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08May/17

Global warming could unleash ancient viruses in permafrost

May 8, 2017ResearchAnimal diseases, Anthrax, Biological weapons, Botulism, Clostridium botulinum, Disaster/Accident, Drunken trees, Effects of global warming, Environment, Geography, Geomorphology, Jean-Michel Claverie, Montane ecology, Pedology, Permafrost, Permafrost carbon cycle, Physical geography, Planetary science, RTT, Virussmbale

Scientists warn that climate change is melting permafrost soils which may lead to the release of ancient viruses and bacterium. Continue reading →

09Oct/15

Discharged British Ebola nurse back in hospital

October 9, 2015HealthcareAnimal diseases, Animal virology, Biological weapons, Cafferkey, Ebola, Ebola virus disease, Ebola virus disease in the United Kingdom, Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone, Hugh Pennington, Infectious diseases, London, Medical specialties, nurse, Pauline Cafferkey, Royal Free Hospital, RTT, Scotland, Sierra Leone, South Lanarkshire, Tropical diseases, United Kingdom, West African Ebola virus epidemic, Zaire ebolavirus, Zoonosessmbale

A Scottish nurse who had previously contracted Ebola during a trip to Sierra Leone has been readmitted to a London hospital.

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31Jul/15

WHO: Ebola vaccine trials promising

July 31, 2015MedicineAnimal diseases, assistant director general, Biological weapons, Biology, Ebola, Ebola vaccine, Ebola virus, Ebola virus disease, Guinea, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Infectious diseases, MARGARET CHAN, Marie-Paule Kieny, Médecins Sans Frontières, Medical specialties, Medicine, Microbiology, Mononegavirales, nee, Responses to the West African Ebola virus epidemic, Reuters, Tropical diseases, Vaccination, Vaccine, Virology, Virus, West Africa, West African Ebola virus epidemic, World Health Organization, Zaire ebolavirus, Zoonosessmbale

REUTERS/ MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES HANDOUT/ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION) – It may soon be possible to protect humans against the deadly Ebola virus.

A new vaccine being tested in Guinea has been 100-percent effective,
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