
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Can ants’ antibiotics help to heal humans? Here’s what science has to say
Health | Feb 07, 2018, 10:45 AM ISTThe study identified that some ant species make use of powerful antimicrobial agents.
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Scientists devise a battery that runs on your saliva
Lifestyle | Aug 09, 2017, 02:56 PM ISTThe battery was created by building microbial fuel cells with inactive, freeze-dried exoelectrogenic cells.
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Hate mosquitoes? Here’s why wiping them off completely can do more harm than good to nature
Lifestyle | Jul 14, 2017, 11:30 AM ISTDo you know only small percentage of total mosquito species spread diseases?
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Death toll reaches to 1,170 in Yemen cholera outbreak, according to WHO
Lifestyle | Jun 21, 2017, 06:36 PM ISTWHO has warned the citizens of Yemen that a quarter of a million people could fall sick with the disease cholera by the end of the year there.