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Running an Ebola Clinic in Sierra Leone Is All About Containment—And Chlorine
Treating patients with the deadly Ebola virus takes doctors, drugs, and a whole lot of chlorine.
Epidemiology
Source: Wired
Posted on: Friday, Dec 19, 2014, 8:07am
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Hunt For Dengue Vaccine Gets Closer
Dengue sickens millions of people each year, and there's no cure. Now scientists have found powerful antibodies that stop the virus. Their discovery offers a road map to develop a simple vaccine.
Epidemiology
Source: NPR
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 16, 2014, 1:12pm
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For Ebola Patients in Sierra Leone, Survival Takes More Than Medicine
For all the medicine they provide at this center, physicians and staff from Doctors Without Borders spend as much time encouraging the patients to eat, drink, and keep fighting. Every patient gets a standard regimen of antibiotics, paracetemol and other pain medications, vitamins, oral rehydration therapy or intravenous fluids. Drugs can control nausea for those who need them; everyone gets antimalarials.
Epidemiology
Source: Wired
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 16, 2014, 1:12pm
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Scientists Debate If It's OK To Make Viruses More Dangerous In The Lab
Researchers are struggling with how to balance the benefits and risks of genetic experiments that can give viruses new talents for causing infections.
Epidemiology
Source: NPR
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 16, 2014, 1:12pm
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Debunking Vaccine Myths Can Have An Unintended Effect
People concerned about potential flu vaccine side effects may be less likely to get the shot after learning that their worries are misplaced than they were to start with.
Epidemiology
Source: NPR
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 11, 2014, 7:59am
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Malaria death rate halved, but many still lack nets
Bednets, diagnostic tests and newer drugs have saved an estimated 4.3 million lives, but malaria still killed half a million people globally last year
Epidemiology
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 10, 2014, 7:38am
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In Sierra Leone, Nurses Who Survive Ebola Return to Help Others
Erika Check Hayden reports from Sierra Leone on nurses who caught Ebola and survived, and are now back in clinics helping others fight the disease. Even though they are thankful to have escaped with their lives, the stigma and fear they face in their neighborhoods can be difficult. Sometimes the clinic is the only place they feel at home.
Epidemiology
Source: Wired
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 09, 2014, 6:49am
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8 Animal Plagues Wreaking Havoc Right Now
The scariest diseases plaguing the animal kingdom
Epidemiology
Source: TIME Magazine
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 04, 2014, 6:50am
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No serious side effects in Merck/Newlink Ebola vaccine test
The first people vaccinated with an experimental Ebola shot being developed by Merck and NewLink have had no serious side effects so far, but a few experienced mild fever, Swiss researchers said on Tuesday.
Epidemiology
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 03, 2014, 8:13am
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Ebola In The Air: What Science Says About How The Virus Spreads
Turns out, Ebola is transmitted through the air, but it's not very good at spreading through the airborne route. What in the heck does that mean? We dig into the science to clear up the kerfuffle.
Epidemiology
Source: NPR
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 02, 2014, 7:45am
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Ebola Is Changing Course In Liberia. Will The U.S. Military Adapt?
The U.S. had planned to build 17 treatment units across Liberia, one in each county's major town. Now that more cases are appearing in remote areas, the Army may need to rethink its strategy.
Epidemiology
Source: NPR
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 26, 2014, 9:14am
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As Ebola Pingpongs In Liberia, Cases Disappear Into The Jungle
A woman is thought to be spreading Ebola in a remote village. So health workers spend four hours trekking through the bush to track her down. By the time they make it, it's too late.
Epidemiology
Source: NPR
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 25, 2014, 8:24am
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Bloodmobiles To Collect Plasma From West Africa's Ebola Survivors
Researchers gear up tests in West Africa to see whether blood from Ebola survivors can help people who are sick with the disease. This is part of a broader effort to test therapies in West Africa.
Epidemiology
Source: NPR
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 19, 2014, 8:12am
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How bird flu threatens Europe's Christmas turkeys
The virus's foray into Europe coincides with peak production of Christmas turkeys, the poultry species most vulnerable to bird flu
Epidemiology
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 18, 2014, 7:12am
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Scientists Discover Why Mosquitos Love Human Blood
You get mosquito bites because of your smell
Epidemiology
Source: TIME Magazine
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 13, 2014, 8:41am
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How 'The Hot Zone' Got It Wrong And Other Tales Of Ebola's History
Do people with Ebola actually cry tears of blood? What happens if the U.S. Army thinks you might have Ebola? We catch up with science writer David Quammen to discuss truths and myths about the virus.
