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CDC gives more details about new tick-borne virus which killed a Kansas man last year

Amanda
Feb 21, 2015
Health
Scientists are beginning to believe that a healthy Kansas man who fell seriously ill after being bitten by ticks last year and died 11 days later could have been infected by a new virus that has never been seen...
arge numbers of flu cases are being reported in 25 states, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC confirms outbreak of Flu: 29 states already hit

Amanda
Dec 22, 2014
Health
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The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed that the influenza (flu) virus is spreading at an alarming rate and has already hit 29 states. Confirming that the virus has already claime...
The flu season is arriving much earlier this year

CDC alerts public for early arrival of Flu season this year

Charles Omedo
Dec 15, 2014
Health
The Florida Department of Health has alerted the public to the fact that the flu season is coming much earlier this year, and therefore enjoins the general public to get vaccinated with the flu vaccine. The sta...

CDC warns that virus mutations have made flu vaccines less effective

Charles Omedo
Dec 5, 2014
Health
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued a warning that more deaths and hospitalizations could result from the ineffectiveness of current flu vaccines to destroy new mutations of the flu vi...

Marine ecologists identify virus causing mass mortality of starfish

Charles Omedo
Nov 19, 2014
Innovation
For over 18 months, scientists have been struggling to identify the particular marine virus that is causing over 20 species of starfishes to lose their limbs by just falling off to the ocean floor. Thousands of...

Researchers identify the Virus responsible for extinction of marine life on the west coast

Siddhant Ghatge
Nov 18, 2014
Innovation
A large team of Canadian and American researchers claims that they have solved the mystery of the marine plague, which killed many sea stars. The scientists named this microbe of the plague behind the ‘sea star...

FDA approves Harvoni, the $1,125 pill for curing Hepatitis C

Platonium
Oct 11, 2014
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved a new antiviral; drug for treating hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infections that lays claim to two “firsts,” the agency announced today. This new dr...

CDC confirms Enterovirus 68 claimed life of four year old kid in New Jersey

Charles Omedo
Oct 4, 2014
Health
Following the widening spread of the enterovirus 68 disease among many American kids, the death has been reported of a 4 year old boy, Eli Waller, whom the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confi...

Healthy Human bodies host several viruses in them, finds research

Abby Smith
Sep 18, 2014
Health
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Most of the people do a lot to keep themselves fit and fine. They join Gym, Yoga classes, health clubs and many more activities for their dearer life. In spite of performing all these actions, they are not awar...

Strange HEV68 enterovirus which causes severe respiratory problems attack children in Colorado

Charles Omedo
Sep 8, 2014
Health
Parents and school authorities, as well as children’s hospitals are battling to save the lives of many children who have come down with a strange illness in Colorado. This strange illness causes severe respirat...
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