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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.

Researchers have identified a new group of powerful Ebola-fighting antibodies from the blood of a survivor of the 2014 outbreak of the deadly disease.

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.

Researchers from Belgium have discovered a mechanism for the better survival of implanted cells that improves in the healing of bone fractures.

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.

New fathers please take note! Men who are stressed can put their children at an increased risk of diabetes, an interesting study has found.

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.

A drug used for Type-2 diabetes may prevent recurrent stroke and heart attacks in people with insulin resistance but without diabetes, new research has found.

Researchers have identified autoantibodies immune proteins found in the blood that fight one's own proteins that can potentially detect lung cancer early by distinguishing between smokers with or without lung cancer.