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Early warning: Internet surveillance predicts disease outbreak

The habit of Googling for an online diagnosis before visiting a GP can provide early warning of an infectious disease epidemic. In a new study published in Lancet Infectious Diseases, internet-based surveillance has...

24 January, 2014

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New vaccines against rotavirus seem safer, carry less risk of bowel problem, studies find

Newer vaccines against rotavirus, a severe diarrheal disease in children, slightly raise the risk of a rare bowel problem that doomed an earlier vaccine, new studies show. But researchers say the modern vaccines are...

24 January, 2014

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E. Coli may offer cheap way to create a Malaria vaccine

Researchers have found a way to use E. coli bacteria to inexpensively manufacture a once hard-to-produce protein that is critical to the development of a malaria vaccine. Nirbhay Kumar, professor and chair of tropical...

24 January, 2014

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Measuring antibody levels prudent after some vaccinations in HIV

The duration of seroprotection conferred by most standard vaccines is shorter among patients with HIV, according to recent data. As a result, antibodies for some vaccine-preventable diseases should be measured regularly...

20 January, 2014

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Gold nanoparticles help develop new method for tracking viruses

Researchers at the Nanoscience Center (NSC) of the University of Jyväskylä in Finland have developed a novel method for the study of enterovirus structures and their functions. The method will help in obtaining new...

20 January, 2014

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Patients with untreatable tuberculosis ‘are spreading infection’

A new study published in The Lancet has found that patients in South Africa with untreatable tuberculosis are being discharged into the community, which, according to researchers, is contributing to the spread of the...

20 January, 2014

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Research uncovers key difference between our bodies’ fight against viruses and bacteria

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered a key difference in the biological mechanisms by which the immune system responds to viral and bacterial pathogens. The study, published in the journal Nature...

15 January, 2014

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New strain of bird flu still harmful after it becomes drug resistant

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai said]that a new strain of avian influenza still has the ability to cause serious illness in humans even after it develops a resistance to antiviral medication. Researchers...

15 January, 2014

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Flu vaccine may work better in women

Women have a stronger immune response than men when given the flu vaccine, new research shows. This may mean that vaccinated women are better protected against catching the flu than vaccinated men, although the new...

10 January, 2014

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New vaccine may eliminate HIV completely

Finnish company FIT Biotech might have just developed an extremely effective treatment for HIV, a vaccine designed to “lower the viral load of current HIV patients.” According to Finnish news outlet Yle...

10 January, 2014

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