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Infectious disease outbreaks require coordinated, high-tech responses

As the world grows smaller, warmer and wetter, governments need to have an organizational blueprint about how to best respond to infectious disease outbreaks, according to researchers. Writing in the journal Science...

29 September, 2014

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FAO joins new global efforts targeting Ebola and other infectious diseases

FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today stressed the need for controls on animal health to help curb the spread of Ebola and other infectious diseases dangerous to humans, during discussions hosted by U.S...

29 September, 2014

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Racing ahead of disease outbreaks: $12 million in new research grants

Ebola, MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), malaria, antibiotic-resistant infections: Is our interaction with the environment somehow responsible for their increased incidence? The joint National Science Foundation...

19 September, 2014

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‘Cocooning’ reduces whooping cough risk in infants

Vaccinating parents of newborn infants against pertussis provides moderate protection against the infectious disease in young infants, a study has shown. This targeted vaccination strategy, called cocooning, has been...

17 September, 2014

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Scientist who identified Ebola virus calls for ‘quasi-military intervention’

London-based microbiologist Prof Peter Piot urges creation of UN peacekeeping force to fight ‘catastrophe’ in west Africa. The microbiologist who helped identify the Ebola virus in 1976 has urged David...

12 September, 2014

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WHO eyes Ebola vaccine by November

The death toll from the Ebola epidemic has climbed above 2,000, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, as it voiced hopes a vaccine could be available in November. The deadly virus has claimed 2,097 lives out of...

9 September, 2014

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Chinese study of serogroup 6 S. pneumoniae finds no antibiotic-resistant clones

A survey of serogroup 6 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from children in China has identified no antibiotic-resistant clones, leading the authors to speculate that the isolates may be under antibiotic selective...

9 September, 2014

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Ebola outbreak: Scientists sequence virus genomes and find clues about origin and transmission of disease

An international team of researchers have sequenced and analysed more than 99 Ebola virus genomes in response to an ongoing, unprecedented outbreak of the disease in West Africa. The research, led by scientists at the...

1 September, 2014

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The economic case for wiping out Ebola

On Aug. 22, the World Health Organization announced a draft strategy to combat the West African Ebola outbreak over the next six to nine months. That’s a sign that the global health body isn’t optimistic about a rapid...

1 September, 2014

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Infectious disease: the invisible danger of climate change

Headlines trumpet the perils of climate change. We are warned that the seas are rising, polar ice caps melting, habitats are eroding and storms worsening. Even as many express earnest concern for imminent potential...

26 August, 2014

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