Tag Archives: microbiology
MURRIETA, California, December 22, 2011/PRNewswire via African Press Organization (APO)/ — The US Patent Office has awarded COPAN the much awaited patent for its flocked swabs invention for collection and transfer of biological samples. This grant, deriving from a very … read more »
Posted in Press Releases
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Tagged African Press Organization, California, COPAN, COPAN Flocked Swabs, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, microbiology, Patent, United States, United States Patent and Trademark Office
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January 12, 2011 by benim
Chicago – A leading medical group says there’s some evidence that probiotics, or “good” bacteria, may have limited benefits for certain illnesses in children. But the group says the science isn’t yet strong enough to advocate infant formulas containing probiotics. … read more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Health
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Tagged Actimel, Africa news, African news, Afrika, American Academy of Pediatrics, Australian Associated Press, Bacteria, Bacteriology, biology, breaking news, Chula Vista, Clinical pathology, Crohns disease, Digestive system, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, immune system, IndepthAfrica, infant formula, Infection, irritable bowel syndrome, Lactobacillus acidophilus, microbiology, News local news, newspapers, pathology, Probiotic, Probiotics, Social Issues, World news
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December 28, 2010 by benim
airo, Egypt- Since October 8, the H1N1 swine flu virus killed at least 56 people and 1,172 infected in Egypt, the top source reports. Since it was first reported there in June 2009, there are some 16,373 have been infected … read more »
Posted in Egypt, Health, News
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, Cairo, Disaster Accident, disasters-news, Egypt, Epidemics, flu pandemic, flu pandemic by country, flu pandemic in Europe, Health in the United States, IndepthAfrica, influenza, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Medicine, microbiology, News local news, newspapers, pandemics, swine flu, swine influenza, World news
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December 20, 2010 by benim
This was revealed by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi in a written response to a parliamentary question on Friday. “At least 4366 children under the age of a year died at national level. When the newborns are added, a total 8001 … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Children & Youth, Health, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Aaron Motsoaledi, Africa news, African news, AIDS, babies died, biology, breaking news, Cape Town, EThekwini, health-news, HIV, hiv/aids, Human Interest, Immunodeficiency, IndepthAfrica, infectious diseases, Jacob Zuma, Medicine, microbiology, News local news, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Pneumonia, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, South Africa, South Africa news, western cape, World news, Year of birth missing
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December 14, 2010 by benim
On the heels of World AIDS Day comes a stunning medical breakthrough: Doctors believe an HIV-positive man who underwent a stem cell transplant has been cured as a result of the procedure. Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the “Berlin … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Health, News
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Tagged AIDS, aids cure, aids epidemic, Berlin Patient, biology, breaking news, Canada, Cure For Aids, Cure For Hiv, Gero Hütter, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, HIV, HIV Cure, Hiv Cure 2010, Hiv Cured, HIV Man Cured, Hiv Positive Man Cured, Hiv Stem Cell, hiv/aids, Human Interest, Immunodeficiency, IndepthAfrica, local news, Man Cured Of Aids, Man Curred HIV, Medicine, microbiology, positive man, Ray Brown, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Social Issues, Timothy Ray Brown, toronto, Transplantation medicine, virology
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December 1, 2010 by benim
Both HIV prevalence rates and the numbers of people dying from AIDS vary greatly between African countries. In Somalia and Senegal the HIV prevalence is under 1% of the adult population, whereas in Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe around 10-15% of … read more »
Posted in AIDS / Humanitarian, AIDS/HIV, Analysis, Article, Health, Indepth Africa Magazine, News
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Tagged Africa news, African, AIDS, AIDS pandemic, biology, Circumcision and HIV, Health, Health Medical Pharma, HIV, hiv prevalence, hiv/aids, HIV/AIDS in Africa, HIV/AIDS in Botswana, Human Interest, Immunodeficiency, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Medicine, microbiology, Namibia, pandemics, Prevalence, prevalence rate, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Social Issues, Somalia, South Africa, Southern Africa, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, West Africa, Windhoek
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November 21, 2010 by benim
