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August 13, 5:38 AM
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Ebola : lutter contre le virus, la mission empêchée de la RDC

Ebola : lutter contre le virus, la mission empêchée de la RDC | Virology News | Scoop.it
L'épidémie d'Ebola continue de se propager en République Démocratique du Congo, et inquiète de plus en plus les autorités sanitaires, confrontés à de nombreuses difficultés pour endiguer le virus.
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August 13, 5:37 AM
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WA’s threatened black cockatoos next species to be vaccinated from bird flu

WA’s threatened black cockatoos next species to be vaccinated from bird flu | Virology News | Scoop.it
A $2 million vaccination program was launched by the Agriculture Minister Julie Collins earlier this week.
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July 20, 9:26 AM
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Bird flu in New Zealand: Woolworths reassures shoppers on egg supply

Bird flu in New Zealand: Woolworths reassures shoppers on egg supply | Virology News | Scoop.it
Woolworths is urging customers to shop normally as egg and poultry supply chains remain stable. It comes as New Zealand’s largest egg supplier Mainland...
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July 20, 9:24 AM
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New Test Strip Improves Mosquito Virus Detection

New Test Strip Improves Mosquito Virus Detection | Virology News | Scoop.it
New Test Strip Improves Mosquito Virus Detection...
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July 20, 9:24 AM
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At least 930 people have died in Congo's Ebola outbreak

At least 930 people have died in Congo's Ebola outbreak | Virology News | Scoop.it
Congo's health ministry said the deaths were recorded out of the 2,344 cases confirmed as of Saturday. Thirty-seven new deaths were recorded in the previous 24 hours in one of the highest totals.
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July 20, 9:23 AM
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Peru’s only penguin species at risk from upcoming El Niño and bird flu, experts warn

Peru’s only penguin species at risk from upcoming El Niño and bird flu, experts warn | Virology News | Scoop.it
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Explained: India's first dengue prevention vaccine and the success story of this sector since Covid-19

Explained: India's first dengue prevention vaccine and the success story of this sector since Covid-19 | Virology News | Scoop.it
"QDENGA has been approved in 43 countries, with more than 32 million doses distributed globally," a Takeda official stated.| OpIndia News...
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June 1, 10:00 AM
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Canada join US and Mexico in banning residents of three African nations ahead of World Cup

Canada join US and Mexico in banning residents of three African nations ahead of World Cup | Virology News | Scoop.it
Millions of supporters are expected to travel to the US, Mexico and Canada for the World Cup, but for travellers coming from some parts of Africa, the journey has suddenly become far more complicated.
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South Africa: The Evolution of HIV Treatment - From Multi-Pill Regimens to Better, Single Pill Combos

HIV treatment has been improved and simplified significantly over the years yet a small fraction of people living with HIV still take complex multi-pill regimens. Spotlight reports on a new combination pill that could make life easier for some in this group.
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Eli Lilly Makes Three Strategic Acquisitions to Bolster Its Vaccine Portfolio

Eli Lilly Makes Three Strategic Acquisitions to Bolster Its Vaccine Portfolio | Virology News | Scoop.it
Eli Lilly has announced the simultaneous acquisition of three companies — Curevo (US), LimmaTech Biologics (Switzerland), and Vaccine Company (US).
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Hundreds protest outside Kenya's Ebola quarantine center for US citizens after court suspended plan to establish facility

Hundreds protest outside Kenya's Ebola quarantine center for US citizens after court suspended plan to establish facility | Virology News | Scoop.it
Hundreds of youths in Kenya’s central town of Nanyuki on Monday demonstrated against the establishment at the Laikipia Air Base of an Ebola quarantine center for American citizens exposed to the virus.
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How Far Has Ebola Spread? Italy And Brazil Probe Suspected Cases | IBTimes UK

How Far Has Ebola Spread? Italy And Brazil Probe Suspected Cases | IBTimes UK | Virology News | Scoop.it
Italy and Brazil are probing suspected Ebola cases linked to travel from affected regions as the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to grow despite five recent recoveries.
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June 1, 9:52 AM
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As Hantavirus and Ebola Cases Rise, Long COVID Is Being Forgotten

