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Guinea Successfully Eliminates Human African Trypanosomiasis AKA Sleeping Sickness: WHO Report
Guinea, a country in West Africa has successfully eradicated the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) ...
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Guinea Eliminates Human African Trypanosomiasis As a Public Health Problem
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Guinea for eliminating the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis as a public health problem. This form of human African trypanosomiasis, the ...
allAfrica.com on MSN7h
Africa: WHO Verifies Niger As the First Country in the African Region to Eliminate Onchocerciasis
Press Release - The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa ...
Guinea has wiped out sleeping sickness – will the rest of Africa follow?
Sleeping sickness is no longer a health threat in Guinea, which may be a tipping point in the continent’s efforts to beat the ...
Zika uses human skin as 'mosquito magnet' to spread virus further, new research shows
Zika transmission has been reported in more than 90 countries as the spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries the ...
Bats harbor tons of deadly viruses but don't get sick. Scientists may have just discovered why
Yet until recently, scientists didn’t fully understand why bats are so good at harboring pathogens that don’t seem to harm ...
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Venomous Caterpillars Are Expanding Their Range Due to Warming
These caterpillars carry a toxic chemical cocktail and Inquisition-like delivery implements— and their geographic range is ...
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Microplastics: The hidden threat in our environment and bodies
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine analyzed artery-clogging plaques from over 250 patients and found ...