Analysis of blood samples from 42 patients diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) during the Zika virus outbreak in French Polynesia provides the first evidence that Zika virus might c... Read more
Influenza is able to mask itself, so that the virus is not initially detected by our immune system. This is the result of new research from Aarhus University. The researchers behind the stud... Read more
A new ridiculous rumor is spreading around the internets. According to conspiracy theorists, the recent outbreak of Zika can be blamed on the British biotech company Oxitec, which some are s... Read more
WHO statement on the first meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR 2005) Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal ma... Read more
The Zika virus is likely to spread across nearly all of the Americas, the World Health Organization has warned. The infection, which causes symptoms including mild fever, conjunctivitis and... Read more
Viruses with approximately 50% homology to human influenza C virus (ICV) have recently been isolated from swine and cattle. The overall low homology to ICV, lack of antibody cross-reactivity... Read more
Scientists are studying the world’s deadliest viruses to find treatments and vaccines for new infectious diseases. In today’s hyper connected world, viruses can spread faster tha... Read more
Mukalla’s fight against the disease is hampered by a sewage crisis and the fact that al-Qaeda controls the city. Abdullah, a middle-aged bus driver in Yemen’s port city of Mukall... Read more
Unlicensed medical practitioner sentenced to 25 years in jail for spreading HIV among almost 300 villagers. A Cambodian court has convicted an unlicensed medical practitioner of murder and s... Read more
Australian scientist Michael Alpers dedicated over 50 years to researching Kuru, an obscure and incurable brain disease unique to the Fore people of New Guinea. Kuru was once thought to be a... Read more
