After taming malaria, Singapore fights dengue
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Did you forget to empty the stale water in the bottom of your flower pot? In tropical Singapore, you could be fined S$100 if environmental inspectors find mosquito larvae in your home because of such carelessness.
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A startup company says new test results show their genetically modified mosquitoes can combat tropical diseases and crop pests. There are skeptics, however.
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Rescuers battled to reach survivors in stranded villages, restore basic services and prevent the outbreak of deadly diseases across South Asia on Tuesday in the aftermath of a massive undersea earthquake and subsequent tsunami that ravaged the region.
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The battle against dengue fever is being won in Vietnam thanks to a tiny water predator, experts say.
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An epidemic caused by a little-known virus has broken out on a group of islands in the western Pacific Ocean, as warmer weather and heavy rain fuel the spread of mosquito-borne diseases in many parts of the world.
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ROCKVILLE, Maryland  - In a nondescript office park tucked between a hospital and a strip mall thrive hundreds of thousands of the most infectious malaria-carrying mosquitoes ever born.
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In a new study, researchers present molecular evidence to show that malaria parasites in Africa that are resistant to the drug pyrimethamine actually originated in southeast Asia.
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PALANGAKARAYA, Indonesia  - It used to be malaria that gave people fevers in Indonesia's remote, mosquito-infested peatlands.
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Widespread use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets and state-of-the-art drugs has succeeded in cutting malaria deaths in half in two countries most heavily affected by the disease, the World Health Organization is reporting today.
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Mosquitoes' thirst for sugar could prove to be the answer for eliminating malaria and other mosquito-transmitted diseases, say scientists.
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Tens of thousands of tsunami survivors are at risk from diseases spread by dirty water, mosquitoes and crowding.
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Outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases in northern and southern India left ordinarily overburdened hospitals and clinics swamped with patients Wednesday, and officials said at least 87 people had succumbed to the infections.
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Health workers from France, Argentina, Brazil and Cuba have joined their Paraguayan counterparts in battling an outbreak of dengue that has claimed 10 lives this year, Health Minister Oscar Martinez said Tuesday.
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SINGAPORE : Singapore is unlikely to go the way of Thailand in the fight against AIDS, at least where public education campaigns promoting condom use are concerned.
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MAE SOT, Thailand  - Simmering civil war, fake drugs and a non-existent health service in Myanmar are creating the perfect breeding ground for new, drug-resistant strains of killer diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis.
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The number of AIDS cases in Singapore has risen to record highs this year. The country wants to make it compulsory for pregnant women to have HIV/AIDS screening.
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Dec 21, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - Overcoming the threat of avian influenza is the single most pressing agricultural and public health issue facing Southeast Asia, Singapore&#39;s minister of state for national development, Cedric Foo, said yesterday in opening a