That's Not the Flu –– It's Hanta!!
Even though it feels like flu season may be dying down near you, across the country it…
Mass Vaccination to Control Hepatitis A Outbreak has lead to a Vaccine Shortage
The United States is in the midst of a nationwide epidemic of Hepatitis A: an acut…
An Expanding Lassa Fever Outbreak in Nigeria
Lassa fever, a violent hemmorhagic disease spread through the inhalation of rod…
Hepatitis E in Shellfish
Recently, in multiple markets across Scotland, traces of Hepatitis E Virus was found i…
The Chicken Pox Vaccine has Been Linked to Shingles in Healthy Patients
Seven cases of pediatric shingles in healthy children at the site of chickenpox v…
Federal Funding Ban on Lethal Virus Manipulation Is Lifted
Three years ago, federal officials at the National Institute of Health (N…
New Serochip Blood-Test Promises to be the First Multiplex Test for Tick-Borne Diseases
Scientists at the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia Universit…
Poultry Production Shut Down in Cambodia Due to H5N1
Avian influenza H5N1 which is also known as Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza…
Influenza D in Horses
This year a lot of media coverage has focused on influenza. The flu, which sick…
Incidence of Merkel Cell Carcinoma is Increasing
According to research recently presented at the American Academy of Dermatology’s 2018…
Mumps in Alaska: The final frontier of disease
Mumps, an infection caused by a paramyxovirus, causes muscle ache, fever, swo…
New Legislation: Hearing Screening for CMV
Congenital CMV infections infects 1 in 200 newborns. Of these babies most cases of C…
Worst Flu Season of Decade according to CDC
According to an MMWR report released on February 16 th by the CDC, this is the worst …
CRISPR Back at it Again with Another Breakthrough!
CRISPR is certainly taking the scientific community by storm, rightfully so as this ge…
Vireale? Viruses may be linked to diabetes?
There was a time when we didn’t know what viruses where, there was a time when we didn…
Why there is still a high rate of HPV associated cervical cancer in the US?
Based on data from 2009 to 2013 from the CDC, there are 23,300 cases of HPV associated…
Soil Leads to Fecal Oral Transmission in Children
Every year 500,000 children die from diarrheal diseases each year. Diarrheal diseases …
Chickengunya and Birth Defects in Greneda
Chickungunya, the alphavirus transmitted by Aedes agepti mosquitos, has quickly spr…
Extension of HPV Vaccination to Boys in the UK
Starting in April, men under the age of 45 will be recommended to the HPV vaccination …
