Virus
New push aims to find cure for Aids virus
June 01, 2011More investment is needed to find a cure for HIV, the new head of the International Aids Society has said. Bertrand Audoin admits this might take as long as 25 years, but he says a cure is the only way to keep ahead of the HIV epidemic in the long term...
Number of pneumonia cases up by 40 per cent in Moldova
January 19, 2011The number of pneumonia cases increased by 42 per cent in the second week of 2011 against the first week. The deputy director of the National Centre of Public Health, Stela Gheorghita, said that the number of lethal cases caused by acute upper respiratory...
Swine flu offers 'extraordinary super immunity'
January 11, 2011People who recover from swine flu may be left with an extraordinary natural ability to fight off flu viruses, findings suggests. In beating a bout of H1N1 the body makes antibodies that can kill many other flu strains, a study in the Journal of Experimental...
Drug 'can greatly reduce risk of HIV infection'
November 24, 2010A drug used to treat HIV-positive patients may offer gay and bisexual men some protection against contracting the virus, the authors of a new study say. Trials of the combination drug Truvada among nearly 2,500 men suggested it could reduce the...
BBC: Setback for cervical cancer test hopes
March 21, 2010By Helen Briggs Testing for human papillomavirus during cervical screening does not help doctors identify women at risk of cancer, a study suggests. A positive HPV test does not accurately predict which women need an urgent follow-up, say doctors...
Moldova's central authorities assist Transnistria to fight flu
November 12, 2009The Moldovan authorities have transferred 600 doses of the anti-influenza A (H1N1) vaccine "Tamiflu" to Transnistria, the governmental press service communicated. According to the statement, the doses have already been transferred to the clinic...
Swine flu patients to be treated for free in Moldova
November 11, 2009The treatment of the Moldovan citizens infected with the influenza A (H1N1) virus will be free of charge at the cost of the Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund. According to the Ministry of Health, the state budget allocated 31.2 million lei ($3 million...
Swine Flu follies: Reactions and overreactions to virus's spread
November 10, 2009As the swine-flu virus continues to spread through the Balkans and the former Soviet Union, the measures taken by some governments range from bizarre and befuddled to possibly political. Moldova: Add Politics And Stir In Moldova, which has 269 confirmed...
Moldova reports second lethal case of swine flu
November 04, 2009The second lethal case of swine flu has been registered in Moldova. The victim is a 35-year-old man who has recently returned from Russia. According to Deputy Health Minister Oleg Lozan, the man came to Moldova on Thursday evening [29 October]. The...
Ten more swine flu cases confirmed in Moldova
November 03, 2009Ten more cases of the influenza A (H1N1) virus have been confirmed in Moldova for the last two days. Thus, the total number of persons, infected with the swine flu, reached 28 people, one of them was a man aged 50 died. According to the Ministry of Health...