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HIV's sweet tooth is its downfall
Jun 05, 2015 (SPX)
HIV has a voracious sweet tooth, which turns out to be its Achilles' heel, reports a new study from Northwestern Medicine and Vanderbilt University. After the v...
Pentagon admits wider problem with anthrax shipments
Jun 03, 2015 (AFP)
The US military admitted Wednesday a problem involving mistaken shipments of live anthrax is much worse than previously reported, with samples of the lethal bac...
Lung condition of S. Korean MERS patient in China worsens: report
Jun 02, 2015 (AFP)
The lung condition of a South Korean man who entered China with the deadly MERS virus had worsened and he was on a respirator, state media reported Tuesday. The...
Why you need one vaccine for measles and many for the flu
Jun 02, 2015 (SPX)
While the influenza virus mutates constantly and requires a yearly shot that offers a certain percentage of protection, old reliable measles needs only a two-do...
US military confirms more anthrax blunders
Jun 02, 2015 (AFP)
A US Army lab sent a live sample of anthrax to Canada by mistake and may have sent the deadly bacteria to the Pentagon's police force as well, officials said Tu...
Total of 77 people had contact with MERS patient: China
Jun 01, 2015 (AFP)
China is searching for 13 people who came into contact with the first person to enter the country with the MERS virus, health officials said, adding that 64 had...
Live anthrax sent to Australia: US officials
May 29, 2015 (AFP)
US authorities investigating the mistaken shipment of live anthrax by a military lab have discovered another batch of the lethal bacteria dating back to 2008, s...
18 labs may have received live anthrax samples: US officials
May 29, 2015 (AFP)
A total of 18 laboratories may have accidentally received live samples of anthrax shipped out by the American military, US authorities said Thursday. But as of ...
S. Korea confirms 12 MERS cases
May 29, 2015 (AFP)
South Korea confirmed five MERS cases Friday, bringing the total number of patients infected with the potentially deadly virus to 12, including a man who defied...
Progress toward forecasting the spread of infectious diseases
May 28, 2015 (SPX)
The chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is quickly spreading through the Western Hemisphere; as of May 15, 2015, the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) had tallied c...
S. Korea reports seven MERS cases, one suspect flies to China
May 28, 2015 (AFP)
South Korea said Thursday it had confirmed two more MERS virus infections, bringing the total number of cases to seven, as one suspected victim ignored warnings...
US military accidentally shipped live anthrax sample to lab
May 27, 2015 (AFP)
The US military accidentally shipped at least one live anthrax sample across the country to a commercial lab in Maryland but there was no public health threat f...
Ukraine faces looming HIV treatment shortage
May 27, 2015 (AFP)
A group of Ukrainians infected with HIV warned on Wednesday that thousands could soon perish because the war-torn country was running out of treatment for the v...
Ebola vaccine closer after researchers find virus' Achilles heel
May 27, 2015 (AFP)
US researchers believe they may have pinpointed the Achilles heel of the Ebola virus, which could hold the key to developing an effective preventative vaccine. ...
Forecasting future infectious disease outbreaks
May 25, 2015 (SPX)
Machine learning can pinpoint rodent species that harbor diseases and geographic hotspots vulnerable to new parasites and pathogens. So reports a new study in t...
Experimental Ebola treatment boosts survival in mice
May 22, 2015 (SPX)
The number of new Ebola cases is tapering off, but the search for new treatments continues. Now, one research team has found potential drug candidates that succ...
Damming and damning hemorrhagic diseases
May 15, 2015 (SPX)
A potential mechanism to combat diseases caused by haemorrhagic fever viruses has been discovered by researchers at the University of Montreal's Department of B...
Engineering bacteria to design vaccines
May 14, 2015 (SPX)
The EU-funded MycoSynVac project combines gene engineering and biotechnology to design a novel veterinary vaccine chassis based on the bacterium Mycoplasma pneu...
AIDS expert flays Kremlin, says Russia's HIV epidemic worsening
May 14, 2015 (AFP)
Russia's top AIDS expert lambasted the Kremlin's increasingly conservative agenda Thursday, saying the HIV epidemic is worsening and at least two million Russia...
Scientists aim to forecast West Nile outbreaks
May 13, 2015 (SPX)
New research has identified correlations between weather conditions and the occurrence of West Nile virus disease in the United States, raising the possibility ...
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