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Yellow fever outbreak puts pressure on global vaccine supply

The virus is rapidly spreading in African countries. Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared an epidemic of yellow fever in three regions on Monday. The announcement comes amid an outbreak that is...

24 June, 2016

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Mathematical models with complicated dynamics for disease study

A paper to be published this week in the SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems presents a mathematical model to study the effects of individual movement on infectious disease spread. “The impact of human...

26 June, 2015

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Houston scientist hatches plan to prevent next Ebola

Haunted by the public health community’s failure to prevent or contain Ebola, a top Houston expert is spearheading a government-sponsored effort to prepare North Africa and the Middle East so that the region...

17 April, 2015

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Ebola death toll nears 7,000

The death toll from the worst Ebola outbreak on record has reached nearly 7,000 in West Africa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. The toll of 6,928 dead showed a leap of just over 1,200 since the WHO released...

3 December, 2014

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At symposium, vaccine seen as best hope for arresting Ebola

At a wide-ranging symposium on West Africa’s Ebola epidemic today, much of the attention focused on the hope of an effective vaccine, as a US official announced that a large clinical trial of two candidate...

17 October, 2014

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Puerto Rico declares epidemic as chikungunya virus continues to spread unabated

The Puerto Rican government declared on July 17 that the mosquito-transmitted disease chikungunya has reached epidemic proportions. Puerto Rico is only the latest country to fall prey to the disease, which has been...

8 August, 2014

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Beware of Hepatitis, the ‘silent epidemic’ more deadly than HIV

Kenyans in their millions dread HIV, the infectious virus responsible for Aids. However, the dreaded scourge is being shoved aside by a more lethal virus infecting Kenyans and putting millions of lives at great risk. It...

29 July, 2014

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Study finds MERS virus has not yet reached pandemic potential

The Middle East coronavirus that has killed 40 people since emerging late last year has not yet reached pandemic potential and may simply die out, according to new estimates of how easily it is transmitted. In a study...

5 July, 2013

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Vaccinations cleared in babies’ celiac “epidemic”

A surge in celiac disease cases among babies and toddlers in Sweden was not related to childhood vaccinations, a new study finds. Celiac disease is a digestive disorder caused by an abnormal immune response to gluten, a...

27 June, 2012

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