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The microbes you inhale on the New York City subway
Apr 29, 2013 (SPX)
The microbial population in the air of the New York City subway system is nearly identical to that of ambient air on the city streets. This research, published ...
Two antibodies show promise blocking MERS virus
Apr 28, 2013 (UPI)
Researchers in China have identified two promising antibodies capable of blocking MERS infection -- a bit of hopeful news for health officials after MERS-relate...
Chinese premier urges vigilance against bird flu
Apr 28, 2013 (AFP)
China's premier on Sunday urged authorities to be vigilant against a new strain of bird flu that has killed 23 people, while saying that efforts to tackle the v...
H7N9 bird flu spreads to central China's Hunan
Apr 27, 2013 (AFP)
China's deadly outbreak of H7N9 bird flu has spread to the central province of Hunan, local health authorities said Saturday, the third announcement in three da...
Asia on guard as Taiwan reports first bird flu case
Apr 25, 2013 (AFP)
Asian countries on Thursday urged renewed vigilance against a spread of H7N9 bird flu after Taiwan reported a case of the deadly strain, the world's first outsi...
H7N9 bird flu: Lancet study confirms poultry as source
Apr 25, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese researchers reporting in The Lancet on Thursday confirmed poultry as a source of H7N9 flu among humans but said they found no evidence of person-to-pers...
HIV vaccine trial ends in failure: official
Apr 25, 2013 (AFP)
US authorities announced Thursday they have halted clinical trials of an experimental vaccine designed to halt the virus that leads to AIDS after discovering it...
H7N9 flu 'one of most lethal' says WHO as spreads to Taiwan
Apr 24, 2013 (AFP)
International experts probing China's deadly H7N9 bird flu virus said Wednesday it was "one of the most lethal influenza viruses" seen so far as Taiwan reported...
China bird flu spreads to new province
Apr 23, 2013 (AFP)
China on Tuesday said the H7N9 bird flu had spread to a new area as it confirmed the first case in the eastern province of Shandong in an outbreak which has so ...
Half of Tamiflu prescriptions went unused during 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic
Apr 22, 2013 (SPX)
A new study concludes that approximately half of the prescriptions of Tamiflu during the 2009-10 influenza pandemic went unused in England. The unused medicatio...
No 'sustained' human-to-human transmission of bird flu: WHO
Apr 22, 2013 (AFP)
A World Health Organisation official reiterated Monday there is still no evidence that a new strain of deadly bird flu is passing in a "sustained" fashion from ...
Discovery may help prevent HIV 'reservoirs' from forming
Apr 19, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered how the protein that blocks HIV-1 from multiplying in white blood cells...
Experts probe human-to-human spread of China bird flu
Apr 19, 2013 (AFP)
Experts from the UN's health agency are examining whether the H7N9 bird flu virus is spreading among humans, after a cluster of cases among relatives, but downp...
New bird flu strain seen adapting to mammals, humans
Apr 18, 2013 (SPX)
A genetic analysis of the avian flu virus responsible for at least nine human deaths in China portrays a virus evolving to adapt to human cells, raising concern...
Beijing H7N9 bird flu victim leaves hospital
Apr 17, 2013 (AFP)
A seven-year-old girl who contracted the H7N9 strain of bird flu left hospital on Wednesday and appeared before media in an apparent bid by health authorities t...
Online pictures of dead birds spur China flu openness
Apr 16, 2013 (AFP)
Photos of 10 dead sparrows on a Chinese pavement which went viral on social media and drew a swift official response show how hard covering up a bird flu outbre...
International experts to probe H7N9 flu in China: WHO
Apr 16, 2013 (AFP)
International experts are poised to head to China to probe the outbreak of H7N9 bird flu which has claimed 14 lives, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday....
Russian toddler contracts HIV from transfusion
Apr 15, 2013 (AFP)
Doctors in Russia accidentally infected a 16-month-old girl with HIV during a blood transfusion, investigators said Monday, opening a criminal probe into the ca...
China H7N9 bird flu area spreads, two new deaths: govt
Apr 14, 2013 (AFP)
China's H7N9 bird flu spread west to the central province of Henan on Sunday, as government websites and state media reported two deaths and 11 new cases nation...
Bird flu vaccine 'many months' away
Apr 13, 2013 (AFP)
US public health experts said developing a vaccine for the H7N9 strain of bird flu could take "many months", as China seeks to control an outbreak which had kil...
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