Venturing Into the Mines of Uganda, in Search of the Marburg Virus
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Researchers reported for the first time last week that they have found the virus in a nonprimate species â bats.
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Science & environment: A rare but highly infectious outbreak of Q fever being investigated after 28 people in Gloucestershire contract bug spread by livestock.
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Scientists hope to be able to use a harmless form of the AIDS virus to seek destroy cancer.
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Using a novel research technique, Hong Kong scientists find new ways to attack a deadly disease
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A deadly new strain of extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis discovered in South Africa is likely to have spread beyond the rural area where 52 of the 53 people diagnosed with it have died, the doctor who discovered the super bug said.
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The discovery of a novel virus in two Wisconsin babies thought to be victims of sudden infant death syndrome has triggered questions about how often such mysterious tragedies might be due to germs.
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ITHACA, N.Y. - A new test will help scientists quickly detect a fast-spreading aquatic virus that threatens the Great Lakes fishing industry, according to its developers at Cornell University.
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Nature News, JAKARTA - Monster cockroaches and dwarf crabs are among a rich and exotic menagerie of new species discovered by a team of international scientists exploring caves deep inside Indonesiaâs teeming jungles.
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&quot;Development of an effective vaccine against malaria is feasible&quot;, declare the researchers who have been working on just such a vaccine in the southern Mozambican district of Manhica.
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This article discusses how a virus outbreak will produce a few unique opportunities to examine the health of an organization's network -- and learn ways to further harden the network from future automated attacks.
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Scientists are now eyeing dust clouds as possible suspects in transcontinental spread of diseases.
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An epidemic caused by a little-known virus has broken out on a group of islands in the western Pacific Ocean, as warmer weather and heavy rain fuel the spread of mosquito-borne diseases in many parts of the world.
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SAN JOSE MINE, Bolivia  - Roger Mamani rides a rickety elevator deep underground, hikes through flooded tunnels and crawls through a maze of muddy burrows to dig silver ore at the San Jose mine in Bolivia's Andes.
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DESPITE an exciting new development this week in the race to find cheaper and more effective malaria drugs, a group of scientists is urging health authorities to consider screening travellers from malaria-infested areas to prevent the spread of drug
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KAMPALA, Uganda  - The biggest HIV/AIDS training  center in sub-Saharan Africa opened in Uganda Wednesday with  officials hopeful it will significantly boost the continent's  ability to fight the deadly pandemic.
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A virus appears to be a prime suspect â but not likely to be the only culprit â in the mass die-offs of honeybees reported last fall and winter.
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By John Myers, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Jun. 23--The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is drafting a new, statewide plan to cope with the VHS virus in fish after the disease was recently found as close as Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin.