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Flu kills 105 children; most not vaccinated, CDC says

Influenza has killed 105 children this year, federal officials reported on Friday, and almost none of them had been vaccinated against the virus. That’s triple the number who died during last year’s flu season. But flu...

2 April, 2013

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New vaccine-design approach targets viruses such as HIV

A team led by scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) has unveiled a new technique for vaccine design that could be particularly useful against HIV and...

1 April, 2013

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How herpesvirus invades nervous system: Viral protein hijacks cellular machinery and grabs the wheel

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a component of the herpesvirus that “hijacks” machinery inside human cells, allowing the virus to rapidly and successfully invade the nervous system upon...

1 April, 2013

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Virus is opportunity to protect public

Few will forget the sense of global concern when, in 2003, a mysterious virus killed nearly 800 people. The SARS virus – a type of coronavirus that originated in rural China but spread to 37 countries – was...

1 April, 2013

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Learning from Lassa virus: Researchers discover gene mutations that can result in a congenital

Researchers have known that two seemingly distant human maladies—a devastating set of hereditary disorders called Walker-Warburg syndrome and infection with the virus that causes hemorrhagic Lassa fever—both involve a...

28 March, 2013

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Malaria vaccine stops working after 4 years

A new vaccine that has raised hopes of becoming a potent new tool in the battle against malaria seems to stop working in children after four years, according to research published recently. The vaccine candidate –...

28 March, 2013

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Global alert over deadly bat virus

Experts on infectious diseases warn people to stay away from bats worldwide after the recent death of an eight-year-old boy bitten in Australia. The boy last month became the third person in the country to die of...

26 March, 2013

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Norovirus sickens 1 million kids each year, highlighting need for vaccine

We hear about norovirus most often these days when there is an outbreak on a cruise ship. However, the infection is much more prevalent than that. Norovirus is responsible for 1 million doctor’s visits by children...

25 March, 2013

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Prototype chikungunya vaccine developed by Wageningen University

Wageningen University, part of Wageningen UR has developed a prototype vaccine against chikungunya in a joint effort with the Erasmus Medical Centre and TI Pharma. This prototype may hopefully lead to the first working...

25 March, 2013

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Fourteen adults ‘cured’ of killer HIV virus, according to reports

Just two weeks after doctors rid a new-born baby of the disease, it appears the same treatment has worked on full-grown men and women. The 14 ‘functionally cured’ adults still have the deadly virus in their system, but...

20 March, 2013

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