As Hantavirus and Ebola Cases Rise, Long COVID Is Being Forgotten | Virology News | Scoop.it
Concerns about Ebola or hantavirus being a new pandemic are rising, but for the millions with Long COVID, we’re still in this one.
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Friendly gut bacteria curb viral infections with a tryptophan-derived

Friendly gut bacteria curb viral infections with a tryptophan-derived | Virology News | Scoop.it
A new study published in Nature Communications reports that bacteria normally living alongside humans may help suppress viral infections by producing a metabolite derived from tryptophan, an amino acid obtained through the diet and used by cells to build proteins and signaling molecules.
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Gesundheit: West-Nil-Virus: Zahl der Fälle in Griechenland steigt stark

Gesundheit: West-Nil-Virus: Zahl der Fälle in Griechenland steigt stark | Virology News | Scoop.it
In Griechenland hat sich die Zahl der West-Nil-Virus-Fälle in kurzer Zeit mehr als verdoppelt. Besonders ältere Menschen sind betroffen.
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July 20, 9:26 AM
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Malawi Rolls Out Injectable HIV Prevention Drug Amid Hope and Caution

Malawi Rolls Out Injectable HIV Prevention Drug Amid Hope and Caution | Virology News | Scoop.it
Malawi - Patrick Chakwana, 50, has lived with HIV since 1999, when there was no effective treatment and the message to those diagnosed was blunt: "AIDS Kills". Today, as Malawi becomes one of the latest African countries to launch Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injectable drug that prevents HIV...
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Mapping how influenza virus rewires human host cells

Mapping how influenza virus rewires human host cells | Virology News | Scoop.it
Researchers at EMBL Hamburg and collaborators at the Leibniz Research Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) have mapped how the influenza A virus rewires infected human cells in unprecedented detail.
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On the hunt for Earth's first complex life

How life started on our own planet may not seem as interesting as finding evidence of life on Mars or the icy moons Europa or Enceladus. But the search for the first eukaryotes on Earth remains as important to astrobiology as finding life on a far-flung planet. That's in part because, for 90% of Earth's history, life was microbial.
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Researchers advance tech that could help scientists detect habitable worlds beyond our solar system

Are we alone in the universe? For scientists working on NASA's proposed Habitable Worlds Observatory, that question is no longer purely philosophical. It is increasingly becoming an engineering problem.
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July 20, 9:22 AM
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Gefährliches Virus: Zustand des Ebola-Patienten verbessert sich weiter

Gefährliches Virus: Zustand des Ebola-Patienten verbessert sich weiter | Virology News | Scoop.it
Vor einer Woche kam ein mit Ebola infizierter Patient auf die Sonderisolierstation des Frankfurter Uniklinikums. Die Behandlung hilft ihm.
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Sydney’s quarantine centre built for the worst, opened in 2023

Sydney’s quarantine centre built for the worst, opened in 2023 | Virology News | Scoop.it
Opened in 2023 at Westmead, Sydney’s biocontainment quarantine centre was designed after the 2014 Ebola outbreak for “high consequence infectious diseases.”...
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Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo reach 282 as survivors describe their recoveries

Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo reach 282 as survivors describe their recoveries | Virology News | Scoop.it
The outbreak remains focused in Congo's eastern Ituri province. Congo has reported over 1,000 suspected cases with the Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved treatment or vaccine.
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Oxford Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine candidate receives CEPI backing — Oxford Vaccine Group

Oxford Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine candidate receives CEPI backing — Oxford Vaccine Group | Virology News | Scoop.it
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has announced today that it will urgently accelerate the development of three investigational vaccines targeting the Bundibugyo ebolavirus that has caused a rapidly spreading epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and...
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Rubio’s Ebola plan alarms experts amid rising case

Rubio’s Ebola plan alarms experts amid rising case | Virology News | Scoop.it
The WHO has declared the Ebola spread in the DRC and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern, and experts warn that the U.S.decisio...
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Plants hit the brakes on immunity to survive viral infections

When viruses invade a plant, you might expect an all-out immune war. But new research published in Science shows that, much like in humans, too strong an immune response can actually do more harm than good.
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