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Could botox cousin reduce malaria?
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 28 (ANI): Scientists have discovered an environment-friendly toxin belonging to botox family that selectively targets mosquitos and could reduce malaria.
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HDFC ERGO launches cover for vector borne diseases
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] May 13 (ANI/NewsVoir): HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company, India's third-largest non-life insurance provider in the private sector, today announced the launch of 'Mosquito Disease Protection Policy'.
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NPCS launches book on household cleaning, personal care products
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The 2nd edition of the book titled "Surfactants, Disinfectants, Cleaners, Toiletries, Personal Care Products Manufacturing and Formulations (Phenyl, Naphthalene Ball, Mosquito Coil, Floor Cleaner, Glass Cleaner, Toilet Cleaner, Utensil Clean
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Mosquito-borne diseases set to flourish as climate gets warmer
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 15 (ANI): A recent study has claimed that with the climate getting warmer with every passing year, the geographical range of vector-borne diseases such as chikungunya, dengue fever, leishmaniasis, and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is expanding rapidly.
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Play Skrillex to prevent mosquito bites, new study reveals
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], April 3 (ANI): Hot and humid summer days are ahead and the weather is perfect for the good, old blood-sucking mosquitoes to unleash themselves and make lives even more miserable. But if you want to protect yourself from the pesky monsters, ditch the traditional repel
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West Nile Fever: Health Ministry reviews preparedness in Kerala
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Mallapuram (Kerala) [India], Mar 20 (ANI): The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, along with officials from National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reviewed the current situation, state preparedness and action taken to deal with West Nile Fever (WNF) here after a minor boy in the distri
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Mosquitoes can hear up to 10 metres away
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 8 (ANI): A new study, conducted by researchers at Cornell and Binghamton University now finds that mosquitoes can hear over distances much greater than anyone suspected.
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Mosquito that transmits malaria detected in Ethiopia for first time
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Jan 15 (ANI): Mosquito that transmits malaria has been detected for the first time in Ethiopia. The study led by a Baylor University researcher says that the discovery points towards more people being put at risk for malaria in new regions.
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Researchers discover way for 'mosquito birth control'
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 08 (ANI): According to studies, more than 500 million people around the world suffer from diseases transmitted by mosquitoes including malaria, Dengue Fever, Zika and West Nile.
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Spurt in dengue cases in Hyderabad
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Nov 11 (ANI): The cases of dengue have shot up in Hyderabad city over the past few weeks, with at least 135 people being diagnosed with the vector-borne disease this year so far.
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Congress MLA calls PM Modi 'dengue mosquito'
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Sholapur (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 28 (ANI): Raking up a controversy, Congress MLA Praniti Shinde called Prime Minister Narendra Modi ‘a dengue mosquito’ while addressing a rally in Maharashtra.
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Dengue - A continuing global threat
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 11 (ANI): Dengue fever is a painful, debilitating mosquito-borne disease caused by dengue viruses. Each year, an estimated 400 million people globally are infected with the virus; about 100 million get progressively sick and 2.5 percent of those patients die. It is the
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