(HealthDay)—Lots of people came down with influenza last year despite getting a flu shot—and researchers can't promise this season's vaccine will be any more effective.
Nov 8, 2017
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Scientists have identified a time lag of up to two years between forest loss and the emergence of Ebola virus disease along the limits of the West and Central African rainforest.
Nov 2, 2017
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A new scientific study provides the first evidence-based assessment of pandemic potential in Africa prior to outbreaks and identifies ways to prevent them.
Oct 11, 2017
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Experts at St George's, University of London, have reported that an Ebola vaccine is safe for children as well as adults and produces an immune response.
Oct 9, 2017
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It's been 10 years since bluetongue virus (BTV) arrived in Britain for the very first time. With UK conditions mirroring those in Holland where the virus was already circulating, its arrival had been widely anticipated – ...
Oct 2, 2017
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Researchers have identified a potential new way to attack Ebola. Scientists have discovered that a protein called Tim-1 (T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain-containing protein 1) plays a key role in the development of ...
Sep 26, 2017
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Utilizing messages focused on images created by local artists and written information communicated through local dialects proved essential to counter misperceptions during the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone, according to ...
Sep 21, 2017
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Two Johns Hopkins materials science graduate students and their professors played a key role in a multi-institution research project that pinpointed how a tiny protein seems to make the deadly Ebola virus particularly contagious.
Aug 21, 2017
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New research, conducted by the University of Liverpool and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, highlights the need for long-term rehabilitation of Ebola survivors after almost 80% of those interviewed were found to have ...
Aug 21, 2017
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Hunting and slaughtering wild animals in Western and Central Africa can put humans at risk of contracting zoonotic infections, including Ebola virus and Lassa virus. While previous studies have suggested that this risky hunting ...
Jul 27, 2017
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