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Advances in electron microscopy reveal secrets of HIV
Nov 18, 2014 (SPX)
UC Davis researchers are getting a new look at the workings of HIV and other viruses thanks to new techniques in electron microscopy developed on campus. The en...
World Bank proposes global epidemic fund in wake of Ebola
Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)
World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim warned Tuesday that the Ebola outbreak in west Africa could trigger famine, and called for the creation of an international emerge...
80 million bacteria sealed with a kiss
Nov 18, 2014 (SPX)
As many as 80 million bacteria are transferred during a 10 second kiss, according to research published in the open access journal Microbiome. The study also fo...
'Contagious' bird flu outbreaks on Dutch, British farms
Nov 17, 2014 (AFP)
Dutch officials were on Monday checking poultry farms for a highly infectious strain of bird flu following outbreaks of similar strains of the virus in Britain ...
Chinese medics in Liberia to beef up Ebola fight
Nov 16, 2014 (AFP)
A large team of Chinese health workers arrived in Liberia to boost the Ebola fight as a US-based doctor infected in Sierra Leone was described as being "extreme...
Ebola a stark reminder of link between humans, animals, environment
Nov 14, 2014 (SPX)
For many, global public health seems like an abstract and distant problem - until the Ebola virus is diagnosed among people in our midst. Though no one would ca...
Single-dose, needle-free Ebola vaccine protects macaques
Nov 13, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists have demonstrated for the first time that a single-dose, needleless Ebola vaccine given to primates through their noses and lungs protected them agai...
US scales back troop plans for Ebola fight in Liberia
Nov 12, 2014 (AFP)
The US military has scaled back plans for its mission in Liberia to fight the Ebola outbreak, and will deploy a maximum of 3,000 troops instead of 4,000, a comm...
Ebola spread boosts British 'Plague Inc' online game
Nov 11, 2014 (AFP)
The Ebola epidemic has led to a boom in downloads for the online game "Plague Inc", prompting its British developer to launch a charity initiative and offer it ...
'Stupidity virus' discovered, scientists say
Nov 11, 2014 (UPI)
Having a dumb and dumber kind of day? It might not be your fault. American researchers think they have found a virus that knocks a handful of points off the IQ ...
Dengue's spread flies under the radar amid Ebola scare
Nov 09, 2014 (AFP)
One of the most familiar sounds in Malaysia's capital is the approaching drone of a fumigation fogger spewing thick white plumes of insecticide, part of so-far ...
Researchers Develop New Model to Study Epidemics
Nov 09, 2014 (SPX)
For decades, scientists have been perfecting models of how contagions spread, but newly published research takes the first steps into building a model that incl...
Fewer Ebola infections through burials
Nov 07, 2014 (AFP)
Far fewer people are being infected with the deadly Ebola virus through unsafe burials thanks to vigorous efforts to make them safer, the World Health Organizat...
New step towards eradication of H5N1 bird flu
Nov 05, 2014 (SPX)
A University of Adelaide-led project has developed a new test that can distinguish between birds that have been vaccinated against the H5N1 strain of avian infl...
Scientists see mechanism for spontaneous HIV 'cure'
Nov 04, 2014 (AFP)
French scientists claimed Tuesday to have found the genetic mechanism for a "spontaneous cure" in two HIV-infected men, proposing a new strategy for combating A...
Nasal spray may offer long-lasting protection from Ebola virus
Nov 04, 2014 (SPX)
A nasal vaccine in development by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin has been shown to provide long-term protection for non-human primates against...
China to quarantine Ebola doctors returning from W Africa: official
Nov 03, 2014 (AFP)
China will quarantine medical staff who work with Ebola patients in West Africa for 21 days after they return from duty, a senior health official said Monday. D...
Legacy of SARS in Asia offers lessons for Ebola fight
Nov 02, 2014 (AFP)
The SARS outbreak of 2003 put Hong Kong on the frontline of a global health crisis -- but the city's ultimately successful war on the virus offers lessons for t...
Flu or Ebola? US hospitals prepare for a confusing season
Oct 31, 2014 (AFP)
After weeks of Ebola panic, false alarms and quibbles over quarantine in the United States, health authorities are bracing for a new battle: flu season. The end...
US envoy says France can do more to fight Ebola
Oct 31, 2014 (AFP)
Returning from a trip to inspect efforts to fight Ebola in West Africa, US Ambassador Samantha Power said France, Canada and Belgium could do more to help fello...
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