MANILA, Philippines — Some church members in Southeast Asia’s largest Roman Catholic nation praised Pope Benedict XVI for saying condom use might be justified in some cases, though Filipino bishops stressed Sunday the church leader still opposes contraceptives. Speaking to … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Global Issues, Health, Religion
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Tagged Austern Ivereigh, Benedict, biology, Condom, denpasar, German Catholic, hiv/aids, IndepthAfrica, Indonesia, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, lifestyle-news, medical technology, Michael Sidibe, microbiology, Peter Seewald, Pope Benedict XVI, Religion Belief, Religious views on birth control, sexual health, Social Issues
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November 17, 2010 by benim
Neighbouring Dominican Republic confirms first case of cholera Naked and destitute, she lies curled on one side, arms pulled protectively to her chest. But despite appearing the manifestation of human misery, no-one stops to even give her a second glance … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, Health
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Tagged Artibonite River, biology, Caribbean, Cholera, death toll, Disaster Accident, Environment, geography, Haiti, health-news, Hinche, IndepthAfrica, Medicine, microbiology, Military operations other than war, peace, Peacekeeping, Port-au-Prince, U.N., United Nations, United Nations peacekeeping, War Conflict
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November 15, 2010 by benim
Protesters in Haiti who blamed United Nations peacekeepers for the epidemic of cholera there rioted in two cities on Monday, hurling rocks and setting fire to a police station, police and eyewitnesses said. In the country’s second city of Cap-Haitien … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Artibonite River, biology, Caribbean, Cholera, death toll, Disaster Accident, Environment, geography, Haiti, health-news, Hinche, IndepthAfrica, Medicine, microbiology, Military operations other than war, peace, Peacekeeping, Port-au-Prince, U.N., United Nations, United Nations peacekeeping, War Conflict
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November 15, 2010 by benim
The death toll from Haiti’s cholera outbreak has soared to 917 as officials struggle to contain the growing epidemic threatening the quake-ravaged country. As concerns rise over massive health challenges in the aftermath of the country’s cataclysmic earthquake almost a … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, Health
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Tagged Artibonite River, biology, Caribbean, Cholera, death toll, Disaster Accident, Environment, Haiti, health-news, IndepthAfrica, Medicine, microbiology, Port-au-Prince, United Nations
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November 10, 2010 by benim
Health officials in Haiti are reporting a growing number of deaths and hospitalizations from cholera, as health workers fear an explosion of the disease in the crowded capital Port-au-Prince. The Ministry of Health says 643 people have died from the … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged biology, Caribbean, Cholera, cite soleil, Environment, Haiti, health-news, IndepthAfrica, Medicine, microbiology, Pan American Health Organization, Port-au-Prince, Waterborne diseases, Weather, World Health Organization, Zimbabwean cholera outbreak
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November 5, 2010 by benim
CHICAGO — Slight differences in five amino acids in a protein called HLA-B may explain why certain people resist the human immunodeficiency virus, U.S. researchers said on Thursday in a study that lends new clues about how to make a … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Health
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Tagged AIDS, biology, Chicago, DNA, Feline immunodeficiency virus, Harvard University, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, HIV, hiv vaccine, hiv/aids, HLA-B, Human Interest, immune system, Immunodeficiency, IndepthAfrica, Massachusetts General Hospital, Medicine, microbiology, Retroviruses, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Social Issues, Vaccine
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November 1, 2010 by benim
“Today I will start with a three-part sermon on: Jesus was HIV-positive,” South African Pastor Xola Skosana recently said in a Sunday church service. The words initially stunned his congregation in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township into silence, and then set … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Article, Health, News, Religion, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa news, AIDS, biology, Cape Times, Cape Town, Glossolalia, health-news, HIV, HIV positive people, Indepth Africa, jesus, Jesus had HIV, Khayelitsha, Linguistics, microbiology, Pastor Xola Skosana, Religion, Social Issues, South Africa, south african, South African Council of Churches
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October 29, 2010 by benim
Carol Apiyo* is struggling to cope with bitterness and anger towards her husband, whom she blames for infecting her with HIV; a few months ago, she tried to kill him by poisoning his food. Fortunately her husband recovered after treatment … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Health
