Massachusetts Gov. Proposes New Legislation to Mitigate Threat of Eastern Equine Encephalitis, West Nile Virus
For those that contract EEE, mortality rates range up to 50 percent and, for those who survive, 80 percent have ...
Tag: West Nile
The Emergence of Usutu Virus in Europe
Researchers are taking stock of the emergence of Usutu virus in Europe, a mosquito-borne virus that circulates between birds. It ...
From Outbreak to Endemicity: The Risks of Fading Interest in Zika
Although cases of Zika virus infection appear to be decreasing, the mosquito-borne virus likely will become endemic in the Americas ...
University of Miami, Heat Biologics Partner on Zika Vaccine
The University of Miami has entered into an agreement with Heat Biologics, Inc. to license and develop a portfolio of ...
Sandia Wants to Light Up Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes
Red means a disease is present to Sandia National Laboratories' researchers Cameron Ball and Robert Meagher as they test their ...
Long-Term Impacts of West Nile Virus
A new study published this week is the first to fully document the demographic impacts of West Nile virus on ...
Invasive, Disease-Carrying Mosquito Found in Vancouver
Canadian entomologists have reported the first appearance of Aedes japonicus -- an invasive, disease-carrying mosquito -- in western Canada. Members of the ...
West Nile Virus Vaccine Begins Human Clinical Trials
A clinical trial of a new investigational vaccine designed to protect against West Nile Virus infection will be sponsored by ...
Antiviral Compound May Protect Brain from Pathogens
Studying West Nile virus infection in mice, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that an antiviral ...
Unearthing New Antivirals
A team of biologists from San Diego State University has developed a platform for identifying drugs that could prove to ...
LLNL Technology Could Screen for Emerging Viral Diseases
A microbe detection array technology developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists could provide a new rapid method for public ...
Army Ovitrap Helps Prevent Mosquito-Borne Disease
It took more than 20 years, but a device invented by Army entomologists to control the population of mosquitoes that ...
Immune Avoidance Mechanism Could Lead to Treatments for EEEV
A mosquito-borne virus that kills about half of the people it infects uses a never-before-documented mechanism to "hijack" one of ...
Salk Institute Findings May Lead to New Broad-Spectrum Antivirals
Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered a powerful mechanism by which viruses such as influenza, West ...
NIH Awards $18M to Study Deadly Secrets of Viral Pathogens
In an effort to sort out why some viruses such as influenza, Ebola and West Nile are so lethal, a ...
CISAC Presents: A New Paradigm for Engaging the War on Infectious Diseases
The Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) will be hosting a Science Seminar this month entitled “A New Paradigm ...
Emergent BioSolutions Secures Rights to Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Candidate
Emergent BioSolutions Inc., maker of the only U.S. approved anthrax vaccine, announced at the end of 2012 it has signed ...
Don’t Let the Bugs Bite – Public Health Labs and Arboviruses
Mosquito bites are now something to be more concerned about as the United States is experiencing one of the largest ...
West Nile Virus Death Toll Reaches 16 in Texas
Dallas County officials have declared a state of emergency after the West Nile Virus (WNV) infected at least 190 people, killing 10 ...
