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Ebola kills 3,000 while scientists scramble for vaccine

Over 3,000 people have died from the Ebola virus in West Africa, according to the World Health Organization. With no signs of the deadly virus slowing down, scientists and pharmaceutical companies are scrambling to find...

3 October, 2014

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Death toll climbs, as mosquito-borne virus Chikungunya sweeps Americas

Three more victims of virus recorded in Puerto Rica, with thousands infected across region. Three more people have died after becoming infected with a mosquito-borne virus that is raging across Central America, South...

3 October, 2014

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Pitt scientists collaborate in effort to combat the deadly MERS virus

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is leading an international team of scientists working on a vaccine to immunize camels, which are believed to be infecting humans with a contagious and deadly virus...

19 September, 2014

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Will the Ebola virus go airborne?

Experts say the possibility remains remote. Could Ebola go airborne? That’s the fear set off last week by a New York Times op-ed entitled “What We’re Afraid to Say about Ebola” from Michael Osterholm, director of the...

17 September, 2014

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Anatomy of a virus

A mass spectrometry-based analysis of influenza virions provides a detailed view of their composition. A spherical influenza virion is an orderly hodgepodge comprised of hundreds of proteins that originate from both the...

17 September, 2014

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Unstoppable: is Ebola mutating with unknown consequences before our eyes?

US President Barack Obama says the Ebola virus, currently attacking western Africa, could mutate – making it even more dangerous. The virus has already changed its genome, with unknown consequences. Every virus...

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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Irish scientists develop improved malaria vaccine

Scientists at University College Cork in Ireland have successfully finished pre-clinical testing of an experimental vaccine against malaria delivered through the skin. The method is an improvement on this type of...

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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Statement on the WHO consultation on potential Ebola therapies and vaccines

After 2 days of discussion on potential Ebola therapies and vaccines, more than 150 participants, representing the fields of research and clinical investigation, ethics, legal, regulatory, financing, and data...

9 September, 2014

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