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A boy with dengue fever receives medical oxygen while laying on a bed at the Quirino hospital in Quezon city in the suburbs of Manila, August 14, 2012.

Test of New Dengue Vaccine Shows Promise

Clinical trails for advanced vaccine against dengue fever protected children against three of the four strains, but not the most common type More

A red ribbon, the symbol of the worldwide campaign against AIDS.

Scientists Seek HIV Vaccine Using Monkey Model

Proposed vaccine would trigger T cell response More

Primary school children line up for trachoma medicine in Buniantole, eastern Uganda. September 12, 2012. (Hilary Heuler/VOA)

Uganda's Poorest Villages Tackle Diseases

In Uganda, government has new plan to tackle range of tropical diseases that have been neglected for years More

Ebola virus

Suspected Ebola Deaths Double in DRC

World Health Organization says the death toll has risen from 14 to 31 since September 5 More

Oil slick flows at the base of the mangrove at Bodo creek, outside Nigeria's oil hub city of Port Harcourt August 2, 2012.

Nigerians Demand Oil Spill Clean-up

UN study found drinking water with 900 times the carcinogens considered safe and as much as 8 cm of oil floating in groundwater More

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Children eat a meal at a school in a shanty neighborhood of New Delhi, India, Sept. 13, 2012.

UNICEF Reports Sharp Decline in Child Mortality Rate

Less than 7 million kids under age 5 died last year, compared to nearly 12 million in 1990
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A new international study finds vitamin D can lower the risk of respiratory infections in babies.

Report: Fewer Children Under Age 5 Are Dying

It says the number of deaths is down by at least 50 percent in many parts of the world
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Mosquitoes are sorted at the Dallas County mosquito lab in Dallas, Aug. 16, 2012.

US Reports Record Outbreak of West Nile Virus

CDC says more than 2,500 cases have been reported, with 118 deaths
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Women gather to collect water at the Yusuf Batil refugee camp in Upper Nile, South Sudan, July 4, 2012.

South Sudan's Aid Workers Concerned About Flood of Sudanese Refugees

U.N. fearful that another influx would quickly undo gains as charities struggle to maintain services in remote, waterlogged camps
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Scientists: Popular Students More Likely to Smoke

Scientists: Popular Students More Likely to Smoke

Results come from four studies conducted over a 10-year period in the U.S. and Mexico
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A magician performs during the Nat - or spirits - festival at Taungbyone village, near Mandalay, Burma, August 21, 2010.

Video Burmese AIDS Patients Face Obstacles

Annual religious event provides rare opportunity for gay community to network in open, get tested by health workers
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India / Drugs / Patent

Indian Case Could Impact Availability of Generic Drugs

Case could have a far-reaching impact on India's booming low-cost generic drug industry, which supplies critical medicines for patients across the world
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Patients work out and do physical therapy at Britain’s National Spinal Injuries Center, where the hospital still uses sports as an important part of its rehabilitation program, and they are proud of their link to the Paralympics, in Stoke Mandeville, Brit

Paralympics Inspire Patients Back Where Games Began

Concept of competitive sports for disabled people began 60 years ago at Britain’s National Spinal Injuries Center, only 75 kilometers from London's Olympic Park
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