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WIFE of the Anambra Governor, Dr Nonye Soludo, has said that early testing, prompt treatment and proper follow-up during pregnancy can prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV and other infectious diseases. Soludo stated this on Tuesday in Awka at a one-day high-level stakeholders’ meeting on the Triple Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, Viral Hepatitis and

Researchers have identified a critical biological difference in how glioblastoma develops in male and female laboratory models, pinpointing an immune pathway that fuels tumor growth only in females.

A new gene therapy has been used to successfully treat a deadly childhood liver disease using mice that model this disease by researchers at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital.

There are now more than 1,000 confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and 267 people have died, local officials say.

Higher psoriasis (PsO) disease activity is independently associated with impairment in specific sleep domains, but not global sleep quality, according to a study published online May 29 in the Journal of Clinical Medicine.

SYDNEY, June 24 (Reuters) - Australian authorities ramped up surveillance and testing after two cases of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu were confirmed in migratory seabirds, as local media reported on Wednesday that several specimens were found dead on remote beaches.

SYDNEY, June 24 (Reuters) - Australian authorities ramped ⁠up surveillance and testing after two cases of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird ⁠flu were confirmed in migratory seabirds, as local media reported on Wednesday that ‌several specimens were found dead on remote beaches.

Two cases of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu were confirmed in migratory seabirds. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The roll-out of South Africa’s six-monthly HIV prevention medication lenacapavir (LEN) has to consider our other epidemic: TB

Australia's largest chicken meat buyer, Papua New Guinea, suspends Australian poultry and egg imports due to the H5N1 bird flu outbreak, even though Australian authorities say there is no evidence the virus has spread.