Researchers have found a strain of bacteria that can infect mosquitoes and make them resistant to the malaria parasite.
The study, in the journal Science, showed the parasite struggled to survive in infected mosquitoes.
Malaria is spread between people by the insects so it is hoped that giving mosquitoes malaria immunity could reduce human cases.
Experts said this was a first, distant prospect for malaria control.
Malaria is a major global disease. The World Health Organisation estimates that 220 million people are infected annually and 660,000 die.
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The deadly coronavirus is spreading through contaminated kidney dialysis machines and because health workers are not following international infection control procedures, medical sources in the Al-Ahsa health department told a local newspaper.
The virus has killed seven people in Al-Ahsa, with a further six people reportedly infected over the last two weeks. The situation has caused panic among health workers, visitors and patients in the region.
Read MoreJEDDAH — Two more people died of SARS-like virus in Al-Ahsa Tuesday. In view of reports of the recent cases of deaths, the Philippine Embassy has advised all Filipinos to take preventive measures and to learn about the symptoms of the novel coronavirus.
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MOH Confirms 7th Coronavirus Death in Al-Ahsa
Another person in the eastern town of Al-Ahsa died of coronavirus infection, bringing to seven the death toll in the past few days, the Ministry of Health said today.
While calling for increased vigilance, the MOH said in a statement that there is no cause for alarm as the spread of the new respiratory virus is considered "limited".
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One of the last three reported victims of coronavirus infection in Al-Ahsa have died, the Ministry of Health said last night.
This brings to six the number of deaths in the eastern town due to the new respiratory virus in the last few days.
On Thursday, the health ministry said in a statement that five people have died and two other patients were in critical condition. It later added that three more cases were discovered, including one in intensive care.
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Three more people have been diagnosed with coronavirus, raising the number of victims to 10.
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JEDDAH — Dr. Ahmad Abu Khatwah, environmental adviser at Jeddah Mayoralty, said dengue fever cases in Jeddah have reached 150 cases a week.
He said the rate is alarming as it is the highest since 2006 when there were an average of 70 cases a week. The total number of recorded dengue fever cases so far this year reached 1,300 cases, and field teams from the municipality on a daily basis disinfects about 600 new sites where mosquitoes breed.
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Twelve new cases of dengue fever have been discovered in the neighborhoods of south Jeddah last week.
Dr. Sami Badawood, director general of Jeddah Health Affairs at the Ministry of Health, yesterday confirmed that the cases were discovered after the patients visited public hospitals complaining of high temperature accompanied with skin rash and acute intestinal pain, body aches and an inability to concentrate.
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Researchers believe that there will be a breakthrough in finding a cure for HIV “within months”.
Danish scientists are expecting results that will show that “finding a mass-distributable and affordable cure to HIV is possible”.
They are conducting clinical trials to test a “novel strategy” in which the HIV virus is stripped from human DNA and destroyed permanently by the immune system.
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20 Cases of Measles a Day are Now Being Diagnosed in Swansea Epidemic
he number of confirmed cases of measles in the Swansea epidemic has risen to 588, health officials in Wales said today.
The latest figures show that 40 new cases of the disease have been diagnosed since Wednesday.
Up to 20 new cases a day are being reported by GPs, with 109 new ones in a week over the Easter period.
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