Rwanda reports 8 deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus days after it declared an outbreak

by Ignatius SsuunaIn this Oct. 8, 2014 photo, a medical worker from the Infection Prevention and Control unit wearing full protective equipment carries a meal to an isolation tent housing a man being

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Rwanda reports 8 deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus days after it declared an outbreak

by Ignatius SsuunaIn this Oct. 8, 2014 photo, a medical worker from the Infection Prevention and Control unit wearing full protective equipment carries a meal to an isolation tent housing a man being

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Mpox: African countries have beaten disease outbreaks before—here's what it takes

by Oyewale Tomori,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainBarely over a year after the World Health Organization (WHO)declaredthat mpox was no longer a public health issue o

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Mpox: African countries have beaten disease outbreaks before—here's what it takes

by Oyewale Tomori,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainBarely over a year after the World Health Organization (WHO)declaredthat mpox was no longer a public health issue o

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Immune protection against tuberculosis reinfection driven by cells that dampen lung inflammation, shows study

byUniversity of PittsburghAnti-CD4 antibody infusion depleted CD4+Tcells across anatomic compartments in cynomolgus macaques. Credit:Immunity(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni

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Immune protection against tuberculosis reinfection driven by cells that dampen lung inflammation, shows study

byUniversity of PittsburghAnti-CD4 antibody infusion depleted CD4+Tcells across anatomic compartments in cynomolgus macaques. Credit:Immunity(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni

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WHO launches plan to stanch mpox transmission and says the virus can be stopped

Red Cross officials create awareness around mpox in the Don Bosco refugee camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Moses SawasawaThe U.N. health agency on

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WHO launches plan to stanch mpox transmission and says the virus can be stopped

Red Cross officials create awareness around mpox in the Don Bosco refugee camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Moses SawasawaThe U.N. health agency on

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Small RNAs found to boost immune response to tuberculosis

by Roni Dengler,Thomas Jefferson UniversityCredit:Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2024.102156Tuberculosis kills about 1.3 million people each year, makin

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Small RNAs found to boost immune response to tuberculosis

by Roni Dengler,Thomas Jefferson UniversityCredit:Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2024.102156Tuberculosis kills about 1.3 million people each year, makin

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Research examines what made the COVID pandemic end so abruptly

by Samuel Jarman,SciencePODCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainDuring the winter of 2020 and 2021, the US saw deaths from COVID-19 reach 250,000. The following year, this number surged by a third t

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Research examines what made the COVID pandemic end so abruptly

by Samuel Jarman,SciencePODCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainDuring the winter of 2020 and 2021, the US saw deaths from COVID-19 reach 250,000. The following year, this number surged by a third t

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New mouse models offer valuable window into COVID-19 infection

byLa Jolla Institute for ImmunologySARS-CoV-2 delta and omicron BA.1 infectivity, clinical disease, and lung pathology in single- and double-KI hACE2 and hTMPRSS2 mice. Credit:eBioMedicine

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New mouse models offer valuable window into COVID-19 infection

byLa Jolla Institute for ImmunologySARS-CoV-2 delta and omicron BA.1 infectivity, clinical disease, and lung pathology in single- and double-KI hACE2 and hTMPRSS2 mice. Credit:eBioMedicine

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Vaccinating care home residents reduced COVID deaths, but the effect was small, finds study

by David Paton and Sourafel Girma,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainVaccinating older people probably did avert some deaths in 2021, but the effects were small. And even those sma

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Vaccinating care home residents reduced COVID deaths, but the effect was small, finds study

by David Paton and Sourafel Girma,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainVaccinating older people probably did avert some deaths in 2021, but the effects were small. And even those sma

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Study finds higher SARS-CoV-2 risk in obese individuals

by PNAS NexusCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA study finds an increased risk of developing a productive SARS-CoV-2 infection in obese people. Obesity is known to predict worse outcomes and higher mor

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Study finds higher SARS-CoV-2 risk in obese individuals

by PNAS NexusCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA study finds an increased risk of developing a productive SARS-CoV-2 infection in obese people. Obesity is known to predict worse outcomes and higher mor

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Study explores link between antibiotic use in aged care and superbug spread

byFlinders UniversityEffect of antibiotic exposure on the elderly gut microbiome and resistome. Credit:Journal of Infection(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106243There's an urgen

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Study explores link between antibiotic use in aged care and superbug spread

byFlinders UniversityEffect of antibiotic exposure on the elderly gut microbiome and resistome. Credit:Journal of Infection(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106243There's an urgen

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Rwanda will deploy Marburg vaccine under trial as death toll rises to 12

by Ignatius SsuunaIn this Oct. 8, 2014 photo, a medical worker from the Infection Prevention and Control unit wearing full protective equipment carries a meal to an isolation tent housing a man being

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Rwanda will deploy Marburg vaccine under trial as death toll rises to 12

by Ignatius SsuunaIn this Oct. 8, 2014 photo, a medical worker from the Infection Prevention and Control unit wearing full protective equipment carries a meal to an isolation tent housing a man being

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Study indicates vaccines targeting nose, mouth may be key to controlling spread of COVID-19

byWashington University School of MedicineCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe lightning-fast development of COVID-19 vaccines just months after the virus appeared was a triumph of modern scien

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Study indicates vaccines targeting nose, mouth may be key to controlling spread of COVID-19

byWashington University School of MedicineCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe lightning-fast development of COVID-19 vaccines just months after the virus appeared was a triumph of modern scien

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