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Norovirus, the winter vomiting bug, is highly infectious among people in confined places – like cruise ships. But not everyone is equally vulnerable. Your blood type may determine if you get sick.
You’ll catch your death!
The CDC just released a list of bacteria and fungi that pose, or have the potential to pose, a serious health threat. Here are four strategies for curbing the rise of these superbugs.
Spiny lobsters with deadly PaV1 virus are found in seagrass habitats more than any other - but the seagrass may actually be helping to combat the disease.
Despite awareness of the importance of hand washing, most people often fail to do it properly.
A common myth cited as a reason for not getting the flu shot is that the shot will give you the flu. That is scientifically impossible. Here’s why.
When people get sick, they often suspect bacteria and viruses as the cause. But now the CDC is asking physicians and patients to consider another culprit: fungi.
Recent discoveries on the effects of live attenuated vaccines challenge the current vaccine paradigm and question vaccination policies.
A challenge in eradicating polio comes from a version of the vaccine itself, which relies on live but attenuated virus. Rationally designing a new vaccine could help get rid of polio once and for all.
The white blood cells act as an army of fighting cells, protecting your body from bad cells known as germs. White blood cells can capture germs and even swallow them.
A small trial suggests a powerful new way of beating non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.
Human Cytomegalovirus affects billions of people all around world so why haven’t most of us heard of it?
Monkeypox is very contagious and there is no cure. But the good news is the body can heal itself from the virus. Singapore is the first in Asia, where the monkey smallpox virus has infected humans.
The 2018-2019 flu season was less deadly than the last. But the pattern of infection was unusual, thanks to the various strains circulating and the way flu shots work over time.
Cholera kills fast, and outbreaks are common in war-torn regions and after natural disasters where clean water is scarce. A new strategy to prevent cholera infections is a ‘cocktail’ of live virus.
After the failure of multiple drug trials the outlook for an Alzheimer’s drug is bleak. This shouldn’t be a surprise. We don’t know the cause or even how to diagnose the disease.
The 2018 flu season was mild, while 2017 was a particularly bad year. It’s impossible to predict what the 2019 flu season has in store, but we’ve seen more cases so far this year than usual.
The Ebola virus claimed 11,000 lives in 2014. Today, scientists may have cured the disease in guinea pigs by using antibodies.
The latest malware is designed especially to make small companies pay through the nose for their data.
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Lecturer in Virology, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor Emerita of Biology, Indiana University
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Research Scientist and Principal Investigator at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Director of Microbiology, University of California, San Diego
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Regents' Professor & Chair, Medical Laboratory Science, Texas State University
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Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, University of Sussex
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Professor of Medicine and Vice President, Research, McMaster University
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Director, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital and Consultant Physician, Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
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Virologist, The University of Queensland
