Four main culprits found for serious childhood diarrhoea
Just four pathogens underpin most cases of serious diarrhoea in children — the second leading killer of Rotavirus particlesFLICKR/AJC1 young children worldwide — according to a study published today in...
View ArticleMarine Biological Laboratory votes to align with University of Chicago
Members of the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), a venerable but financially strapped research institute in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, voted 158 to 2 today in favour of an alliance with the...
View ArticlePanel supports hepatitis C screening for baby boomers
A US government advisory panel today recommended that individuals born between 1945 and 1965 be screened for the hepatitis C virus. The announcement, which strengthens the panel’s earlier advice,...
View ArticleStandard vaccines can offer protection against H5N1 pandemic flu
Scientists may be able to protect humans from avian influenza viruses — before they have even evolved to spread among people. An experimental flu vaccine designed for a bird-specific H5N1 influenza...
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