WVU Health System names infectious disease expert as new chief quality officer
Dr. Michael Stevens, infectious disease expert, named chief quality officer at WVU Health System after serving as interim and ...
Travelers and health-care providers should be on alert due to Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda, CDC warns
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert about an outbreak in Uganda of deadly Sudan virus ...
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Bat gene provides insight into fighting COVID-19 and other viral diseases
Five years removed from the COVID-19 outbreak, scientists around the world are still studying its effects and, more importantly, ways those effects can be mitigated in the future.
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Meet the researchers developing rapid diagnostic tests for infectious diseases
Yuka Manabe and her team at the Center for Innovative Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases aim to improve global health with ...
Some viruses prefer mosquitoes to humans, but people get sick anyway − a virologist and entomologist explain why
The virus that causes eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, has evolved to infect mosquitoes. To be able to spread between ...
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Flying with an infectious disease in 2025: Do's and don'ts
There should be a policy requiring airlines to issue full refunds to passengers with a doctor's note advising against travel due to illness.
New H5N1 bird flu variant found in Nevada dairy worker as new data show changes in virus
A dairy worker in Nevada has reportedly been infected by the killer variant of H5N1 bird flu; analysis shows changes in new ...
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Norovirus, aka the 'stomach flu,' is on the rise – an infectious disease expert explains the best ways to stay safe
Practicing good hand hygiene is essential to staying healthy, because the virus is highly contagious and can live on common ...
New bird flu infections in Nevada dairy cattle signal the virus may be here to stay
Six dairy herds in Nevada have tested positive for a newer variant of the H5N1 bird flu virus that’s been associated with ...
New, possibly deadly virus found in Alabama animals. Here's what we know so far
Researchers found first strain of henipavirus in North America. What you need to know about new virus in wild animals that ...
New bird flu variant found in Nevada dairy cows has experts sounding alarms: ‘We have never been closer to a pandemic from this virus’
Dairy herds in Nevada have been infected by a version of the H5N1 bird flu not previously seen in cows, putting virologists ...
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New 'Camp Hill' virus discovered in Alabama is relative of deadly Nipah — the 1st of its kind in the US
A new virus that is related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has been detected in shrews in the U.S. However, ...