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  • A total of 16,744 people died as a result of infectious diseases in China in 2015, official data revealed.In 2015, there were more than 6.4 million cases of infectious diseases reported, said the National Health and Family Planning Commission.

  • A team of US researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist, has developed a simple blood test that can accurately diagnose active tuberculosis (TB) - a disease that globally infects 9.6 million people each year and kills 1.5 million.

  • Scientists have shown that a hormone instrumental in the ageing process is under genetic control, introducing a new mechanism by which genetics regulate ageing and disease.

  • India will for the first time host the International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID), which aims to discuss a slew of infections-related healthcare challenges relevant to the country and growing in importance globally.

  • A new treatment for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has been found to protect mice from infection, according to a study.MERS, a disease that can cause severe respiratory symptoms and has a death rate of 40 percent, has killed nearly 600 people since it was first discovered four years ago in Saudi Arabia.

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