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Tagged Africa news, AIDS, biology, Carol Apiyo, geography, Gulu Hospital, Health care provider, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, HIV, HIV test, hiv/aids, Immunodeficiency, IndepthAfrica, Initialisms, Kampala, microbiology, Retroviruses, Sexually transmitted disease, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Social Issues, Soroti, Uganda
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October 28, 2010 by benim
South Korean police have detained the woman, from the southern port of Busan. She tested HIV-positive in February and has since had sex with 20 men she met online, Yonhap news agency said. It quoted investigators as saying her father … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Asia, Global Issues, Health
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Tagged AIDS, Aki Hakkarainen, arrest warrant, biology, Busan, health-news, HIV, hiv/aids, HIV/AIDS in the Peoples Republic of China, Human Interest, Indepth Africa, Law Crime, Medicine, Men who have sex with men, microbiology, Police, Seoul, Sexually transmitted disease, Social Issues, South Korea
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October 27, 2010 by benim
Nearly 1,000 school children were feared to have swine flu or A H1N1 influenza in Namibia, the health ministry said Wednesday. “A total of 970 learners from two schools, one in the capital Windhoek and one in north-central Namibia had … read more »
Posted in Health, Namibia, News, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa news, child, Education, flu pandemic, flu pandemic by country, flu pandemic in Europe, flu pandemic in the United States by state, Health in the United States, health-news, IndepthAfrica, infectious disease, influenza, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Medicine, microbiology, Namibia, pandemics, Richard Kamwi, Special school, swine flu, swine influenza, Windhoek
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October 27, 2010 by benim
October 27, 2010 — Ethiopia and America on Wednesday agreed to a five-year partnership framework to through the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS relief (PEPFAR) to jointly expand and sustain an effective response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Ethiopia, … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, East Africa, Ethiopia, Health, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Africa news, Aid, AIDS, biology, Business Finance, Donald E. Booth, Ethiopia, Ethiopia Read More, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, HIV, hiv/aids, HIV/AIDS in Africa, HIV/AIDS in Egypt, Human Interest, Human Rights Watch, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Medicine, microbiology, pandemics, Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Social Issues, United States
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October 25, 2010 by benim
LAGOS, Nigeria — U.N. officials say Nigeria has seen more than 1,500 deaths from cholera this year, doubling the government’s most recent fatality count. Geneva-based UNICEF spokeswoman Marixie Mercado said Monday that as of Oct. 20, there were 1,555 deaths … read more »
Posted in Health, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Bacterial diseases, biology, Cholera, cholera deaths, cholera epidemic, cholerae bacterium, clean water, contaminated wells, Disaster Accident, El Tor, European, haiti cholera epidemic, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, Indepth Africa, Ingestion, Lagos, Medicine, microbiology, Nigeria, pandemics, sanitary sewer, Vibrio, Vibrio cholerae, Vibrionales
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October 24, 2010 by benim
PORT-AU-PRINCE — An epidemic of cholera that has ravaged northern and central Haiti killing 220 people has reached the country’s densely populated capital, according to UN health officials. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said in a statement late Saturday … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, Health
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Tagged biology, Caribbean, Catherine Bragg, Cholera, Disaster Accident, Environment, Haiti, health-news, Indepth Africa, Medicine, microbiology, Ouest Department, Outline of Haiti, Pan American Health Organization, Port-au-Prince, Social Issues, Trouin, United States
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October 23, 2010 by benim
The outbreak of cholera in Haiti has spread outside the rural Artibonite region, intensifying concerns that the disease could reach camps that house hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors in the capital. By early Saturday, nearly 200 people were confirmed dead and authorities said more than … read more »
Posted in America, Article, Global Issues, Multimedia, Video
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Tagged Arcahaie, Artibonite Department, Bacterial diseases, biology, Cholera, Disaster Accident, Drinking water, Environment, Gonâve Island, Haiti, health-news, Indepth Africa, Medicine, microbiology, Pan American Health Organization, pandemics, Port-au-Prince, Saint-Marc
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