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parasites
Clinical tips: Worms, Worms, Worms
Should parents be seeking prevention of worms in children? Karalyn Huxhagen takes a look… The school holidays are here again, and parents will present to community pharmacy with requests for …
Clinical tips: head lice
Louis Roller takes a look at the bane of parents everywhere: head lice Head lice or nits (Pediculus humanus capitus) are small, wingless insects that live, breed and feed on …
BMJ article withdrawn over media exposure
A parasite study has been removed from a medical journal after a couple’s intimate photographs were broadcast by tabloids The British Medical Journal (BMJ) has pulled one of its January …
Malaria vaccine world first could be a step closer
A malaria vaccine could be a step closer as Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria welcomed news that the European Medicines Agency …