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Scientists find chemical that causes 'kidney' failure in mosquitoes
May 30, 2013 (SPX)
An Ohio State University researcher and his collaborators have discovered a chemical that causes "kidney" failure in mosquitoes, which may pave the way to the d...
Early progress in antibody protection from deadly flu
May 29, 2013 (AFP)
Studies on lab animals have shown early success in a type of gene therapy that may prevent the spread of pandemic flu, including historic lethal strains from 19...
China province to abolish teacher HIV tests: report
May 28, 2013 (AFP)
A Chinese province is likely to abolish mandatory HIV tests for teachers, state media said Tuesday, making it the first region on the mainland to eliminate the ...
Confirmed cases of H7N9 bird flu drug resistance: study
May 28, 2013 (AFP)
Laboratory tests have revealed resistance in some H7N9 bird flu patients to the only available treatment, said virologists who unveiled "concerning" study resul...
Vaccine hopes for hand, foot, mouth disease
May 28, 2013 (AFP)
Researchers in China said Wednesday a trial vaccine provided "significant" protection against a virus that can cause potentially deadly hand, foot and mouth dis...
No new H7N9 cases in China for second week: government
May 27, 2013 (AFP)
No new human cases of the deadly H7N9 bird flu strain were recorded in China for the second week in a row, national health authorities said Monday, suggesting t...
Saudi to send animal samples to US in coronavirus probe
May 24, 2013 (AFP)
Saudi Arabia said Friday it would send samples taken from animals possibly infected with a deadly SARS-like virus to the United States for testing in a bid to f...
H7N9 bird flu can spread in mammals: study
May 23, 2013 (AFP)
The H7N9 strain of bird flu can spread among ferrets and could do the same among humans under certain conditions, according to lab animal studies on the virus p...
SARS-like virus patent complicating diagnosis: Saudi
May 23, 2013 (AFP)
Saudi Arabia lamented Thursday that foreign drug companies had patented the new SARS-like virus that has killed 22 people worldwide in less than a year, slowing...
Flu vaccine also linked to narcolepsy in adults: study
May 23, 2013 (AFP)
Finnish researchers unveiled new data Thursday to link the Pandemrix flu vaccine to a higher risk of the sleeping disorder narcolepsy in adults. Other studies h...
AIDS scientists optimistic of AIDS cure, for some
May 22, 2013 (AFP)
Top AIDS scientists were optimistic Wednesday of finding a cure for the disease that has claimed 30 million lives -- but said it might not work for all people. ...
Concept flu vaccine may protect against many strains
May 22, 2013 (AFP)
Scientists unveiled a concept vaccine against flu Wednesday they said may protect against various strains with a single jab. Tested in ferrets, considered good ...
World not ready for mass flu outbreak: WHO
May 21, 2013 (AFP)
The world is unprepared for a massive virus outbreak, the deputy chief of the World Health Organization warned Tuesday, amid fears that H7N9 bird flu striking C...
No new H7N9 cases in China for a week: government
May 21, 2013 (AFP)
No new human cases of the H7N9 virus have been recorded in China for a week, national health authorities said, for the first time since the outbreak began in Ma...
Bird flu costs China industry $65 bn: state media
May 20, 2013 (AFP)
China's human H7N9 bird flu outbreak has cost the country's poultry industry more than 400 billion yuan ($65 billion) as consumers shun chicken, government offi...
'Gap' for HIV vaccine efforts after latest setback
May 18, 2013 (AFP)
The hunt for an HIV vaccine has gobbled up $8 billion in the past decade, and the failure of the most recent efficacy trial has delivered yet another setback to...
AIDS science at 30: 'Cure' now part of lexicon
May 18, 2013 (AFP)
Big names in medicine are set to give an upbeat assessment of the war on AIDS on Tuesday, 30 years after French researchers identified the virus that causes the...
H1N1 discovered in marine mammals
May 17, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, detected the H1N1 (2009) virus in free-ranging northern elephant seals off the central California coast a yea...
China bird flu devastates Shanghai family
May 16, 2013 (AFP)
The virus has already killed her mother, and Kelly Gu's father lies critically ill with H7N9 bird flu in a Shanghai hospital bed -- the only couple both infecte...
Russia has 'no anti-AIDS strategy': official
May 16, 2013 (AFP)
There is no government strategy to fight the spread of AIDS in Russia, where the number of deaths caused by the disease continues to grow, a senior healthcare o...
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