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Topical news snippets about viruses that affect people. And other things. Like Led Zeppelin. And zombies B-)
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In 1910, egyptologists discovered smallpox scars on the face of the mummy of Ramses V - the earliest evidence of smallpox in human history. Andrew explains the origins of the disease, and traces its spread into the modern era.
EXCELLENT series of short films on smallpox through the ages, courtesy of the Wellcome Trust - and AJ Cann, who tweeted it. 
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"Immunizing boys and girls before they become sexually active, experts say, is the most effective way to prevent the spread of the human papilloma virus, or HPV, associated with genital warts and cancer. U.S. government advisory committee this October recommended that males between the ages of 11 and 21 be vaccinated against the human papilloma virus, believed responsible for thousands of new cancer cases in men and women each year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices further explained that the vaccine series can begin as early as age 9."
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...Elsevier's Virology was calmly publishing another paper on a "mutant" H5N1....
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Stomach Flu Sickens St. Maarten Cruise PassengersLEX18 Lexington KY NewsMaria Henry of the Collective Preventive Services says the Celebrity Silhouette disclosed the cases of gastroenteritis or stomach flu in its mandatory health declaration prior...
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February 9, 2012 2:31 AM
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Safe and effective vaccines offer protection against types 16 and 18 of HPV, which together cause some 70% of all cervical cancer cases — a leading cause of cancer in women worldwide, claiming 275000 lives in 2008.
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February 9, 2012 2:22 AM
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Amazon.com: Britain and the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic (Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine) eBook: Niall Johnson: Kindle Store (Britain and the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic: 1918-1919 saw the end of the Great War and the eruption of...
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February 9, 2012 2:19 AM
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Amazon.com: American Experience - Influenza 1918: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Joe Morton, Michael Murphy, Linda Hunt, Will Lyman, Philip Bosco, Liev Schreiber, Blair Brown, Brendan Gill, Eli Wallach, John Steele Gordon, Katy Mostoller, Michael...
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February 9, 2012 2:18 AM
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MEXICO CITY - Swine flu is back in Mexico, the epicenter of a world pandemic three years ago that pa... - Lifestyles Breaking News - Brandon Sun.
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February 11, 2012 7:17 AM
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February 10, 2012 7:36 AM
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Biologists have found new evidence of why mice, people and other vertebrate animals carry thousands of varieties of genes to make immune-system proteins named MHCs--even though some of those genes make vertebrate animals susceptible to infections and to autoimmune diseases.
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February 10, 2012 3:36 AM
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A Bangladeshi public health doctor, Asm Amjad Hossain, is the first recipient of the annual Gates Vaccine Innovation Award, which recognizes individuals who make significant contributions to advancing work in vaccine-preventable diseases.
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February 10, 2012 3:27 AM
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"...these results indicate that although host genetic diversity and viral entry may play some role in between-fish viral load variation, they are not major factors. Other biological and non-biological parameters that may influence viral load variation are discussed."
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February 9, 2012 10:25 AM
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#news #flu Under the radar, bird flu arrives back in Egypt - Bikya Masr http://t.co/McNENvFX...
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February 9, 2012 2:32 AM
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A new study led by Irene Shui from Harvard Medical School, has found that the rotavirus vaccine does not increase the risk of blocked bowels in infants. The findings are similar to a recent report that found that the number of ...
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February 9, 2012 2:24 AM
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The American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending that all boys between the ages of 11 and 12 receive the three-dose vaccine for the human papillomavirus or hpv.
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February 9, 2012 2:20 AM
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BHUBANESWAR: A month after bird flu was first detected in the state on January 8, it is feared thousands of poultry farms in the state would down shutters for ever."In areas where the fowls were...
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