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Hawaii Investigates Dengue Fever Cases

Health officials in Hawaii are concerned about an outbreak of dengue fever after four cases were confirmed in Oahu. Three members of the same family and their neighbor in Pearl City became infected with the disease, according to Hawaii News Now. Dengue fever is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes in tropical and...

Gene Therapy Raises Hope for a Future AIDS Cure

In a bold new approach ultimately aimed at trying to cure AIDS, scientists used genetic engineering in six patients to develop blood cells that are resistant to HIV, the virus that causes the disease. It's far too early to know if this scientific first will prove to be a cure, or even a new treatment. The research was...

A Promising New Approach to Cure AIDS [VIDEO]

In a bold new attempt to cure AIDS, scientists used genetic engineering in six patients to develop blood cells that are resistant to infection with the virus that causes the disease.

Traveler May Have Spread Measles in 5 US Airports

Public health officials are scrambling to reach airline passengers and staff who may have had contact with a woman infected with measles who passed through as many as five U.S. airports last week. The New Mexico woman was on a transatlantic flight from London to Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., on Feb....

Universal Flu Vaccine Coming Soon? Researchers Are Getting Close

Every year, the flu shot is something of a gamble. Scientists have to figure out what the most active strains are, then create a vaccine around them. Sometimes, there are shortages and delays in shipping and manufacturing, which can keep people from getting vaccinated. But a new study gives us hope that those...

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Tests Confirm Virus At B.C. Salmon Farm

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says secondary tests have confirmed that an infectious virus was present in fish at farm operated by Mainstream Canada, off Vancouver Island.

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JUST CAN'T CUT IT

A Colorado farm that was traced to a listeria outbreak in cantaloupe last year has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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Emergency Action Plan For Polio: Effort To Eradicate Disease Moves Forward

Partners in the effort to finally rid the world of polio are taking another step today, launching an emergency action plan strategists hope will propel the long overdue program across the finish line.

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MASSIVE Salmon Slaughter Takes Toll

A salmon farm operating off the west coast of Vancouver Island has to destroy more than half a million fish at significant financial losses after tests confirmed the presence of a virus.

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CDC To Baby Boomers: Get Tested For Hepatitis C

For the first time, health officials are proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C.

Virology News From the Web

05/31/12 One in six cancers is caused by treatable infections Source: NaturalNews.com (NaturalNews) Infections cause approximately 2 million cases of cancer per year and are responsible for about 1.5 million of the 7.5 million cancer deaths worldwide, according to a study published in the journal Lancet Oncology.
05/31/12 West Nile Risk Rises in Lehigh County Source: Salisbury Patch - Salisbury PA It's been a week since a mosquito carrying West Nile Virus was discovered in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County and risk of the illness is now higher because of recent heavy rains.
05/31/12 Seven seek virus scans Source: The Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney NSW - Australia Seven of the 10 people exposed to the Hendra virus after the latest outbreaks at Ingham and Rockhampton have asked to be tested for the virus.
05/31/12 Virus spread through chicks Source: The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette LA ATLANTA Those cute mail-order chicks that wind up in children's Easter baskets and backyard farms have been linked to more than 300 cases of salmonella in the U.S. since 2004.
05/31/12 Rotavirus Vaccination to Save Lives of Many Children Source: AllAfrica Health Rotavirus vaccination is a vaccination for the virus that causes dysentery that is vaccinated to children under the age of 5 years and this has come to save the lives of children as more than 3000 children die of dysentery every year.

Background on Virology

Virology is the study of viruses and virus-like agents: their structure, classification and evolution, their ways to infect and exploit host cells for virus reproduction, their interaction with host organism physiology and immunity, the diseases they cause, the techniques to isolate and culture them, and their use in research and therapy.

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