EPIDEMICS - INTERN DAILY

May 05, 2016 (SPX)

NASA is assisting public health officials, scientists and communities to better understand Zika virus and try to limit the spread of the disease it causes. Scie...

Cellphone-sized device quickly detects the Ebola virus

May 04, 2016 (SPX)

The worst of the recent Ebola epidemic is over, but the threat of future outbreaks lingers. Monitoring the virus requires laboratories with trained personnel, w...

Threat of novel swine flu viruses in pigs and humans

May 03, 2016 (SPX)

The wide diversity of flu in pigs across multiple continents, mostly introduced from humans, highlights the significant potential of new swine flu strains emerg...

TGen tracks the origins and spread of potentially deadly Valley Fever

May 03, 2016 (SPX)

Using the latest in genomic analysis technologies, scientists at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) have tracked the likely origins and disper...

Colombia's illegal mining linked to malaria outbreak

Apr 30, 2016 (AFP)

Colombia's widespread illegal mining is blamed for causing environmental damage and holding workers in slave-like conditions -- and now is also being blamed for...

Antibody shields monkeys from 'HIV' for months: study

Apr 27, 2016 (AFP)

Just one shot of a lab-produced antibody protected macaques against a sort of monkey HIV for nearly six months, said a study Wednesday into a potential vaccine ...

5 mn AIDS patients going untreated in west, central Africa: MSF

Apr 20, 2016 (AFP)

Five million AIDS sufferers in central and western Africa have no access to treatment, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Wednesday, warning of a major treatmen...

The genetic evolution of Zika virus

Apr 20, 2016 (SPX)

An analysis comparing the individual differences between over 40 strains of Zika virus (30 isolated from humans, 10 from mosquitoes, and 1 from monkeys) has ide...

Research finds Zika 'significantly changed' since 1947

Apr 15, 2016 (AFP)

The mosquito-borne Zika virus has significantly evolved since it was first discovered in 1947, and researchers said Friday these genetic changes could shed ligh...

China detained more than 200 over vaccine scandal

Apr 13, 2016 (AFP)

China said Wednesday that it has detained 202 people for their role in an out-of-date immunisations scandal that has fuelled public outrage. It is the latest he...

Human genetic research with Chinese characteristics

Apr 13, 2016 (AFP)

Chinese genetic scientists must not be put off sensitive research by ethical concerns, the team behind a controversial study on modified human embryos said Wedn...

Co-evolving antivirals aim to keep ahead of fast-changing viruses

Apr 08, 2016 (SPX)

Zika. Ebola. Dengue. Influenza. Chikungunya. These are but a few among the growing cadre of viruses that today pose serious health threats to U.S. troops, as we...

Ancient DNA shows European wipe-out of early Americans

Apr 06, 2016 (SPX)

The first largescale study of ancient DNA from early American people has confirmed the devastating impact of European colonisation on the Indigenous American po...

Scientists build trap for Zika-transmitting mosquitos

Apr 06, 2016 (UPI)

A team of researchers in Argentina have developed a trap that targets Aedes aegypti, the species of mosquito most responsible for the spread of Zika. The trap c...

Scientists unlock genetic secret that could help fight malaria

Mar 30, 2016 (SPX)

A group of scientists, including one from the University of California, Riverside, have discovered a long-hypothesized male determining gene in the mosquito spe...

Field Museum study reveals evolution of malaria

Mar 24, 2016 (SPX)

Malaria affects close to 500 million people every year, but we're not the only ones--different species of malaria parasite can infect birds, bats, and other mam...

Potential Zika virus risk estimated for 50 US cities

Mar 18, 2016 (SPX)

Factors that can combine to produce a Zika virus outbreak are expected to be present in a number of U.S. cities during peak summer months, new research shows. T...

Change in mosquito mating may control Zika virus

Mar 15, 2016 (SPX)

Genetic cues from male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes passed on during sex affect which genes are turned on or off in a females' reproductive tract post-mating, inclu...

Testing the evolution of resistance by experiment

Mar 07, 2016 (SPX)

When the first antibiotics became available 70 years ago, they were often described as miracles of human ingenuity, rather like plastics or bright permanent dye...

Google teams with UNICEF to map Zika virus spread

Mar 03, 2016 (AFP)

Google on Thursday said that it is working with UNICEF to map the spread of Zika and pitching in a million dollars to support the group's efforts on the ground....