This new GMO mosquito does not see humans… and does not bite them anymore!
To fight against the many diseases transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes by biting humans, researchers have genetically modified the eyes ...
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Insulin could play a vital role in controlling mosquito-borne viruses
This discovery could potentially limit the spread of dengue fever, Zika virus and West Nile virus. Viruses carried by mosquitoes ...
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Dengue fever, malaria, Zika… to reduce diseases, the UN wants to sterilize mosquitoes
To reduce the number of deaths due to infections spread by mosquito bites, the UN wants to try to reduce ...
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Dengue, Zika, Chikungunya: Google wants to eradicate disease-carrying mosquitoes
Google has launched a program to rid us of disease-carrying mosquitoes, without impacting the environment or the health of humans ...
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Yellow fever: a man urgently hospitalized in Paris after his return from Guyana
A Swiss had to be hospitalized urgently in Paris after being infected with the yellow fever virus in French Guiana. ...
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Researchers map potential spread of yellow fever virus around the world
A study recently published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO) mapped cities around the world that are ...
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Brazil experiences a wave of yellow fever
In Brazil, 76 people have died of yellow fever since July 2017. A health drama that has intensified for several ...
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Yellow fever: first death in Guyana for 19 years
Health agencies have already launched actions to eliminate the mosquito and prevent the appearance of new cases. Yellow fever is ...
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Travel: how to protect your health
Before going abroad, several precautions must be taken to avoid contracting yellow fever, malaria or Zika. Summer vacation is approaching. ...
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Japanese encephalitis: Africa confronted with the first indigenous case
Until then confined to Asia, the Japanese encephalitis virus is now present in Africa. A discovery made by chance by ...
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Brazil: fight against yellow fever intensifies in Rio
The Brazilian tourist capital has been invested in a massive vaccination campaign against yellow fever.In the state of Rio de ...
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Yellow fever in Brazil: new WHO recommendations
Vaccination against yellow fever is recommended for international travelers to rural areas in the states of Rio de Janeiro and ...
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Yellow fever: Brazil buys 12 million additional vaccines
Since last December, more than 1,300 people have been infected with the virus and 255 have died. The epidemic is ...
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Yellow fever: an epidemic worries Brazil
Brazilian health authorities are alerting to the outbreak of yellow fever that is raging in the state affected by the ...
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Yellow fever: 15 million people to be vaccinated in Angola and DRC
To limit the spread of the yellow fever epidemic in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the WHO ...
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Yellow fever: the virus is on the rise in Angola
Since January, more than 3,400 Angolans and 1,300 Congolese have reportedly been infected with the yellow fever virus, which has ...
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Yellow fever: WHO expands vaccination in Angola
The yellow fever epidemic continues to progress in Angola despite vaccination campaigns. They will be extended to border areas and ...
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DRC: yellow fever epidemic is declared
The authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have declared an epidemic of yellow fever in 3 provinces of ...
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Yellow fever: more than 1,000 cases reported in the DRC
Since the start of 2016, 1,044 people have reportedly been infected with yellow fever in the Democratic Republic of the ...
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Yellow fever: WHO is concerned about its spread
After being declared at the end of last December in Angola, the yellow fever epidemic is spreading strongly and affecting ...
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Yellow fever: countries threatened by the epidemic
As a yellow fever epidemic is raging in Angola, Pourquoidocteur takes stock of the countries at risk and the means ...
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Yellow fever: the Red Cross fears an international contagion
The International Federation of the Red Cross fears a global epidemic of yellow fever. The virus is already hitting several ...
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Yellow fever: epidemic alert in equatorial Africa
The World Health Organization is concerned about the epidemic situation in Angola, hard hit by yellow fever, which has already ...
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Yellow fever: 21 deaths in Congo
The yellow fever epidemic is spreading in Congo. Between January and March, 21 people died. In Angola, nearly 240 patients ...
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Shingles: the recommended vaccine for people over 65
The new immunization schedule recommends that people aged 65 to 74 be vaccinated against shingles. This vaccine can be administered ...
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Yellow fever in Angola: the death toll worsens with 125 dead
According to a latest report from the health authorities, the yellow fever epidemic, which is raging in Angola, has already ...
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Yellow fever epidemic: 51 deaths recorded in Angola
The yellow fever epidemic, which is raging in Angola, has already killed 51 people out of the 240 suspected cases ...
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