Archive: 23/12/2016

Ebola: profile of a prolific killer

A factfile on the deadly Ebola virus, against which the World Health Organization said Friday a prototype vaccine could be "up to 100 percent effective".

Dec 23, 2016

Two babies in Puerto Rico born with Zika-related defects

Puerto Rico's health secretary says two babies have been born with defects as a result of a Zika infection.

Dec 23, 2016

Study focuses on improving facemasks to help reduce football brain injuries

A team of Clemson University researchers and an Upstate businessman believe they can help make football a little safer by creating a facemask that can help reduce the severity of head injuries by increasing overall helmet ...

Dec 23, 2016

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Genomic sequencing illuminates recent Shigella outbreaks in California

In a study that could have significant impact on how disease outbreaks are managed, researchers at UC Davis and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) have sequenced and analyzed genomes from Shigella sonnei (S. ...

Dec 23, 2016

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Stopping Ebola in its tracks: which vaccine will do it?

Forty years after emerging in what is today the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ebola virus may finally have met its match in a vaccine which could be "up to 100 percent effective", according to its makers.

Dec 23, 2016

Angola declares end to deadly yellow fever epidemic

Angola on Friday declared the end of a yellow fever outbreak that killed at least 400 people, after an emergency United Nations vaccination campaign covering 25 million people.

Dec 23, 2016

Research aids discovery of genetic immune disorder

Investigators at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and international colleagues have identified a genetic immune disorder characterized by increased susceptibility and poor immune control of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) ...

Dec 23, 2016