A new study published in the Science Translational Medicine journal reveals the discovery of how the reovirus, the virus associated with the common cold, may
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In December 2011, HealthMap reported on a devastating new virus plaguing cattle and sheep farmers in Germany. Now, six months later, the European Food and
Researchers from Ethiopia and Norway have created a mathematical model that can predict a malaria outbreak up to two months before it actually occurs. The
The mysterious and alarming decline in bee populations worldwide has raised a wide variety of hypotheses, ranging from the bizarre, namely alien abductions, to the
The number of reported measles cases in Ukraine has increased over the past several months, with an especially high concentration of cases in western Ukraine.
Yet another case of type-1 poliovirus has surfaced in Pakistan’s Khyber Agency, the only tribal district in Asia where both type-1 and type-3 polioviruses
The CDC reported this week that fourteen cases of E. coli infections have been reported in six states. One patient, an infant, has died from
Doctors recently discovered an antibiotic-resistant case of pertussis in an infant in Lyon, France. The child, an 18-day-old, arrived at Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant with
Since the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1928, scientists have been involved in a hectic battle against bacteria, which in turn have been
The Anhui Provincial Health Disease Control Departments have confirmed 29 cases of tuberculosis, including 26 students and three teachers who all from the same