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Fighting against dengue fever in Nicaragua
A Nicaraguan Ministry of Health employee fumigates a house against mosquitoes, as part of a campaign to prevent the proliferation of dengue fever, in Managua on Tuesday.
Insight: Dengue vaccine in sight, after 70 years
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Dengue Vaccine May Be In Sight
A new study published in The Lancet on Tuesday shows that an effective and safe vaccine for dengue may be in sight. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), half of the world's population is at risk of dengue, a widespread ... Read Post
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Malaysia Releases GM Mosquitos Into Wild In Hopes Of Slowing Spread Of Dengue "Malaysia released about 6,000 genetically modified mosquitoes into a forest in the first experiment of its kind in Asia aimed at curbing dengue fever, of... Read Post
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Malaysia Considers GM Mosquito Release To Control Dengue Fever Malaysia is still "considering releasing" up to 3,000 mosquitoes that are genetically modified to "combat dengue fever, in a landmark field trial that has come in for cr... Read Post