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New tool to track human infectious diseases in Australia

Researchers at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, have developed a new tool to understand how human infectious diseases found overseas might spread in Australia. Using data from dengue virus outbreaks in...

21 February, 2019

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El Niño, global warming fueled the spread of the Zika virus, scientists say

The weather phenomenon El Niño and global warming fueled the spread of the Zika virus in South America, scientists at the University of Liverpool say. The study comes after The World Health Organization declared last...

2 January, 2017

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Concerns over proposed rules for preventing spread of infectious diseases

Federal officials have posted proposed rule changes for how they try to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. One group sees some dangers in the proposals. To federal officials, it’s a way to provide greater...

11 October, 2016

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WHO’s Chan warns over spread of Zika virus beyond Latin America

The world will face a “severe public health crisis” if the Zika virus spreads beyond Latin America, the World Health Organization’s director general has said. Margaret Chan told a press conference that no one can...

7 April, 2016

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$2.5 million grant funds study of how infectious diseases become epidemics

Two Kansas State University researchers are exploring how diseases spread across long distances in an effort to learn how to better control the next human, animal or plant epidemic. Caterina Scoglio, professor of...

23 November, 2015

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How flu viruses gain the ability to spread

New study reveals the soft palate is a key site for evolution of airborne transmissibility. Flu viruses come in many strains, and some are better equipped than others to spread from person to person. Scientists have now...

2 November, 2015

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New tool to track human infectious diseases in Australia

El Niño, global warming fueled the spread of the Zika virus, scientists say

Concerns over proposed rules for preventing spread of infectious diseases

WHO’s Chan warns over spread of Zika virus beyond Latin America

$2.5 million grant funds study of how infectious diseases become epidemics

How flu viruses gain the ability to spread