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Mosquito Genes Could Be Target in Malaria Fight
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Researchers say they have identified genes that make some African malaria-carrying mosquitoes resistant to insecticide, and hope the breakthrough could boost efforts to prevent the deadly disease. Reuters Health Information
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Drug-Resistant TB Killed 150,000 in 2008
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Multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis killed 150,000 people in 2008 and infects between 400,000 and 500,000 people globally, according to World Health Organization estimates released on Thursday. Reuters Health Information
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Once Daily Oral Amoxicillin Effective in Pediatric Pharyngitis
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Once-daily therapy with amoxicillin is as effective as twice daily penicillin V in the treatment of children with group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal (GABHS) pharyngitis, New Zealand researchers report in the June issue of the Archives of Disease in Childhood. Reuters Health Information
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