Epidemiology
Source: NPR
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014, 8:51am
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Australian smokers learn to accept gruesome packets
The graphic images plastered across unbranded cigarette packs in Australia have gained acceptance, with more smokers now supporting the packaging than opposed
Epidemiology
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014, 8:51am
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How A Tilt Toward Safety Stopped A Scientist's Virus Research
The U.S. government has stopped some experiments with dangerous viruses, saying the risks need to be reconsidered. Key work in one scientist's lab has been halted.
Epidemiology
Source: NPR
Posted on: Friday, Nov 07, 2014, 9:26am
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Drug-resistant superbug found in 1915 soldier killed by dysentery
Scientists who unlocked the genetic code of bacteria grown from a soldier who died of dysentery in World War I say it revealed a superbug already resistant to penicillin and other antibiotics decades before they were in common use.
Epidemiology
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Friday, Nov 07, 2014, 9:26am
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From Blue Bleach To Hazmat Hacks, Students Take On Ebola Challenges
College students excel at thinking creatively under pressure. Now they're designing tools to confront the challenges of Ebola, including friendlier-looking protective gear and diagnostic aids.
Epidemiology
Source: NPR
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 06, 2014, 8:17am
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Ebola may have reached turning point
Dr Jeremy Farrar of Wellcome Trust says international community is belatedly taking actions necessary to stem tide of disease
Epidemiology
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Thursday, Oct 30, 2014, 8:55am
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Blood Test For Ebola Doesn't Catch Infection Early
A highly sensitive blood test for Ebola exists, so why isn't it being used to test all returning health workers from West Africa? Because the virus isn't in the blood in the first stages of infection.
Epidemiology
Source: NPR
Posted on: Wednesday, Oct 29, 2014, 8:11am
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Jonas Salk Google doodle: a good reminder of the power of vaccines
The story of the vaccines development is just one part of a rich and intertwined history of scientific discovery and controversy
Epidemiology
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Wednesday, Oct 29, 2014, 8:11am
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Ancient Viruses Lurk In Frozen Caribou Poo
A 700-year-old caribou dropping from northern Canada holds surprisingly well-preserved viruses. There's no evidence the viruses are dangerous, but they are scientifically interesting.
Epidemiology
Source: NPR
Posted on: Tuesday, Oct 28, 2014, 8:15am
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FDA Cracks Down On Fake Ebola Cures Sold Online
The Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to companies marketing products claimed to be cures for Ebola. One firm says it will drop such claims — but it's still selling the product.
Epidemiology
Source: NPR
Posted on: Friday, Oct 24, 2014, 8:16am
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Fixing 'Ebolanomics' in pursuit of vaccines and drugs
As researchers from Africa to China to America race to develop vaccines and treatments to fight Ebola, health experts are grappling with the economics of a disease that until this year had been off the drug industry's radar.
Epidemiology
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Friday, Oct 24, 2014, 8:16am
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Global agency needed for battling infectious diseases
Ebola underlines the urgent need for a new way of responding to global epidemics, say Harvey Rubin and Nicholas Saidel
Epidemiology
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Oct 24, 2014, 8:16am
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Ebola Vaccine Could Start Testing In Africa By January
The World Health Organization says two vaccine candidates now undergoing small-scale tests of dosage and safety in people might be ready for broader deployment in Africa by early 2015.
Epidemiology
Source: NPR
Posted on: Wednesday, Oct 22, 2014, 9:19am
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Tuberculosis toll greater than previously estimated, says WHO
9 million new cases and 1.5 million deaths in 2013
Epidemiology
Source: Science
Posted on: Wednesday, Oct 22, 2014, 9:19am
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Why closing borders won't stop Ebola's rampage
Screening people as they cross borders never works well but stopping people leaving affected countries could have devastating consequences
Epidemiology
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Oct 21, 2014, 9:00am
Rating: | Views: 1124 | Comments: 0
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