The First Human Case of Marburg Virus in West Africa Highlights Importance of Quickly Detecting Spillover Events
The first case of fatal Marburg virus disease was identified in Guinea, West Africa on 9 August 2021. Marburg is ...
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After India’s Brutal Pandemic Wave, Two-Thirds of Population Has Been Exposed to SARS-CoV-2
India emerged in June and July of 2021 from a particularly savage second wave of COVID-19, with total confirmed cases ...
What Does Full Approval of a Vaccine Do If It’s Already Authorized for Emergency Use?
Thirty percent of unvaccinated American adults say they’re waiting for the COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized for emergency use to be ...
Phase 1 Trial Begins for Oxford University’s ChAdOx1 Plague Vaccine
Researchers are recruiting healthy volunteers for a Phase I clinical trial (PlaVac) to test a new candidate vaccine against plague, ...
NEIDL Director: Here’s Why You Can Feel Safe About Our Research
Microbiologist Ronald Corley has gone to work every day throughout the pandemic as director of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases ...
Method for Verification of Exposure to Novichok Nerve Agents
Researchers from TNO−CBRN Protection, The Netherlands, present an important method for verification purposes by the Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical ...
US Announces Plans for Public Health Pathogen Genomics Centers of Excellence
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is forecasting plans to fund in 2022 the establishment of multiple Public Health ...
Licensing Opportunity: Virus-Like Particle Technology for Universal Flu Vaccine
Reformulating influenza vaccines annually against dominant circulating strains leads to variable protective efficacy and is unlikely to protect against novel ...
NIAID to Create New Antiviral Drug Discovery Centers for Pathogens of Pandemic Concern
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is seeking applications to establish the Antiviral Drug Discovery (AViDD) program ...
Africa Malaria Task Force Reconvenes to Share Resources, Strategies and Expertise
A two-day virtual training event was held June 29-30, 2021, in support of Africa Malaria Task Force (AMTF) in Naples, ...
COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters: Is a Third Dose Really Needed?
Around 85% of adults (44.8 million people) in the UK have received one vaccine dose and 63% (33 million people) ...
USAMRIID Scientists Continue Critical Work Against Select Agents While Aiding Pandemic Response
Since 1969, the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick, Md., has been using science ...
New Manufacturing Plant Gives Canada Domestic Production Capability for N95-Type Mask Filters
Medicom to open new plant to produce critical meltblown polypropylene filter raw material for masks. The company will also establish ...
T Cells Primed Up From mRNA Vaccines Able to Recognize SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern
Researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have found that T cells from people who have recovered from COVID-19 ...
Patients with Alpha and Beta COVID-19 Variants Less Likely to Be Asymptomatic, Despite No Increase in Viral Load
Although two SARS-CoV-2 variants are associated with higher transmission, patients with these variants show no evidence of higher viral loads ...
Biomarkers Identified to Predict Severe Dengue
Researchers have identified a combination of biological markers in patients with dengue that could help clinicians triage and predict whether ...
RFI Supports Research on Impact of Nuclear Incident on the Microbiome and Development of Targeted Therapeutics
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is soliciting input from the radiation biology and microbiome research communities ...
Novel Therapy for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) scientists are working as part of an international consortium have developed ...
The Long Lasting Effect of Bubonic Plague on Human Immunity Genes
Scientists examining the remains of 36 bubonic plague victims from a 16th century mass grave in Germany have found the ...
Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccinations Resume: Understanding Risks and Benefits
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration lifted the pause on the Johnson & ...
