More than a thousand people have been infected with the deadly Ebola virus in two eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in an outbreak that has claimed hundreds of lives and flummoxed public health officials.The Congolese...
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Tuberculosis, or TB, is not only the world's top infectious killer, it is also the leading cause of deaths among people with HIV and a major cause of antimicrobial resistance-related deaths, the United Nations health agency said on Sunday, World...
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In the era of #DeleteFacebook, the social network is proving to be a lifeline for HIV-positive people.
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A new study shows that a naltrexone implant placed under the skin was more effective at helping HIV-positive patients with an opioid addiction reduce relapse and have better HIV-related outcomes compared to the oral drug.
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(MedPage Today) -- Two trials in HIV-related TB and rifampin-resistant TB suggest answer is yes
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Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin revealed on Tuesday that he intentionally exposed all nine of his children to the chickenpox virus, in the hopes they would catch the disease and develop immunity. They did, indeed, catch the disease, and in what is the...
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Being in outer space can have some odd effects on the body, including triggering dormant herpes viruses to reawaken, according to a recent review study.
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(MedPage Today) -- 'We're on the right track,' notes Timothy Henrich, MD
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Controlling mosquito-borne illnesses, such as Dengue or West Nile virus, has historically been difficult due to a lack of effective vaccines and concerns about the environmental impact of insecticides. Thus, scientists have turned to manipulating...
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Research highlights role of immunological imprinting -- or how the immune system fights the flu after previous exposure to the virus via infections or vaccinations -- in the elicitation of new antibodies.
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Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX), a pre-revenue vaccine developer, is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Following the latest clinical failure of its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, ResVax, last month, the company could be forced into making...
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Jerome Kunkel, 18, was banned from his Kentucky school, which is experiencing a chickenpox outbreak, because he isn't vaccinated against the virus. Now he's suing.
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Vincent Racaniello is Higgins Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Columbia University, where he oversees research on viruses that cause common colds and poliomyelitis. He teaches virology to undergraduate, graduate, medical, dental, and...
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Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Tuesday backed needle exchange programs as a way to reduce new HIV infections among people who inject illicit drugs.“Syringe services programs aren’t necessarily the first thing that comes to...
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A team of researchers including Northwestern Engineering faculty has expanded the understanding of how virus shells self-assemble, an important step toward developing techniques that use viruses as vehicles to deliver targeted drugs and therapeutics...
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New insights into virus shell self-assembly could impact future drug delivery and therapeutic strategies.
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Two years after some of the world's biggest corporations were hit by the WannaCry virus which morphed into the "biggest ransomware attack in history", and which subsequently was found to have been created with NSA hacking software, on Tuesday, Norsk...
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Ensuring that more people are tested and are receiving HIV care is the foundation of the recently announced federal initiative to cut new infections by at least 90% during the next 10 years. Medscape Medical News
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MONDAY, March 18, 2019 -- Shortfalls in HIV testing and treatment are hampering efforts to stop new infections of the AIDS-causing virus in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
"We have the tools to end the HIV...
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Australian researchers have used current hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome sequences to deduce ancient human population movements into Australia, adding weight to the theory that the mainland Aboriginal population separated from other early humans at...
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