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Researchers find a new giant virus in the hot springs of northern Japan. It's unique genetic makeup of histones and capsid proteins brings new insight into virus evolution. No comment yet.
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The rapid multi-country lab response may be the model for years ahead in dealing with emerging virus outbreaks
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In the week in which a Norwegian woman died after contracting rabies in the Phillipines, the diseases are on a list of eight highlighted by the US-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a report examining zoonotic illnesses – meaning those which have the potential to jump from ... Via Ed Rybicki
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I was perplexed and disappointed that the recent approval of Novartis’ gene therapy Zolgensma was immediately overshadowed by outrage over the drug’s price.
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First ever viral vector (adeno-associated virus) gene therapy treatment arrives with a hefty price tag...
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While comforting to children, practice may help circulate rabbit virus RVHD2...
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By studying the effects of flu viruses on individual cells, scientists have shown how viral mutation can affect the outcome of infection.
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The flu vaccine in the form of a nasal spray will be offered to all children in primary school next winter in a bid to boost uptake, health chiefs have announced.
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Amid international efforts to find a vaccine for African Swine Fever, Australian authorities and industry are bracing for an outbreak some fear is "inevitable".
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Nipah virus is listed as one of the World Health Organization's priority pathogens, meaning urgent action is needed against it.
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Mothers' breast milk can provide protection against infection that lasts for life, finds new research in mice by an international team of scientists including experts at the University of Birmingham.
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Even premature babies carry anti-viral antibodies transferred from the mother, researchers report in a paper on maternal antibodies in newborns. The results should change our approach to infection sensitivity in newborns, they say.
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Bladder infections, like many others, are increasingly becoming resistant to antibiotics."We are getting to the point where there are organisms that are...
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KINSHASA – Although the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to make headway thanks to the determination of health workers on the ground, insecurity is still hampering the response, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. |
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Microbes under attack by bacteriophages turn their defenses on their enemies and themselves. It doesn't kill them, though.
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A final decision is yet to be made over whether a strain of the herpes virus will be released to control carp numbers in the Murray-Darling, as irrigators utilise a matured water market to help them negotiate low allocations.
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Johnson & Johnson has announced full enrolment in its proof-of-concept efficacy study of Imbokodo.- News - PharmaTimes...
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More cases have been reported this year than in all of 1992, when the country had its last big outbreak.
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Translating the latest success against the AIDS virus into a practical treatment will take years — if it happens at all. Here are answers to some of the most pressing questions raised by the news.
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Stinging from an initial rebuff in 2018, Merck hoped for a turnaround from England’s drug-price watchdog for cytomegalovirus prevention drug Prevymis. Thanks to a discount offer, the drugmaker got the exact response it wanted.
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World Health Organization (WHO) update on Ebola outbreak in DR Congo. Latest update by WHO: 1241 deaths through May 21, 2019 with the virus killing 64% of confirmed cases of Ebola
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So far, the virus has only been found in northeastern China, but it could potentially have a much wider range.
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The just-ended 2018-2019 flu season was relatively mild compared to the last season, during which nearly 80,000 people in the U.S. died of flu-related illness, according to estimates by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
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A bill just approved by the California State Senate would make Truvada, the HIV drug that's been found to be effective at preventing new HIV infections, available for over-the-counter use for 30 days.
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A study using human biological samples and mouse models has found what can make viruses more dangerous and how some could facilitate Alzheimer's.
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African green monkeys survived infection with the Nipah virus after they received remdesivir. The virus, a pandemic threat carried by bats, has killed dozens of people in Asia. |
