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Asian tiger mosquito on the move
May 23, 2018 (SPX)
Scientists at the Goethe University and the Senckenberg Gesellschaft fur Naturforschung have now compared the ecological niches of the Asian tiger mosquito and ...
New pig virus found to be a potential threat to humans
May 15, 2018 (SPX)
Researchers at The Ohio State University and Utrecht University in the Netherlands collaborated to better understand the new virus and its potential reach. Thei...
Hostility toward minorities can spread like a contagious disease
May 10, 2018 (UPI)
Social experiments suggest aggression expressed toward different ethnic groups is more likely to be imitated, allowing hostility toward minorities to spread lik...
Mosquitoes reveal fatal attraction
Apr 22, 2018 (SPX)
It's a vicious circle but one that has enabled a multinational team of researchers to identify the odours as organic hydrocarbons in the form of three aldehydes...
Help Stop Mosquito-borne Diseases with this App
Apr 19, 2018 (SPX)
Use the Mosquito Habitat Mapper module to report the location of mosquitoes that potentially transmit disease. The app will show you how to find mosquito larvae...
Gates warns new fight needed against resurgent malaria
Apr 18, 2018 (AFP)
Malaria death rates have been in steady decline since 2000 but rose in 2016 as progress towards eliminating the mosquito-borne preventable disease stalled. Micr...
New model links yellow fever in Africa to climate, environment
Mar 19, 2018 (SPX)
Now, researchers from Imperial College London and the World Health Organization (WHO) have developed a new model to quantify yellow fever dynamics across Africa...
DARPA Names Researchers Working to Halt Outbreaks in 60 Days or Less
Feb 27, 2018 (SPX)
To address the growing threat from infectious diseases as well as to properly equip DoD Service members who regularly deploy worldwide to provide assistance in ...
China confirms first human case of H7N4 bird flu
Feb 15, 2018 (AFP)
The strain was identified in a 68-year-old woman from the eastern province of Jiangsu who was admitted to hospital after falling ill on December 25 but had sinc...
Playing 20 Questions with Bacteria to Distinguish Harmless Organisms from Pathogens
Feb 09, 2018 (SPX)
They come in a phenomenal number of strains-many still unknown-and thrive in different ecological and environmental niches all over the world. But while their d...
UV light can kill airborne flu virus, study finds
Feb 09, 2018 (UPI)
Researchers at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center suggest far-UVC lamps should be installed in hospitals, doctors offices, schools, airports and othe...
Scientists report big improvements in HIV vaccine production
Feb 06, 2018 (SPX)
One reason for this is the technical difficulty of manufacturing vaccines based on the envelope proteins of the virus, according to Phil Berman, who led develop...
Plague outbreak in Madagascar revived dread of a killer
Jan 26, 2018 (AFP)
Fear and anxiety rippled across the Indian Ocean island nation. "People were afraid to come to hospital -- they were afraid of catching the plague," recalled Pr...
Scientists find new clues about 'wave after wave' of germs that killed the Aztecs
Jan 18, 2018 (UPI)
In the century that followed the arrival of the Spanish in the Americas, a series of pandemics wiped out 80 percent of Mexico's indigenous population. In some p...
'Mutant flu' could lead to more effective vaccine: study
Jan 18, 2018 (AFP)
Trials in humans are still a long way off, but the report in the US journal Science earned praise from experts who described it as a promising first step toward...
TSRI scientists discover workings of first promising Marburg virus treatment
Jan 11, 2018 (SPX)
Now, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered the workings of the first promising treatment for Marburg virus, a pathogen with the sa...
MSF warns of mounting cholera cases in flood-hit Kinshasa
Jan 09, 2018 (AFP)
"In past weeks we registered about 20 cases a week on average. At present, we have more than 100 each week," said Jean Liyolongo from Medecins sans Frontieres. ...
DR Congo mourns flood victims as cholera fears mount
Jan 08, 2018 (AFP)
The mid-week fatalities following torrential rain wreaked havoc on flimsy homes which were flattened by mudslides. "I am here to survey the damage first-hand," ...
Supercharged antibiotics could turn tide against superbugs
Jan 08, 2018 (SPX)
The supercharge technique , led by Dr Mark Blaskovich and Professor Matt Cooper from UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB), potentially could revitalise...
Going to the Source to Prevent Viral Disease Outbreaks
Jan 05, 2018 (SPX)
The U.S. Department of Defense has a vested interest in outmaneuvering infectious disease. Military service members are called upon to operate virtually anywher...
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