France is able to treat any eventual cases of the deadly Ebola virus in its territory, French President Francois Hollande said Monday, urging more efforts to seek for an efficient vaccine.
Venezuelan Health Minister Nancy Perez on Wednesday confirmed 398 cases of chikungunya virus and 45,745 cases of dengue virus in the country, state media reported.
The Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service (BTS) announced Wednesday that it will defer blood donation by those who have lived in or visited countries with Ebola virus outbreak.
Researchers from the U.S. and Canada said Wednesday they have successfully used an experimental drug to save the lives of monkeys with Marburg virus, a deadly virus closely related to Ebola virus that killed over 1,200 in West Africa this year.
Nigeria had been able to control the spread of the Ebola virus in the country, Minister of Health Onyeabuchi Chukwu said on Wednesday.
Ebola suspect in Spain given all clear after tests
Wiping out bats that are suspected of spreading the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa could have dire ecological and economic consequences, a New Zealand expert in veterinary public health warned Wednesday.
U.S. researchers said Thursday they have finally infected a species of monkey called pigtailed macaques with an AIDS-like disease after years of trying, a major step toward an animal model with which to study HIV-1, the virus responsible for most cases of AIDS.
Egypt confirmed Sunday 38 death cases of A/H1N1 virus, known as swine flu, since the beginning of last December, the Egyptian Health Ministry said in a statement.
A latest research statement from Australian national science body, CSIRO, has confirmed on Thursday that the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus which killed hundreds people originated in horseshoe bats from China, according to a statement released Thursday.
U.S. researchers said Thursday that an experimental global vaccine may afford "partial protection " in monkeys against challenges with an especially deadly form of the AIDS virus, raising new hope for an effective vaccine in people.
Israel's Health Ministry launched a nationwide vaccination campaign against the polio virus on Sunday, the ministry announced in a statement.
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) released the result of a recent study on Friday, suggesting that there's possibility for the H7N9 virus to transmit among human and to evolve further, forming a future pandemic threat.
France has confirmed a second case of the infection of SARS-like coronavirus, the Health Ministry announced on Sunday.
Another H7N9 patient died in east China on Monday, bringing the nationwide death toll to 14... Three new cases were also reported in east China.
China's bird flu concern has discouraged many from eating birds out of fear of being infected... But experts say they're still safe, as long as they're cooked.
Five more cases of H7N9 bird flu -- three in Shanghai and two in Jiangsu Province -- were reported on Thursday, bringing the total number of people infected in China to 38, including 10 that have died.
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