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Researchers Use GPS, PDAs For Malaria Prevention in Africa, Study Says

CDC researchers have developed new tools using GPS technology and PDAs to help prevent the spread of malaria in Africa, according to a study published




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Android Application Developed to Monitor Stress

Researchers from Cambridge University have developed a smart phone application to detect the user's stress levels. The Android Remote Sensing App




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New Model Helps Predict Dengue Fever Epidemic in Urban Areas

SIR-Network Model - new mathematical model offers a simplified approach to studying the spread of dengue fever in urban areas. The model is




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Nanoparticle Effectively Vaccinates Mice Against Dengue Fever

New type of nanoparticle developed by scientists effectively vaccinated mice against dengue virus. The findings of the study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.




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Dengue Fever Kills Over 100 People in Kerala

Kerala is in the grip of fever deaths including dengue. People in Kerala are in a panic mode, with fever claiming nearby villages since the onset of monsoon.




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Prior Infection With Dengue Lowers Zika Disease Severity

People who are infected by Zika virus are less likely to fall ill if they had dengue fever before than individuals with Zika virus who never had dengue, reveals a new study.




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Indoor Spraying Prevents Dengue

Indoor spraying includes indoor residual spraying (IRS) and indoor space spraying (ISS), which involves spraying of insecticides inside the house shows




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Common Toiletry Antimicrobial Compound Prevents Malarial Spread

Target genes in the malaria parasite can be inhibited by triclosan, an antimicrobial compound used in soap, toothpaste, deodorant and many other products, finds a new study.




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Mosquito Bites Might Be Prevented Using Graphene-Lined Clothing

Mosquito bites now could be prevented using clothes made up of the nanomaterial graphene, which is also a material actively used is a lot of products from solar cells to tennis rackets.




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Possible New Therapeutic Strategy for Severe Dengue Disease

Nafamostat mesylate, a tryptase inhibitor, can treat severe dengue disease, according to the team of researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School. The




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Dengue Prevention: Artificially-infected Mosquitoes may Hold Key to Halting Dengue Spread

Releasing mosquitoes infected with a type of bacteria could wipe out the spread of dengue, thereby reducing global dengue cases by 90 percent, reports a new study.




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Good News to Mothers: Breastfeeding Helps Prevent Diabetes

Highlights: Breastfeeding may lower a woman's risk of developing diabetes later in life Pregnant women wi




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Tax-News.com: Canada Revenue Agency To Improve Digital Platform

The Canada Revenue Agency is to collaborate with an association of tax preparation and software firms to improve the digital services it provides to taxpayers.




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Tax-News.com: OECD States Tapped VAT, CIT To Achieve Record Revenues In 2017

Last year, the tax burden in OECD countries reached its highest level recorded, at 34.2 percent of gross domestic product, up 20 basis points on 2016, largely due to increasing taxes on personal consumption and companies.




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Tax-News.com: Fraud At Record Levels, New BDO Report Says

BDO, the accountancy and business advisory firm, has released a report into the rapidly growing issue businesses and governments face with fraud, including tax fraud.




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Investigational Drug to Prevent Heart Disease May Treat Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian cancer cells become detached from their point of origin and shift using fats as an energy source, according to Benjamin Bitler, PhD, and CU Cancer




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Rivaroxaban Better in Preventing Blood Clots After Ortho Surgeries

Rivaroxaban lowers the chance of serious thromboembolism more in people recovering from orthopedic surgery requiring immobilization compared to Enoxaparin,




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Life-threatening Side Effects of Hydroxychloroquine Revealed

Hydroxychloroquine shows weak evidence of its effectiveness against coronavirus in the new study. The drug has been identified by the US Food and




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New Malaria Vaccine Candidate Revealed

A promising new strategy for combating malaria, a mosquito-borne parasite that claims nearly a half-million lives each year has been discovered by researchers.




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Tax-News.com: OECD Says Digital Tax Plans Will Boost Most States' Revenues

During a February 13, 2020, webcast, the OECD presented economic analysis on the potential impact of what it has proposed on international tax reform to address the digitalization of the economy.




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Tax-News.com: Malta Levels Tax On Debt, Equity Financing

Malta has enacted rules removing the bias in favor of debt financing by creating a notional interest deduction for equity financing.




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Tax-News.com: OECD States Tapped VAT, CIT To Achieve Record Revenues In 2017

Last year, the tax burden in OECD countries reached its highest level recorded, at 34.2 percent of gross domestic product, up 20 basis points on 2016, largely due to increasing taxes on personal consumption and companies.




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Tax-News.com: Hong Kong Tables Bill For Research And Development Tax Breaks

The Hong Kong Government has released a draft bill containing its 2017 proposal to provide an enhanced tax deduction for research and development expenditure.




