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Virus That Shrinks Babies' Skulls Is Rapidly Spreading Through The Americas
Health and Medicine Photo credit: The virus is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. mrfiza/Shutterstock You probably haven’t heard of the Zika virus, which among other things causes babies to be born...
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Hydrogen Generator Made By Giving E. Coli Genes A Viral Shield
Chemistry Photo credit: Key genes of the E. coli bacteria were encased in a viral shell. Indiana Universty Engineers at Indiana University (IU) have created an incredibly efficient biomaterial that...
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Putin Says Russia Has A Treatment For Ebola… But Won't Give Any Details
Health and Medicine Photo credit: Putin says the new vaccine is superior to any that has been developed elsewhere. Frederic Legrand - COMEO/Shutterstock Russian president Vladimir Putin has announced...
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Man Flu Might Actually Be Real After All
Health and Medicine Photo credit: Sorry guys, but women are just better at fending off colds than you. wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock To most, “man flu” is thought of as a pejorative, a way of teasing men...
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Ebola Case Confirmed In Sierra Leone, Hours After Outbreak Declared Over
Health and Medicine Photo credit: The WHO warned that flare-ups were still likely. Sergey Uryadnikov/Shutterstock Yesterday, on January 14, Liberia was declared Ebola-free by the World Health...
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We Could Have An Ebola Vaccine By Next Year
Health and Medicine Photo credit: A new deal will hopefully mean an Ebola vaccine will be licensed in 2017. Jes2u.photo/Shutterstock While the fire may have been put out, the embers of West Africa’s...
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Zika Virus Has Potential To Go Pandemic, Scientists Warn
Health and Medicine Photo credit: Mosquito control measures need to be employed to curb Zika spread. mrfiza/Shutterstock News of the Zika virus epidemic is popping up left, right, and center, and for...
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Resistance To HIV Medication Alarmingly Widespread
Health and Medicine Photo credit: The leading drug used to treat HIV is becoming less useful in developing countries. posztos/Shutterstock It’s one of the commonest and most effective anti-HIV drugs on...
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World Health Orgaization Declares Zika Virus A Global Health Emergency
Health and Medicine Photo credit: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Zika virus an international health emergency on Monday, a rare move prompted by the...
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Biotech Company Says It Has Two Candidate Zika Vaccines
Health and Medicine Photo credit: We are still unfortunately years away from a Zika vaccine. urfin/Shutterstock Among the panic-inducing headlines and alarming statistics, there may finally be some...
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Colombia Announces Three Zika-Related Deaths
Health and Medicine Photo credit: Three people are thought to have developed a fatal neurological disorder as a result of being infected with the Zika virus. Jarun Ontakrai/Shutterstock Colombia’s...
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Turtles Found In Florida With Body Tumors Dramatically Increasing
Plants and Animals Photo credit: The tumors are thought to be caused by a herpes virus, and can blind the reptiles. Peter Bennett & Ursula Keuper-Bennett/Wikimedia Off the coast of Florida, the...
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Why Are So Many Sperm Whales Becoming Stranded In The North Sea?
Plants and Animals Photo credit: One of the 30 sperm whales to have washed up around Northern Europe. CSIP/ZSL. In less than a month, dozens of sperm whales have washed up along the shores of Northern...
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Great Barrier Reef Is Infected With Herpes-Like Virus
Plants and Animals Photo credit: The new viruses have not been previously identified. Brian Kinney/Shutterstock The Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef system, is going through a tough...
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Zika Virus Linked To Stillbirth In Brazil
Health and Medicine Photo credit: Over 4,000 children have been born with Zika-linked microcephaly. This new case would be the first stillbirth linked to the virus. Mario Tama/Getty The Zika virus is...
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Nine Pregnant U.S. Women Confirmed To Have Been Infected With Zika
Health and Medicine Photo credit: Pregnant women are advised not to travel to regions known to be affected by the Zika virus. EmiliaUngur/Shutterstock The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Mites And Viruses Help Each Other, And Their Mutualism Is Killing Bees
Plants and Animals Photo credit: Jim and Lynne Weber/Shutterstock Honeybee colonies have been devastated over the last decade. And researchers think it may have to do with the mutually beneficial...
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19 Pieces Of Non-Human DNA Found In Human Genome
Health and Medicine Photo credit: Peekaboo, we see you. Sergey Nivens/Shutterstock Eight percent of your DNA is alien, in that it’s made up of non-human, viral fragments. In fact, viral fragments are...
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Structure Of Zika Virus Finally Mapped
Health and Medicine Photo credit: The Zika virus has unique surface carbohydrates, shown in red. Purdue University image/courtesy of Kuhn and Rossmann research groups The dramatic rise in cases of...
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Something Unexpected Could Be Determining If Your Children Are Male Or Female
Plants and Animals Photo credit: The viral fragment operates in mice, but it could also occur in humans. Andrii Vodolazhskyi/Shutterstock Did you know that ancient viruses hide within our own genome?...
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