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04Jun/20

Reuters Virtual Newsmaker with Dr. William Haseltine

June 4, 2020MediaACCESS Health International Inc., Alessandra Galloni, Articles, Biotechnology, Business/Finance, cancer, Chairman, Company: Access Health, Company: ThomsonReuters, Coronaviridae, Coronavirus, current chair and president, dozen biotechnology, Haseltine, Haseltine Foundation for Science and the Arts, Health, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Managing Editor, Microbiology, Pandemic, Person Career, scientist businessman, Social Issues, Technology/Internet, Viruses, William A. Haseltinesmbale

As nations around the world begin to wind down restrictions imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, Reuters will be joined by scientist, businessman and philanthropist Dr. William A. Haseltine—a pioneer in the fights against HIV/AIDS and cancer—for a Newsmaker discussion on COVID-19, the race for a vaccine and the pandemic’s impact on the future of public health. Continue reading →

09Oct/17

New molecule eliminates HIV reservoirs with ‘kick and kill’ approach

October 9, 2017ResearchAIDS, Antiviral drug, Health, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Hepatotoxins, HIV, HIV vaccine, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS in China, Immunodeficiency, Management of HIV/AIDS, Medical specialties, Medicine, Microbiology, Mississippi baby, NEXT MEDIA, PLOS Pathogens, Prevention of HIV/AIDS, Reservoir, Science Daily, Social Issues, UCLA, Virus latency, Viruses, Zidovudinesmbale

Researchers may have finally found a way to eliminate the HIV reservoirs that often remain hidden in the body. Continue reading →

31Oct/16

HIV-infected South African children have rare resistance to AIDS

October 31, 2016HealthcareAntiviral drug, Biological warfare, Branches of biology, CCR5, Clusters of differentiation, Health, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Immunology, Lentiviruses, Medical specialties, Medicine, Microbiology, NEXT MEDIA, Pandemics, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Simian immunodeficiency virus, Social Issues, South Africa, Subtypes of HIV, Virussmbale

Scientists have discovered more than 100 African children who appear to be resistant to the human immunodeficiency virus.
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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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18May/15

WHO sets up $100 million fund to deal with future crises like Ebola

May 18, 2015HealthcareArticles, Biological weapons, Biology, Director, Ebola, Ebola virus disease, Geneva, Guinea, Health, Liberia, MARGARET CHAN, Medical specialties, Medicine, Microbiology, Mononegavirales, Public Health Emergency of International Concern, Responses to the West African Ebola virus epidemic, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, Tropical diseases, USD, Viruses, West African Ebola virus epidemic, World Health Organization, Zaire ebolavirus, Zoonosessmbale

WHO admits it failed to respond adequately to the Ebola virus and sets up a $100 million dollar fund to be better prepared next time.

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27Apr/15

HIV home testing kit goes on sale in UK

April 27, 2015HealthcareBIOSURE, Clinical medicine, Diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, Health, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, HIV, HIV test, HIV-positive people, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS in China, London, Medical specialties, Medicine, Microbiology, Paul Fleming, Social Issues, United Kingdom, Vaccine-induced seropositivity, Viral load monitoring for HIVsmbale

People in the UK can now buy a testing kit for HIV online which promises to provide a result within 15 minutes.

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01Apr/15

Experimental vaccine triggers the production of Ebola virus neutralizing antibodies

April 1, 2015Researchantibodies, Biological weapons, Biology, Claire-Anne Siegrist, Clinical medicine, Ebola, Ebola virus disease, Geneva, Guinea, H5N1 clinical trials, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Influenza vaccine, Laurent Kaiser, Liberia, Marie-Paule Kieny, Medical specialties, Medicine, Microbiology, Neutralizing antibody, Prevention, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, Tropical diseases, Vaccination, Vaccine, Vaccines, Virology, Virus, West Africa, World Health Organization, Zaire ebolavirus, Zoonosessmbale

Early tests of experimental vaccine triggers the production of Ebola virus neutralizing antibodies, researchers say.

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31Mar/15

UK scientists use medieval remedy to kill superbug MRSA

March 31, 2015HealthcareAnterior nares, Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Bacteremia, Bacteria, Bacterial diseases, Biology, Gram-positive bacteria, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare-associated infections, Infectious diseases, Medical specialties, Methicillin, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Microbiology, New Scientist, NEXT MEDIA, Scientist, Skin and skin structure infection, ST8:USA300, Staphylococcaceae, Staphylococcus aureus, Technology/Internet, United Kingdomsmbale

UK (Next Media) – UK Scientists successfully recreated and used a thousand-year-old Anglo Saxon remedy to kill hospital superbug MRSA.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, otherwise known as the superbug MRSA, is a bacteria resistant to many antibiotics. It can cause skin infections and more severe problems such as bloodstream infections and pneumonia in patients in hospitals or nursing homes, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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25Mar/15

New Liberian ebola case may have been contracted via intercourse

March 25, 2015HealthcareBiology, Ebola, Ebola virus disease, Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia, Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone, Health, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Infection, Infectious diseases, Liberia, Medical specialties, Medicine, Microbiology, Mononegavirales, NEXT MEDIA, RTT, Sexual intercourse, Tropical diseases, West African Ebola virus epidemic, Zoonosessmbale

(Next Media) – Health authorities in Liberia believe a woman who last week tested positive for Ebola in the first new case for weeks may have been infected through sexual intercourse with an Ebola survivor, dashing the government’s hopes of declaring the country Ebola-free.
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23Mar/15

One year on, Ebola still claws at West African nations despite progress

March 23, 2015HealthcareAbdulRahman Parker, Bai Koroma, Biology, Charles Mambu, Continents, Ebola, Ebola virus disease, Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia, Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone, Economic Community of West African States, Ernest Bai Koroma, Freetown, Guinea, Health, Jerome Mouton, Koroma, Liberia, Médecins Sans Frontières, Medicine, Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Member states of the United Nations, Microbiology, Mononegavirales, Sierra Leone, Tropical diseases, West African Ebola virus epidemic, World Health Organisation, Zoonosessmbale

Complacency and traditional beliefs sap fight to eradicate Ebola, warn health officials, as West Africa marks one year anniversary of outbreak that has killed over 10,200 people and infected twice as many.

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