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Novel Treatment Strategy Developed Against MERS

Highlights: A new treatment strategy against MERS has been developed It uses drugs that regulate a cellular/




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Tax-News.com: HMRC Schedules Webinars On New Construction Services Reverse Charge

The UK tax agency has announced that it has scheduled two new webinars to support the construction industry to come to terms with the new VAT reverse charge being introduced on building and construction services from October 1.




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Tax-News.com: UK To Close Property Developer Offshore Tax Loophole

The United Kingdom has legislated to stop property developers from using offshore structures in the Crown Dependencies to avoid UK tax on profits.




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Tax-News.com: Irish Revenue Issues Guidance On COVID-19 Corporate Tax Return Deferral

The Irish Revenue has updated its guidance on the impact on relief claims of the late filing of corporate tax returns, in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.




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Tax-News.com: OECD Releases Seven Dispute Resolution Peer Review Reports

The OECD has released new stage two peer reviews on seven countries' implementation of the BEPS Action 14 minimum standard, on improving tax dispute resolution, covering Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Sweden.




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Intermittent Fasting Helps Prevent Disease

Intermittent fasting has worked on the liver to help prevent disease, stated researchers in Australia. The findings will help medical scientists working




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Condoms and Vaccines to Prevent Human Papillomavirus

Among gay men, public health campaigns should highlight complementary role of both condoms and vaccines to prevent human papillomavirus (HPV), according




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More Than 1 Million New Curable Sexually Transmitted Infections Every Day: Study

Among people aged 15-49 years, every day, there are more than 1 million new cases of curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs), revealed data released today by the World Health Organization.




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Blocking Zinc Uptake Could Prevent Gonorrhea Infection

Blocking key mineral zinc uptake was found to stop gonorrhea infection, the widespread sexually transmitted infection, revealed study by the Institute




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Natural Product to Rebuild Teeth and Treat Dental Cavities Developed

Suffering from dental cavities? This convenient and natural product developed by researchers could rebuild teeth and treat cavities without today's costly and uncomfortable treatments.




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Material That Could Regenerate Dental Enamel Developed

New approach developed by Queen Mary University of London researchers can create materials with remarkable precision and order that look and behave like dental enamel.




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Water Fluoridation May Prevent Dental Decay

Water Fluoridation may reduce dental decay in U.S. children and adolescents, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the iJournal of Dental Research/i.




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Experts Seek More Active Prevention of Tooth Decay for Kids

Dentist's drill may not be the best way to deal with tooth decay in children's teeth, according to a new study. And, there is no proof that conventional




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Tooth Decay Prevention: Get Rid of Cavities Using a Bioactive Peptide

Preventing tooth decay now becomes easy using a bioactive peptide that coats the tooth surface, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published




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Press Release: Sustainable Development Goals Offer Unique Opportunity to Transform Management of Critical Water Resources

Targets that promote efficient, nationally and locally appropriate water use will be key to achieving the SDGs.





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Press Release: Space technology to help develop flood insurance for India’s farmers

Experts meet in Patna to discuss new initiative that could “future‐proof” one million smallholders.






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Press Release: Developing the water resources of Western Nepal

A new project is being launched in Kathmandu that will help shape the future of water resources development in Nepal.




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Press Release: New “pay-monthly” poop removal system could revolutionize sanitation in developing world, says new study

Research conducted in Bangladesh could have dramatic implications both for poor households and the entire wastewater value chain.




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Cutting Air Pollution can Boost Health, Prevent Deaths

Air pollution kills millions of people day-by-day. Breathing dirty air also increases the global burden of asthma, respiratory diseases, heart diseases,




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Ways To Deal With Pollution Issues of Pharma Waste Revealed

Global Data offers ways to deal with two main problems-waste and carbon-which the pharma industry faces today along with its possible solutions. Allie




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Bio-Medical Waste: 800 To 1,000 Kg Generated Everyday in Haryana

In Haryana, 800 to 1,000 kg of medical waste is generated everyday. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Director General of Urban Local Body (ULB): "We and health




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PreventiOnWeb.net: Change in behaviour needed for improved drought management in Jordan and the MENA region

To better understand the risk factors and the effects of drought in the region, IWMI conducted a survey of 400 commercial fruit farms in Jordan, one the most water-scarce countries in the world.



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The Globe Post: This humble fly could change food waste forever

It is about time that we see these creatures as less of a nuisance to be avoided, and more of a “super-fly” with the ability to help us solve global food and energy problems at once.




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Devex: How satellite images could improve water management in Africa

“One of the big challenges of dealing with water resource management is: How are you going to manage something if you can't measure it?” said William Rex, senior adviser at the International Water Management Institute.