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Flu is transmitted before symptoms appear
Aug 31, 2012 (SPX)
Research at Imperial College London examining influenza transmission in ferrets suggests that the virus can be passed on before the appearance of symptoms. If t...
Cellphones AIDS tests studied in S.Africa, S.Korea
Aug 31, 2012 (AFP)
South African and South Korean researchers are working on making a smartphone capable of doing AIDS tests in rural parts of Africa that are the worst hit by the...
Climate change could increase levels of avian influenza in wild birds
Aug 31, 2012 (SPX)
Rising sea levels, melting glaciers, more intense rainstorms and more frequent heat waves are among the planetary woes that may come to mind when climate change...
African antimalarial research bears first fruit
Aug 31, 2012 (SPX)
A recently discovered compound from the aminopyridine class, code named MMV390048, caused quite a stir at the MMV Expert Scientific Advisory Committee (ESAC) me...
More Yosemite tourists infected with deadly virus
Aug 30, 2012 (AFP)
Six visitors to California's famous Yosemite National Park have now been infected with a rare rodent-born virus, two of whom have died, officials said Thursday,...
Yosemite warns tourists after virus kills two
Aug 28, 2012 (AFP)
US health authorities are warning tourists who visited California's famous Yosemite National Park recently to beware of a rare virus spread in mouse droppings, ...
US approves new once-a-day pill to treat HIV
Aug 27, 2012 (AFP)
A new pill to treat HIV infection -- combining two previously approved drugs plus two new ones -- has been approved for adults living with the virus that causes...
Mexico destroys 8 mn chickens amid bird flu outbreak
Aug 08, 2012 (AFP)
Eight million chickens have so far been slaughtered in Mexico and 66 million more were vaccinated in a bid to contain a bird flu outbreak in the west of the cou...
Clinton signs new deal to fight AIDS in South Africa
Aug 08, 2012 (AFP)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday signed a new deal supporting efforts to fight AIDS in South Africa, which has the world's biggest population ...
New bat virus could hold key to Hendra virus
Aug 07, 2012 (SPX)
Australian scientists have discovered a new virus in bats that could help shed light on how Hendra and Nipah viruses cause disease and death in animals and huma...
Malawi to test 250,000 people for HIV in one week
Aug 06, 2012 (AFP)
Malawi on Monday launched a week-long campaign to test 250,000 people for HIV in what health authorities called a crucial intervention in a country ravaged by A...
New influenza virus from seals highlights the risks of pandemic flu from animals
Aug 03, 2012 (SPX)
A new strain of influenza virus found in harbor seals could represent a threat to wildlife and human health, according to the authors of a study appearing July ...
Vaccine research shows vigilance needed against evolution of more-virulent malaria
Aug 03, 2012 (SPX)
Malaria parasites evolving in vaccinated laboratory mice become more virulent, according to research at Penn State University. The mice were injected with a cri...
An avian flu that jumps from birds to mammals is killing New England's baby seals
Aug 01, 2012 (SPX)
A novel avian influenza virus has acquired the ability to infect aquatic mammals and was responsible for an outbreak of fatal pneumonia that recently struck har...
New bird flu virus killing US baby seals: study
Jul 31, 2012 (AFP)
A new kind of bird flu has been causing deadly pneumonia in baby seals off the northeastern US coast and could pose a risk to humans, according to US research r...
HIV-positive Namibians did not okay sterilisation: court
Jul 30, 2012 (AFP)
A Namibian court ruled Monday that three women with HIV were sterilised without their informed consent, but dismissed their claim that the operation was perform...
Bill Clinton urges transparency in AIDS funding
Jul 27, 2012 (AFP)
Former US president Bill Clinton on Friday said donors will continue to fund the response to the world AIDS crisis despite global financial woes and urged great...
'Cure' research suggests new paths to HIV control
Jul 26, 2012 (AFP)
Three studies presented Thursday at a major world conference on AIDS show new ways that scientists are striving toward a cure for the three-decade-old disease. ...
Small breakthroughs offer big hope of AIDS 'cure'
Jul 26, 2012 (AFP)
Small but significant breakthrough studies on people who have been able to overcome or control HIV were presented Thursday at a major world conference on ways t...
New model of disease contagion ranks U.S. airports in terms of their spreading influence
Jul 26, 2012 (SPX)
Public health crises of the past decade - such as the 2003 SARS outbreak, which spread to 37 countries and caused about 1,000 deaths, and the 2009 H1N1 flu pand...
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