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Chinese children given expired polio vaccines in latest scare
Jan 11, 2019 (AFP)
Thirteen county-level health officials in Jiangsu province have been dismissed since the case came to light earlier this week -- the latest to raise public heal...
An ancient strain of plague may have led to the decline of Neolithic Europeans
Dec 07, 2018 (SPX)
"Plague is maybe one of the deadliest bacteria that has ever existed for humans. And if you think of the word 'plague,' it can mean this infection by Y. pestis,...
China confirms first swine fever cases in Beijing
Nov 23, 2018 (AFP)
The disease was found on two farms in the Fangshan District in southwest Beijing where 86 out of more than 1,700 pigs died, the ministry said in a statement. A ...
Researchers a step closer to understanding how deadly bird flu virus takes hold in humans
Nov 21, 2018 (SPX)
Researchers at Griffith's Institute for Glycomics and the University of Hong Kong have revealed specific sugar molecules - Sialylated O-glycans - that are prese...
'Very serious': African swine fever spreads in China
Nov 15, 2018 (AFP)
The disease has already caused a spike in pork prices in China since first emerging in August, and fuelled growing fears of a major impact on the world's larges...
15 emerging technologies that could reduce global catastrophic biological risks
Oct 10, 2018 (SPX)
This subset of emerging technologies and their potential application are the focus of a new report, Technologies to Address Global Catastrophic Biological Risks...
Vaccinating humans to protect mosquitoes from malaria
Oct 10, 2018 (SPX)
This unique approach - in which immunized humans transfer anti-malarial proteins to mosquitoes when bitten - is called a transmission-blocking vaccine (TBV). A ...
A step towards biological warfare with insects?
Oct 10, 2018 (SPX)
The programme called 'Insect Allies' intends for insects to be used for dispersing genetically modified viruses to agricultural plants in fields. These viruses ...
100 years on, Spanish Flu holds lessons for next pandemic
Oct 08, 2018 (AFP)
One hundred years on from the influenza outbreak known as the Spanish Flu, scientists say that while lessons have been learned from the deadliest pandemic in hi...
With genetic tweak, mosquito population made extinct
Sep 24, 2018 (AFP)
So-called gene drive technology works by forcing evolution's hand, ensuring that an engineered trait is passed down to a higher proportion of offspring -- acros...
Trump unveils revised US biodefense strategy
Sep 18, 2018 (AFP)
The announcement came on the anniversary of the 2001 anthrax bio-terror attacks in Washington and elsewhere that killed five people. "Biological threats emanate...
Indonesia's quake-hit Lombok battles with malaria, 137 infected
Sep 16, 2018 (AFP)
The quakes and aftershocks since July have killed about 500 people and forced hundreds of thousands into evacuation shelters or tents. As a result the number of...
UN emergency talks to head off swine fever spread in Asia
Sep 05, 2018 (AFP)
The three-day meeting led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) brings together specialists in animal diseases as well as agricul...
Deadly 'rat fever' in flood-ravaged Indian state
Sep 04, 2018 (AFP)
A total of 372 people have been infected with the disease, known properly as leptospirosis and transmitted in water, soil or food containing urine from rodents ...
Virus' potency depends on the shape of its DNA
Sep 04, 2018 (UPI)
According to a new study, whether a virus lies idle or goes on the attack depends on how the virus' DNA is packaged. The research, published this week in the jo...
China culls 38,000 pigs as swine fever spreads
Sep 02, 2018 (AFP)
The disease has been discovered in five Chinese provinces, the official Xinhua news service reported, quoting statistics from the country's ministry of agricult...
NASA investment in cholera forecasts helps save lives in Yemen
Aug 29, 2018 (SPX)
"By joining up international expertise with those working on the ground, we have for the very first time used these sophisticated predictions to help save lives...
Temperature model predicts transmission of mosquito-borne virus
Aug 28, 2018 (UPI)
Accurately predicting how viruses will spread across different geographical regions and population centers can help governments and public health organizations ...
China's swine fever outbreak may spread in Asia: FAO
Aug 28, 2018 (AFP)
China has culled more than 24,000 pigs in four provinces to stop the disease from proliferating, the FAO said in a statement. The first outbreak was reported in...
Scientists track how yellow fever raced through Brazil
Aug 23, 2018 (AFP)
At a speed of about two miles (3.3 kilometers) per day, the virus made its way to the outskirts of the big cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, places it had...
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