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Dengue is a viral infection caused by DENV and transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes. (Image: Shutterstock)Globally, the incidence of dengue is on the rise over the years, with a corresponding increase in disease…

Issued on: 30/08/2022 - 17:21 France's top administrative court on Tuesday gave the green light for the expulsion to Morocco of an imam accused of hate speech, Interior…

Researchers at McMaster University have unlocked an evolutionary mystery of a deadly pathogen responsible for fueling the superbug crisis: itcan reproduce by having sex. And while such fraternizing is infrequent, scientists report it could…

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Wednesday laid out three possible paths that the Covid-19 pandemic might follow in 2022 -- with a new, more virulent variant the worst-case scenario. The WHO said the most likely way forward was that…

With the detection of the ‘deltacron’ variant, which has characteristics of both the Delta and Omicron variants, experts pointed out that hybrid variants such as this need to be watched closely as they can pick up the best parts of both and…

The COVID-19 pandemic seems like it could wind down to an end soon, with Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel now joining the growing list of experts that believe the Omicron variant could be the pandemic's last stand.Bancel told CNBC's Squawk Box…

Oxford researchers announced Thursday the discovery of a highly virulent strain of HIV that has been lurking in the Netherlands for decades, but because of the effectiveness of modern treatments, is "no cause for alarm." Their analysis,…

As the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated, new mutations in viral genetic sequences can have significant impacts on the virus's transmissibility and the damage it causes. For many years, there have been concerns that this could…

Scientists have found a previously unrecognized variant of HIV that’s more virulent than usual and has quietly circulated in the Netherlands for the past few decades. Thursday’s report isn’t cause for alarm: HIV medicines worked just…

<!-- -->"There's no cause for alarm," said an Oxford epidemiologist (Representational)Washington: Oxford researchers announced Thursday the discovery of a highly virulent strain of HIV that has been lurking in the Netherlands for…