Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Congo announces first confirmed death from Ebola outbreak

Congo's minister of health says the first death from a new outbreak of Ebola in the country's northwest has been confirmed along with 11 other cases of people sickened by the virus.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Prior dengue infection does not increase Zika disease severity

Individuals infected with Zika virus after having dengue fever do not appear to become more severely ill than people with Zika who have never had dengue. This is the conclusion of a study published on June 20 in the journal ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

How Kenya can manage its increasing dengue fever cases

A public health alert for 150 dengue fever cases has been issued in Mombasa, Kenya. The Conversation Africa's Health and Medicine Editor Joy Wanja Muraya spoke to Dr Andrew Githeko on the effective management of this disease ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Researchers study potential for emergence of mosquito-borne disease

With Zika virus raising concerns around the United States about the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, the transmission of these viruses has become paramount in terms of how, when and where they are spread. Researchers at ...

Medical research

Blocking Ebola virus budding by regulating calcium signaling

The Ebola virus acts fast. The course of infection, from exposure to recovery, or death, can take as little as two weeks. That may not leave enough time for the immune system to mount an effective response.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Scientists close in on first dengue treatment

Clinical trials for a dengue fever treatment could start within a year, following a discovery by University of Queensland scientists.

Oncology & Cancer

Brain tumors may be new targets of Ebola-like virus

Brain tumors are notoriously difficult for most drugs to reach, but Yale researchers have found a promising but unlikely new ally against brain cancers—portions of a deadly virus similar to Ebola.

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