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02/10/2008
A third of gap year travellers fail to take malaria medication
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08/10/2008
Aids cure possible by 2012
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03/10/2008
Aids traced back 100 years
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02/10/2008
Bereaved mum issues malaria warning
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07/10/2008
Bird flu hits second Vietnamese province
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06/10/2008
Call to legalise homosexuality in India
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09/10/2008
Circumcision has 'some effect' on Aids infections
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06/10/2008
FDA approves new flu test
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02/10/2008
Half of Ugandans receive treatment
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03/10/2008
Health officials hunt 27 bus passengers
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09/10/2008
HIV tests for US 13-year-olds
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08/10/2008
Lungs shot better for flu
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06/10/2008
One-dose drug could 'revolutionise' malaria treatment
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03/10/2008
Shortage of aid workers
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07/10/2008
Stop corrupt health spending, thinktank urges
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Uganda will benefit most from malaria strategy
Rabies biggest infectious disease killer in China
According to the Chinese Ministry of Health, more than 4.7 million cases of infectious diseases were reported last year.
Nearly four in every 1,000 people were diagnosed with such a disease, which resulted in the deaths of 13,037 people, reports China Daily.
Of the 37 diseases reported, rabies was the main killer, while scarlet fever and measles were found to be the most increased form of respiratory tract infection to be reported.
Gao Qi, a project manager with the China HIV/Aids Information Network, told the paper: "But that doesn't mean the HIV/Aids situation is getting worse.
"The increase might be due to more screening tests."
The Health Protection Agency recently admitted that it was "not impossible" that Britain could face an outbreak of malaria and tick-born viruses over the next few years, if tropical temperatures and rain continue.
A spokesman for the Health Protection Agency told the Telegraph, said: "Malaria has been seen in these islands in the past, and it is not impossible that it will return regularly if the UK experiences more tropical temperatures and rain on the scale experienced last summer."
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