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China reports year's second fatal case of bird flu
Feb 23, 2013 (AFP)
A man in southwestern China has died of bird flu, health authorities said Saturday, becoming the second fatality from the H5N1 virus this year. The 31-year-old ...
Text messages help cholera fight in Mozambique
Feb 21, 2013 (AFP)
As Mozambique struggles to recover from the worst flooding in more than a decade, aid agencies are pioneering the use of mobile phones to distribute aid and, th...
Humans and chimps share genetic strategy in battle against pathogens
Feb 19, 2013 (SPX)
A genome-wide analysis searching for evidence of long-lived balancing selection-where the evolutionary process acts not to select the single best adaptation but...
Cold resistance runs in genes
Feb 15, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
British researchers have found a cold resistance gene in the DNA of indigenous Siberian tribes, which helps them survive in the harsh local environment. A team ...
Cambodia reports sixth bird flu death this year
Feb 13, 2013 (AFP)
A three-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, bringing the country's toll from the deadly virus to six so far this year, the World Health Organisation...
Flood-hit Mozambique battles cholera outbreak
Feb 13, 2013 (AFP)
Aid workers in flood-hit Mozambique said they were fighting to contain an outbreak of cholera Wednesday, which has sickened 282 people. Cholera had struck three...
Can you predict how a disease will spread in a population?
Feb 12, 2013 (SPX)
How, when and where a pathogen is transmitted between two individuals in a population is crucial in understanding and predicting how a disease will spread. New ...
China reports two human cases of bird flu: state media
Feb 10, 2013 (AFP)
China reported two human cases of bird flu in the southwestern city of Guiyang on Sunday, with both patients in a critical condition, the official Xinhua news a...
New device traps particulates, kills airborne pathogens
Feb 06, 2013 (SPX)
A new device called a soft x-ray electrostatic precipitator protected immunocompromised mice from airborne pathogenic bacteria, viruses, ultrafine particles, an...
UNC scientists unveil a superbug's secret to antibiotic resistance
Feb 06, 2013 (SPX)
Worldwide, many strains of the bacterium Staphyloccocus aureus are already resistant to all antibiotics except vancomycin. But as bacteria are becoming resistan...
Study shows climate change could affect onset and severity of flu seasons
Feb 04, 2013 (SPX)
The American public can expect to add earlier and more severe flu seasons to the fallout from climate change, according to a research study published online in ...
Pandemic Controversies: the global response to pandemic influenza must change
Feb 04, 2013 (SPX)
'Evil' scientists, deadly viruses and terrorist plots are usually the preserve of Hollywood blockbusters. But when it comes to pandemic influenza, it is the stu...
Chinese genes boost peril from flu: study
Jan 29, 2013 (AFP)
Nearly a quarter of ethnic Chinese have a tiny genetic variant that boosts sixfold their risk of falling gravely ill when infected with flu, a study published o...
Cambodia reports two new bird flu deaths
Jan 29, 2013 (AFP)
Two Cambodian girls have died from bird flu, health authorities said Tuesday, raising the toll from the deadly infection in the kingdom to four so far this year...
Origin of HIV put at millions of years ago
Jan 25, 2013 (UPI)
The origins of HIV, which causes AIDS, go back millions of years rather than the tens of thousands that had previously been believed, U.S. researchers say. Writ...
Two Cambodians die from bird flu: WHO
Jan 25, 2013 (AFP)
Two Cambodians have died from bird flu contracted while preparing infected chicken, the World Health Organization said Friday. Tests on the victims, a 15-year-o...
One in five were infected by pandemic flu
Jan 25, 2013 (AFP)
More than a fifth of the world's population was infected by the H1N1 virus in the 2009-2010 flu pandemic, according to new estimates released on Friday. The stu...
Swine flu kills three in Central Europe
Jan 24, 2013 (AFP)
Three people have died in Romania and Macedonia after being infected with the H1N1 influenza strain known as swine flu, the two countries' health ministries sai...
Scientists lift freeze on controversial flu research
Jan 23, 2013 (AFP)
Scientists who created a mutant bird flu virus said Wednesday they will resume the controversial research after taking a 12-month break to allay fears of the bu...
US flu epidemic worsens, 29 children dead
Jan 18, 2013 (AFP)
A flu epidemic gripping the United States is more severe than usual, striking the elderly especially hard, health authorities said Friday as they also announced...
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