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Egypt Wiped Out Hepatitis C. Now It Is Trying to Help the Rest of Africa.
Effective drugs that have made the disease curable have yet to reach most of the region.
Published by By Stephanie Nolen in Health
Egypt Wiped Out Hepatitis C. Now It Is Trying to Help the Rest of Africa.
Effective drugs that have made the disease curable have yet to reach most of the region.
publicat de By Stephanie NolenUnvaccinated and Vulnerable: Children Drive Surge in Deadly Outbreaks
About 60 million “zero-dose children” have not received any vaccines and have aged out of routine immunization programs. Protecting them will require a costly vaccination blitz.
publicat de By Stephanie NolenInsecticides Can’t Stop These Mosquitoes. Now What?
With mosquitoes evolving to evade bed nets and common insecticides, scientists are experimenting with new ways to block them.
publicat de By Stephanie NolenUnleashing a New Weapon on the Mosquito: A Mosquito
Scientists have found a way to inject a bacteria into mosquitoes that neutralizes deadly viruses they carry.
publicat de By Stephanie NolenOne Village, Two Houses — and a New Tactic to Win the War on Mosquitoes
A different way of thinking about mosquito-borne diseases could save billions of dollars, and end them for good, some health experts believe.
publicat de By Stephanie NolenThe Gamble: Can Genetically Modified Mosquitoes End Disease?
Working on a remote island, scientists think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease — and do it in just a few months. But governments are wary.
publicat de By Stephanie NolenAn Invasive Mosquito Threatens Catastrophe in Africa
A malaria-carrying species that thrives in urban areas and resists all insecticides is causing outbreaks in places that have rarely faced the disease.
publicat de By Stephanie NolenMosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress
Climate change and the rapid evolution of the insect have helped drive up malaria deaths and brought dengue and other mosquito-borne viruses to places that never had to worry about them.
publicat de By Stephanie Nolen