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Epidemics in Fiction — Outbreak, Andromeda Strain, Contagion, More In honor of the real-life 2009 swine flu pandemic outbreak, here are 5 of the best fictional films and novels about viral epidemics. An infected monkey sets in...
Tonight the nation of Ukraine is in an absolute state of panic as a mystery illness rips through that country. Some reports are claiming that this mystery illness is a more virulent form of the H1N1 swine flu. Other reports are...
Brewing in the far corners of the globe in hot spots in Southeast Asia and Africa are viruses whose feared impacts are large enough to place them in the crosshairs of health experts.Many of these are emerging zoonotic viruses...
Thomas Jones Eight years, billions of dollars and thousands of dead bodies into the ‘global war on terror’ – sorry, Mr President, the ‘overseas contingency operation’ – and we still don’t have an answer to one of the...
"Ebola virus (EBOV) infection of humans is a lethal but accidental dead-end event. Understanding resistance to EBOV in other species may help establish the basis of susceptibility differences among its hosts," researchers in...
JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Health officials said they had found no evidence to back up reports of a suspected outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in south Sudan, suggesting locals may have made it up to draw doctors to the...
caption id="attachment_18261" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="'Probably just a touch of ebola'"][/caption] Education Secretary Ed Balls today announced that calling in sick to work is to become part of the National...
A new study shows speeding up the swine flu vaccine rollout would greatly reduce the number of people to get sick, but Canadians will likely still have to wait for their shot in the arm. The handshake as a form of greeting has...
TEST INVESTIGATIONAL (Trial) VACCINES FOR THE PREVENTION OF EBOLA AND MARBURG VOLUNTEERS NEEDED NOW TO TEST INVESTIGATIONAL (Trial) VACCINES FOR THE PREVENTION OF EBOLA AND MARBURG The Vaccancies DO NOT contain any virus and...
The government of southern Sudan and international scientists say they are trying to reach a remote village to investigate reports of a possible Ebola outbreak. The World Health Organization's Global Alert and Response...
