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Single antibody from human survivor protects nonhuman primates against Ebola virus
Feb 29, 2016 (SPX)
A single monoclonal antibody isolated from a human survivor of Ebola virus disease (EVD) completely protected monkeys from lethal infection with the virus, acco...
What does turbulence have in common with an epidemic?
Feb 17, 2016 (SPX)
Fluid flows can take one of two forms: well-ordered "laminar" or highly disordered "turbulent" motion. Although everyday experience shows that laminar motion in...
Brazil military fight mosquitoes, flower pot to flower pot
Feb 16, 2016 (AFP)
The Brazilian military men surrounded the white bucket Monday and moved in -- the Zika-transmitting mosquito larvae didn't stand a chance. Naval officers and se...
New study highlights effectiveness of a herpesvirus CMV-based vaccine against Ebola
Feb 16, 2016 (SPX)
As the latest in a series of studies, researchers at Plymouth University, National Institutes of Health and University of California, Riverside, have shown the ...
Second Zika case confirmed in China: Xinhua
Feb 15, 2016 (AFP)
China confirmed its second imported Zika case Monday, a day after the first victim was discharged from hospital, state news agency Xinhua reported. Few cases of...
Brazil army will go door-to-door in fight against Zika
Feb 12, 2016 (AFP)
Some 220,000 soldiers will hand out leaflets door-to-door across Brazil on Saturday, ahead of a massive insecticide-spraying operation as the government tries t...
Fish, other mosquitoes now warriors in Zika battle
Feb 10, 2016 (AFP)
With larva-chomping fish and genetically modified insects, Latin Americans are deploying legions of little helpers to destroy mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus...
Many white-tailed deer have malaria
Feb 10, 2016 (SPX)
Two years ago, Ellen Martinsen, was collecting mosquitoes at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, looking for malaria that might infect birds - when she discovered s...
Four swine flu deaths in Lebanon this winter: health ministry
Feb 10, 2016 (AFP)
Swine flu has killed four people in Lebanon since the beginning of the winter season in November, health officials said on Wednesday. Walid Ammar, the general d...
China confirms first imported Zika case: report
Feb 09, 2016 (AFP)
China confirmed its first imported case of Zika late Tuesday, Xinhua reported, as fears mount over the fast-spreading virus that has been linked to severe birth...
Brazil's anti-Zika war goes house to house
Feb 06, 2016 (AFP)
Sao Paulo resident Juliana Matuoka always thought her stunning tropical flowers were something to appreciate from afar. Now, however, they are enemy territory. ...
Water crisis increases Zika threat in Venezuela
Jan 30, 2016 (AFP)
Yurman Torres is standing in line at the foot of Avila mountain, on the edge of Caracas, to fill a large jug with water, a rare commodity in crisis-hit Venezuel...
Spanish missions triggered meso american population collapse
Jan 28, 2016 (SPX)
New interdisciplinary research in the Southwest United States has resolved long-standing debates on the timing and magnitude of American Indian population colla...
Descendants of Black Death confirmed as source of repeated European plague outbreaks
Jan 27, 2016 (SPX)
An international team of researchers has uncovered new information about the Black Death in Europe and its descendants, suggesting it persisted on the continent...
Media coverage can help slow disease spread during epidemic
Jan 26, 2016 (UPI)
A new study suggests mass media coverage can prove useful in slowing the spread of disease during an epidemic. But not all media coverage is created equal. Acco...
Plague pathogens hid in Europe for four centuries
Jan 25, 2016 (UPI)
The plague known as the Black Death is estimated to have killed roughly half of Europe's population during the 14th century. The pathogens did most of their dam...
11 swine flu deaths in Syria since September: health ministry
Jan 19, 2016 (AFP)
Eleven people have been killed by the swine flu virus in Syria since September, the country's health ministry said on Tuesday. "Since September, 27 people infec...
Ebola epidemic is over but expect flare-ups: UN
Jan 18, 2016 (AFP)
West Africa can expect flare-ups of Ebola in the coming year even if the world's worst outbreak of the disease will be declared effectively over, UN chief Ban K...
US Army probe blames leadership in anthrax shipment scandal
Jan 15, 2016 (AFP)
A US Army probe blames a general and several other officials for contributing to an anthrax scandal that saw live samples of the deadly bacteria shipped across ...
Experimental immunotherapy zaps 2 most lethal Ebola virus strains
Jan 14, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) have engineered the first anti...
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