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Test can detect HIV within a week of infection: researchers
Feb 16, 2017 (AFP)
Spain's top research institution said Thursday it has patented an HIV test that can detect the AIDS-causing virus within a week of infection, the fastest yet. A...
At least five infected with HIV at Chinese traditional medicine hospital
Feb 09, 2017 (AFP)
At least five patients at a traditional Chinese medicine hospital in China were accidentally infected with HIV, officials said Thursday, as authorities moved to...
Two Months to Stop Pandemic X from Taking Hold
Feb 08, 2017 (SPX)
Over the past several years, DARPA-funded researchers have pioneered RNA vaccine technology, a medical countermeasure against infectious diseases that uses code...
West Nile virus epidemics made worse by drought: study
Feb 08, 2017 (AFP)
Drought has sharply boosted the intensity of deadly West Nile virus epidemics, which are set to worsen with global warming, scientists reported Wednesday. Their...
Bird flu outbreak spreads to Belgium
Feb 02, 2017 (AFP)
A highly contagious strain of bird flu that has affected poultry farmers in France and Germany has now spread to Belgium, officials said on Thursday. The H5N8 a...
UTA materials scientist invents breath monitor to detect flu
Feb 01, 2017 (SPX)
Perena Gouma, a professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington, has published an article in the journal S...
Fears over bird flu in China after 9 deaths this year
Jan 25, 2017 (AFP)
Nine people have died of bird flu in China this year, state media reported Wednesday, after the World Health Organization (WHO) urged all countries to promptly ...
China roast duck vendor dies of H7N9 bird flu: Xinhua
Jan 14, 2017 (AFP)
A roast duck vendor has died of bird flu in central China, the official Xinhua news agency said Saturday, the latest human casualty of the disease this winter. ...
Why Lyme disease is common in the north, rare in the south
Jan 13, 2017 (SPX)
The ticks that transmit Lyme disease to people die of dehydration when exposed to a combination of high temperature and lowered humidity, a new USGS-led study h...
Retroviruses 'almost half a billion years old'
Jan 11, 2017 (SPX)
Retroviruses - the family of viruses that includes HIV - are almost half a billion years old, according to new research by scientists at Oxford University. That...
French hospitals overwhelmed by flu epidemic
Jan 11, 2017 (AFP)
French hospitals are being stretched to their limits by a major flu epidemic sweeping the country, France's health authorities warn. Thousands of mostly elderly...
Study: Retroviruses are nearly 500 million years old
Jan 10, 2017 (UPI)
Retroviruses are nearly 500 million years old, according to new research by scientists at Oxford University. According to a new study published in Nature Commun...
Zimbabwe bans street food over typhoid, cholera fears
Jan 06, 2017 (AFP)
Zimbabwe has banned street food vendors in the capital Harare after a typhoid outbreak blamed on poor sanitation and erratic water supplies. Portia Managazira, ...
Why odds are against a large Zika outbreak in the US
Jan 04, 2017 (SPX)
Is the United States at risk for a large-scale outbreak of Zika or other mosquito-borne disease? While climate conditions in the U.S. are increasingly favorable...
Hong Kong reports second human case of bird flu
Dec 30, 2016 (AFP)
Hong Kong on Friday confirmed its second human case of bird flu this season, days after an elderly man died of the virus. A 70-year-old man, who had travelled t...
Hong Kong records winter's first bird flu death
Dec 27, 2016 (AFP)
An elderly man has died of bird flu in Hong Kong in the city's first human case of the disease this winter, authorities said Tuesday. The 75-year-old was diagno...
Angola declares end to deadly yellow fever epidemic
Dec 23, 2016 (AFP)
Angola on Friday declared the end of a yellow fever outbreak that killed at least 400 people, after an emergency United Nations vaccination campaign covering 25...
Paris seeks high ground in fight to keep rats underground
Dec 16, 2016 (AFP)
Gazing upward to take in the majesty of the Eiffel Tower, visitors to Paris may be astonished to learn that a vicious war, pitting Man against Rat, is unfolding...
Smallpox, once thought an ancient disease, may have emerged in more recent times
Dec 12, 2016 (SPX)
New genetic research from an international team including McMaster University, University of Helsinki, Vilnius University and the University of Sydney, suggests...
Paris rat catchers deployed to tackle rodent scourge
Dec 08, 2016 (AFP)
Paris officials have announced a crackdown on rats which blight parks and gardens around the City of Light and are thought to easily outnumber humans. The city'...
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