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Experts sound warning over flu dangers in China, India
Mar 11, 2015 (AFP)
Scientists sounded warnings Wednesday over H7N9 bird flu in China and the H1N1 strain of swine flu in India that have jointly claimed more than 1,700 lives. H7N...
Briton diagnosed with Ebola in Sierra Leone: London
Mar 11, 2015 (AFP)
A female British healthcare worker has been diagnosed with Ebola in Sierra Leone, authorities in London said Wednesday, and a military plane has been sent to ev...
Scanner targets HIV boltholes in boost for cure
Mar 09, 2015 (AFP)
Real-time imaging in lab monkeys has pointed to the havens where HIV lurks after being beaten back by drugs, scientists said on Monday. The achievement may prov...
Dengue deaths on rise in Sao Paulo
Mar 07, 2015 (AFP)
Cases of dengue fever are on the rise in Sao Paulo, with a nearly eightfold increase that saw 24 people die in Brazil's most populous state so far this year, th...
The hidden burden of dengue fever in West Africa
Mar 04, 2015 (SPX)
Misdiagnosis of febrile illnesses as malaria is a continuing problem in Africa. A new study shows that in Ghana, dengue fever is circulating in urban areas and ...
Origins of AIDS virus strains traced to gorillas
Mar 03, 2015 (AFP)
Two of four strains of the virus that can cause AIDS come from gorillas in southwestern Cameroon, an international team of scientists reported in studies publis...
Cholera epidemic kills 41 in Mozambique
Mar 02, 2015 (AFP)
The death toll from a cholera epidemic in Mozambique that broke out after widespread flooding has risen by almost 50 percent in two weeks to 41, health official...
Zombie outbreak? Statistical mechanics reveal the ideal hideout
Mar 02, 2015 (SPX)
A team of Cornell University researchers focusing on a fictional zombie outbreak as an approach to disease modeling suggests heading for the hills, in the Rocki...
Parasitism runs deep in malaria's family tree
Feb 27, 2015 (SPX)
The ancestors of a large family of parasites - including those that cause malaria - were equipped to become parasites much earlier in their lineage than previou...
Quick test for Ebola
Feb 25, 2015 (SPX)
When diagnosing a case of Ebola, time is of the essence. However, existing diagnostic tests take at least a day or two to yield results, preventing health care ...
WHO calls for vaccinations against European measles epidemic
Feb 25, 2015 (AFP)
The World Health Organization on called on European nations Wednesday to step up vaccinations against the highly contagious measles virus after an outbreak of o...
Indian city bans gatherings over swine flu outbreak
Feb 24, 2015 (AFP)
An Indian city has banned public gatherings to contain the spread of deadly swine flu after thousands were infected with the virus, officials said Tuesday. Auth...
Black Death: Don't blame the rats, it was the gerbils
Feb 24, 2015 (UPI)
In the 14th century, Black Death spread across Europe and central Asia, killing nearly half of the western continent's population. Until now, black rats have sh...
More infectious diseases emerging because of climate change
Feb 18, 2015 (SPX)
The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable result of climate change, says a noted zo...
New drug shields monkeys from AIDS: study
Feb 18, 2015 (AFP)
Scientists said Wednesday a new drug tested on monkeys provided an astonishingly effective shield against an animal version of the AIDS virus, a major gain in t...
Flu shot protects against new strain H7N9: study
Feb 17, 2015 (AFP)
The flu vaccine may not have protected most people against influenza circulating widely this season, but a study Tuesday showed it was effective against the new...
Death toll rises to 28 in Mozambique cholera epidemic
Feb 16, 2015 (AFP)
The death toll from a cholera epidemic in Mozambique that broke out after widespread flooding has climbed to 28, the government said Monday. There are fears the...
Schools reopen as Liberia turns page on Ebola epidemic
Feb 16, 2015 (AFP)
Children trickled back to school in Liberia on Monday after the restart of lessons that had been delayed for months by the deadly Ebola outbreak, as the country...
Ebola virus may have been present in West Africa long before 2014 outbreak
Feb 15, 2015 (SPX)
It is not known what triggered the transmission of Ebola virus from its natural host to humans and the rapid human-to-human spread of the deadly virus throughou...
Bubonic bottleneck: UNC scientists overturn dogma on the plague
Feb 13, 2015 (SPX)
For decades, scientists have thought the bacteria that cause the bubonic plague hijack host cells at the site of a fleabite and are then taken to the lymph node...
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