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Vaccine schedule is a must-have on child’s back-to-school checklist

With the start of the school year just around the corner, it is easy to overlook one of the most important things on any back-to-school checklist - making sure your child is vaccinated. Vaccinations protect children from serious diseases, ultimately protecting families, schools and communities by way of safe and effective immunizations.

1 Aug 2018

New real-time strategy to combat future outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease

Future outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease can be combatted quickly and efficiently from early on - when authorities have minimal information - thanks to a new real-time strategy, developed by researchers at the University of Warwick.

31 Jul 2018

Researchers describe strategy used by Oropouche virus to replicate in human cells

The strategy used by the Oropouche virus to replicate in human cells has been described for the first time by researchers at the University of São Paulo in Brazil and international collaborators in an article published in the journal PLOS Pathogens.

31 Jul 2018

Researchers discover new antibodies that have capacity to treat all Ebola viruses

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and their colleagues are a step closer to developing a broadly effective antibody treatment against the three major Ebola viruses that cause lethal disease in humans.

31 Jul 2018

New model for eradicating peste des petits ruminants

Eradicating peste des petits ruminants is an ambitious objective that is neveretheless looking increasingly realistic, notably thanks to a targeted vaccination strategy centring on production systems that act as a virus reservoir.

31 Jul 2018

Scientific group takes new step towards designing new HIV vaccine

The scientific group of Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University headed by Professor Andrei Kozlov published the results of a study devoted to the search of solutions for creating the HIV vaccine.

31 Jul 2018

World not ready to deal with a viral pandemic

A team of researchers from the John Hopkins Center for Health Security conducted a simulation with real life implications.

31 Jul 2018

New approach shows important role of microRNAs in papillomavirus life cycle

The discovery of microRNAs encoded by papillomaviruses supports the important role of these small molecules in persistent infection, according to a study published July 26 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens.

27 Jul 2018

Genetic factors may play a role in progression of liver injury in Caucasians with hepatitis B infection

A new study has shown that genetic variation may increase the risk of severe liver damage in Caucasians with chronic hepatitis B infection.

27 Jul 2018

Fucose-based food supplement could be used to stop the spread of norovirus in children's hospitals

Norovirus is the most common cause of gastroenteritis worldwide; it causes tens hundreds of thousands of deaths each year and is particularly risky for children under 3 years old.

27 Jul 2018

PEACHI project develops vaccine strategies targeting both HIV and hepatitis C virus

An estimated 2.3 million people globally are infected with both human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and hepatitis C virus.

27 Jul 2018

Researchers emphasize need for baby boomers to get tested for hepatitis C

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 300 million people across the globe are unaware they're living with viral hepatitis. In fact, baby boomers - those born between 1945-1965 - are five times more likely to have hepatitis C, one of the many different strains of this viral infection.

27 Jul 2018

NIH officials highlight growing threat of tickborne diseases

The incidence of tickborne infections in the United States has risen significantly within the past decade. It is imperative, therefore, that public health officials and scientists build a robust understanding of pathogenesis, design improved diagnostics, and develop preventive vaccines, according to a new commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine from leading scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health

26 Jul 2018

Long-lasting HIV control without antiretroviral therapy is a feasible goal, says expert

Long-lasting control of HIV infection without antiretroviral therapy is a feasible goal that deserves vigorous pursuit, Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., will assert during a lecture on Wednesday, July 25 at the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam.

26 Jul 2018

Cancer and heart disease are deadlier in the developing world than in western nations

Diseases such as cancer, heart disease and stroke are deadlier in the developing world than in rich nations. This is the finding of a new analysis from researchers at Imperial College London.

26 Jul 2018

HIV infections on the rise among teenage girls

According to a new report from the United Nations children’s fund UNICEF, more and more adolescent girls are being infected with HIV. The report estimates around 30 teenagers being infected with HIV each hour. Of these 30 infections among those aged between 15 and 19 years, around 20 are girls, the report states.

26 Jul 2018

Virus News and Research

Latest Virus News and Research

Vaccine schedule is a must-have on child’s back-to-school checklist

New real-time strategy to combat future outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease

Researchers describe strategy used by Oropouche virus to replicate in human cells

Researchers discover new antibodies that have capacity to treat all Ebola viruses

New model for eradicating peste des petits ruminants

Scientific group takes new step towards designing new HIV vaccine

World not ready to deal with a viral pandemic

New approach shows important role of microRNAs in papillomavirus life cycle

Genetic factors may play a role in progression of liver injury in Caucasians with hepatitis B infection

Fucose-based food supplement could be used to stop the spread of norovirus in children's hospitals

PEACHI project develops vaccine strategies targeting both HIV and hepatitis C virus

Researchers emphasize need for baby boomers to get tested for hepatitis C

NIH officials highlight growing threat of tickborne diseases

Long-lasting HIV control without antiretroviral therapy is a feasible goal, says expert

Cancer and heart disease are deadlier in the developing world than in western nations

HIV infections on the rise among teenage girls

Initiation of early treatment in HIV-infected infants has undeniable benefits

Déjà voodoo: Pharma’s promises to curb drug prices have been heard before

Researchers identify gene from Ebola virus in Myotis bats

Study could shed light on potential causes and markers of inflammatory bowel disease

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