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Aggressive swine flu virus hits India

A surge in swine flu infections has killed more than 800 people in India and is challenging health workers, who say the virus is harder to treat than the version that caused a global pandemic in 2009. High-risk patients...

3 March, 2015

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Research shows Asian herb holds promise as treatment for Ebola virus disease

New research that focuses on the mechanism by which Ebola virus infects a cell and the discovery of a promising drug therapy candidate is being published February 27, 2015, in the journal Science. Dr. Robert Davey...

3 March, 2015

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Minipool technology to prepare immunoglobulins to fight viral infections in developing countries

A study, publishing February 26th, 2015 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, describes a new, pragmatic, method for the production of immunoglobulin G (IgG) from human plasma in developing countries. IgG are therapeutic...

3 March, 2015

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More infectious diseases emerging because of climate change

The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable result of climate change, says a noted zoologist affiliated with the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of...

27 February, 2015

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Media can help slow spread of disease, study finds

A mathematical study of how infectious diseases spread has demonstrated a surprising link between the progress of an outbreak and the way that outbreak is portrayed in the media. The study suggests that when public...

16 February, 2015

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Scientists ask if Ebola immunises as well as kills

A recent sharp drop in new Ebola infections in West Africa is prompting scientists to wonder whether the virus may be silently immunising some people at the same time as brutally killing their neighbours. So-called...

6 February, 2015

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Scientists develop potential late-stage rabies treatment

“There is an urgent need in many parts of the world for a better rabies treatment,” said pathology professor Zhen Fu. A person bit by a rabid animal has only a finite amount of time to get treated with the...

6 February, 2015

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Price tag of saving the world from disease: $344 billion

Infectious diseases are incubating everywhere across the world—ranging from the deadly Ebola virus to the more common yet debilitating influenza—to often devastating effect. It raises the question of how large a premium...

19 January, 2015

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LA BioMed develops promising vaccine to combat MRSA

Grappling with one of the world’s deadliest contagions for more than a decade without a breakthrough, the country’s leading infectious disease researchers have high hopes for a vaccine developed locally. The NDV-3...

12 January, 2015

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The link between imperfect vaccines and disease

New mathematical models explore why some vaccines are more effective than others. A new mathematical model that tests the effectiveness of different vaccine types could help explain why certain diseases are still...

26 December, 2014

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