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World Malaria Day: call to close gaps in prevention and treatment to defeat malaria

WHO is calling on the global health community to urgently address significant gaps in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of malaria. Despite dramatic declines in malaria cases and deaths since 2000, more than half a million lives are still lost to this preventable disease each year.

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Many Breast Cancer Patients Still Opt for Mastectomy Over Lump Removal

Better pre-surgical chemotherapy means more of the breast can safely be saved, researchers say.

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Ebola Outbreak May Have Led to Almost 11,000 Additional Malaria Deaths: Study

Overwhelmed systems caused deadly disruptions in health care, experts say.

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Malaria kills 1,200 children a day: UNICEF

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Nearly 8 million children in Sudan to be immunized against measles following deadly outbreak – UNICEF

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A child receives a vaccination in Sudan.

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Global vaccination targets ‘off-track’ warns WHO

Progress towards global vaccination targets for 2015 is far off-track with 1 in 5 children still missing out on routine life-saving immunizations that could avert 1.5 million deaths each year from preventable diseases. In the lead-up to World Immunization Week 2015 (24–30 April), WHO is calling for renewed efforts to get progress back on course.

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Babies May Be More Sensitive to Pain Than Adults

Study of newborns upends some longstanding beliefs.

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3.8 Million Chickens To Be Killed After Bird Flu Outbreak at Iowa Farm

Experts stress this strain poses little risk to humans.

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Could High-Dose Insulin Prevent Type 1 Diabetes in High-Risk Kids?

Study found daily capsules of the natural hormone triggered protective immune response.

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Drugs that activate brain stem cells may reverse multiple sclerosis

NIH-funded study identifies over-the-counter compounds that may replace damaged cells

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An artist’s representation of the study. Scientists found that certain drugs were able to promote remyelination in mouse models of multiple sclerosis.

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