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WHO exploring use of experimental treatments for Ebola
WHO is convening a panel of medical ethicists to evaluate the use of experimental treatments in the Ebola outbreak, according to a statement.
Monthly treatment reduced risk for malaria in Ugandan children
A monthly dose of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine was safe and effective in reducing young Ugandan children’s risk for malaria, according to study findings in PLoS Medicine.
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American Ebola patients back in US, receiving treatment
The two American patients who contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia have arrived in the United States and are in isolation at Emory University Hospital, according to an Emory press release.
MDA programs alone not enough to control schistosomiasis
Mass drug administration programs are not sufficient on their own to control schistosomiasis, according to researchers from Griffith Health Institute at Griffith University in Australia.
Artemisinin resistance spreading through Southeast Asia
Artemisinin resistance has developed in Plasmodium falciparum in border regions of Southeast Asia, according to a report in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Chikungunya awareness needed as disease hits the US
Chikungunya virus has, quite unexpectedly and quickly, taken the Caribbean by storm. The first case in the region was reported in mid-December among residents of the French side of Saint Martin. It was the first time the virus was identified among non-travelers in the Western Hemisphere.
MERS may be airborne
A research team from Saudi Arabia detected Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS, coronavirus in air samples taken from a barn that sheltered a camel infected with the virus, according to new data published in mBio.
Researchers explore plant remedy for malaria
The NIH has awarded a 3-year, $420,000 grant to a research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts to test a plant-based therapy for malaria that has been in use for thousands of years, according to the university.
First locally acquired case of chikungunya reported in US
The CDC today confirmed the first autochthonous case of chikungunya virus infection in the United States. The case was reported in a man in Florida who had no recent travel history.
6 infectious disease types that continue to burden US
There have been major advances in the control and prevention of infectious diseases in the United States, but some diseases continue to pose serious threats to human health and require immediate action from health care professionals, according to experts.
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