New genetic control tools to combat dengue and chikungunya DNA India | Ahmedabad: With the invention of new genetic tools, the financial burden caused by the likes of dengue and chikungunya can substantially be reduced in the country, a study released in Ahmedabad said. | As per the study carried out by Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), India's es...
Role of nutrition on risk of dengue virus infection disapproved Newstrack India | Washington, Mar 7 (ANI): A new study has disapproved reports that well-fed children are more vulnerable to the dengue virus. | The study by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators says that mosquitoes spread the virus, which can cause severe flu-like symptoms and sometimes-lethal...
Vignan students take part in NSS camp The Hindu | Staff Reporter | GUNTUR: A four-day special NSS camp organized by Vignan University, Vadlamudi at Salapadu, is giving good result. NSS volunteers who have been taking part in the camp held between March 8 and March 12 have taken up tree plantation ...
Seven dengue hotspots in KL The Star | THE Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has identified seven more dengue "hotspots" in the city. | Its Corporate Communication manager, Anwar Mohd Zain, said three of the hotspots were at the People Housing Projects in Taman Mulia, Desa Tun Razak and Air...
MBSA to crack the whip The Star | jade@thestar.com.my | THE Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) will be starting an operation to confiscate the assets of property owners who have not been paying maintenance fees for 10 to 15 years, said Shah Alam mayor Mazalan Md Noor. | "One of the reas...
No proof atom-smasher will end world The Siasat Daily | Germany, March 09: A German woman's fear Earth is to be sucked into oblivion in a black hole has failed in a court bid to halt the world's most powerful atom-smasher. | The Constitutional Court in the western Germany city of Karlsruhe threw out the...
First remote controlled street lights in India The Siasat Daily | New Delhi, March 09: In a bid to conserve energy, the capital’s main civic agency Tuesday launched the country’s first remote-controlled street lights that can be switched on and off using an internet-enabled main server located in the heart of...
VIETNAM: Government leads region in climate change challenge IRINnews web | HANOI, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - Serious efforts are under way to respond to the impact of climate change in Vietnam but a lack of capacity and resources remains a challenge, experts say. | Vietnam has been identified as one of 12 countries at high...
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Brazil to vaccinate 90m against A/H1N1 flu China Daily | RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian Health Minister Jose Gomes Temporao said on Monday that some 90 million people would be vaccinated against A/H1N1 flu in a nationwide campaign to start...
Dengue battle goes on The Star | OFFICERS from the Federal Territory Health Department and representatives from Reckitt Benckiser greeted city folk returning from festive celebrations at the Sungai Besi toll boo...
Biotech needs capital, summit attendees are told Kansas City Star More News | The marketplace should be drooling. | Bioactive glass that turns to bone and releases healing ions. Early cancer detection with urine tests. Vaccines for dengue fever. | One expert after another talked about laboratory wonders and the pro...
The dance boss who hasn't seen a GP for 42 years... thanks to natural remedies ... The Daily Mail | Alternative approach: Debbie Moore saw a homeopath for pneumonia | Feverish, with a high temperature and a dreadful pain in her chest, Debbie Moore knew she needed medical attention, but the Pineapple Studios boss decided against seeing a doctor. |...
Massive dengue eradication programme planned for CP Sri Lanka News web | Governor of Central Province Tikiri Kobbekaduwa, has taken a decision to destroy breeding places of dengue mosquitoes in Central Province which depicts increased spreading of the dreaded disease. | The Governor said that a dengue eradication pr...
46 died, 6,190 fell ill with dengue in January, February — report Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines -- Dengue cases went up to 6,236 cases in the first two months of 2010, an 11 percent-increase over last year's figures (5,616) in the same period, the National Epidemiology Center (NEC) of the Department of Health (DOH) said Mo...
Real Madrid's Iker Casillas: Today We Need The Bernabeu Like We Need To Eat Goal Casillas has stressed the need for the crowd to drive Los Blancos forward against Lyon... | By Cyrus C. Malek | Share Speaking in an interview with Spanish sports daily AS just hours before Real Madrid play for their Champions League lives against Lyon, Iker Casillas spoke of the importance for the fans to support their team. | "We need the Be...
INTERVIEW - Court ruling will not affect Italy ops - Google The Star | ROME (Reuters) - A senior Google Inc. executive dismissed any impact on the company's Italian business from a court ruling on a cyber-bullying case, as the company unveiled a deal with the Italian government to digitise books. A photo of the Google Inc. logo is shown on a computer screen in San Francisco, California in this July 16, 2009 file pho...
