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Wuhan pneumonia outbreak: Human-to-human transmission not ruled out

Limited human-to-human transmission can't be ruled out from the recent pneumonia outbreak in central China's Wuhan City, the local health commission said in a news release on Wednesday.The commiss

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Codagenix raises $20 million for a new flu vaccine and other therapies

Coadagenix, a company developing vaccines and viral therapies for illnesses ranging from the flu and respiratory viruses to dengue fever has raised $20 million in a new round of financing.The company&

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Experts: 6 recovered, no second death from new pneumonia virus

As of Saturday midnight, no new deaths had been reported from the recent pneumonia outbreak in central China's city of Wuhan, the local health commission announced on Sunday.Among the 41 cases tha

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Wuhan reports one death in latest pneumonia outbreak

The local health commission reported one death on Saturday amid the recent pneumonia outbreak in central China's Wuhan City.Among the 41 cases that have been confirmed so far, two persons have bee

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Chinese scientists blame bats for spreading pig virus

Researchershaveidentifiedacoronavirusinhorseshoebatsandconfirmeditistoblameforkillingsome25,000pigletsinChina.ThenewbornswineonfarmsinChina'ssouthernGuangdongpr

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Chinese scientists find atomic model of a highly complex virus capsid

Chinesescientistshavereconstructedtheatomicmodelofherpessimplexvirus,oneofthemostcomplexvirusesgeneticallyandstructurally,whichexpandstheunderstandingoftheassem

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35,000 phones in Vietnam infected with Facebook password-stealing virus

Over35,000smartphonesinVietnamhaverecentlybeeninfectedbyGhostTeamviruswhichisdesignedtostealpasswordsofFacebookaccounts.GhostTeamvirushasbeenspreadviapopularVie

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Yellow fever kills 53 people in SE Brazil<br>

Thedeathtollfromyellowfeverinheavily-populatedsoutheastBrazilhasrisento53,accordingtoBrazil'sHealthMinistry.Overthereportedperiod,fromJuly2017toJan.23,theregion

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Yellow fever kills 53 people in SE Brazil

Thedeathtollfromyellowfeverinheavily-populatedsoutheastBrazilhasrisento53,accordingtoBrazil'sHealthMinistry.Overthereportedperiod,fromJuly2017toJan.23,theregion

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Study says 'mutant flu' could lead to more effective vaccine

Experimentsinlabanimalshaveshownsignsofsuccessforanewlyengineeredfluvirusthatmayleadonedaytoamoreeffectivevaccine,researcherssaidThursday.Trialsinhumansarestill

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China: Scientists trace 2002 Sars virus to colony of cave-dwelling bats

Scientistshavepinpointedapopulationofvirus-infectedbats,whichtheyhavelinkedtothemysteriousoutbreakofSarsdisease15yearsago.Hundredsdiedasthevirusspreadaroundtheg

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Scientists trace 2002 Sars virus to colony of cave-dwelling bats

Scientistshavepinpointedapopulationofvirus-infectedbats,whichtheyhavelinkedtothemysteriousoutbreakofSarsdisease15yearsago.Hundredsdiedasthevirusspreadaroundtheg

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After US and Russia, China gets vaccine for Ebola virus

China'stopfoodanddrugauthorityannouncedonFridaythatithasapprovedthecountry'sfirstvaccineforEbolavirusdisease.ItmakesChinathethirdcountry,aftertheUnitedStatesand

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Scientists find potential new way to target Ebola: U.S. journal

ScientistshavefoundapotentialnewwaytoattackEbola,thedeadlyvirusravagingWestAfricajusttwoyearsago,accordingtoastudypublishedTuesdayinmBio,anopen-accessjournaloft

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Zika virus may propose a new tool to fight brain cancer

TheZikaviruscanunleashhavoconthebrainofadevelopingfetus,butitsdestructivepowermayalsobeharnessedtofightastubbornformofadultbraincancer,researcherssaidTuesday.Ea

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Kissing unlikely to pass on Zika virus, research determines

CasualcontactlikekissingorsharingaforkorspoonisunlikelytopassontheZikavirus,accordingtoastudyreleasedonMonday.ResearchersattheUniversityofWisconsin-Madison(UW-M

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Antibody helps keep man's HIV at bay for 10 months

Anexperimentaltherapyhasheldbackoneman'sHIVinfectionfor10months,doctorshavereported.Hewasoneof18peopleinasmalltrialtestinginjectionsof"broadlyneutralisingantibo