Black Death: Blame the Fleas and Lice, Not the Rats
A modeling study published last month in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science suggests that human fleas and ...
A modeling study published last month in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science suggests that human fleas and ...
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is soliciting proposals for the advanced research and development of medical countermeasures ...
The recent outbreak of pneumonic plague in Madagascar presents a test case as to how well the international community has ...
The U.S. federal government is backing an antibiotic that not only holds potential as a treatment for infections from certain ...
DynPort Vaccine Company LLC, a subsidiary of CSRA Inc., this week announced it has been granted Orphan Drug Designation for ...
Yersinia pestis. Credit: Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH Yersinia pestis, the bacteria of Black Death infamy, has had the power ...
3D rendering of Yersinia pestis. Credit: Shutterstock Paratek Pharmaceuticals this week announced a new cooperative research effort with the U.S. ...
Photo of a mass burial site in Ellwangen, Germany. Credit: Rainer Weiss. A single entry of the plague bacterium into ...
The Black Death, caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium, swept Europe in the 14th century eliminating up to half of ...
The most famous historical pandemic, the Black Death, killed an estimated 30-50% of the European population in the mid-fourteenth century. ...
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) Bacteriology Division is in the process of purchasing custom cytokine ...
Military program managers briefed biopharmaceutical industry and research organization representatives during a Nov. 2 Industry Day, part of an initiative ...
While studying Yersinia pestis, the bacteria responsible for epidemics of plague such as the Black Death, researchers have found a ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this month approved Avelox (moxifloxacin) to treat patients with plague, a rare and ...
iBio, Inc. today announced it received notice from the European Patent Office that the opposition period expired for a bio-defense ...
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is seeking information regarding efforts to develop therapeutic products that demonstrate activity ...
Yersinia pestis. Credit: NIAID For decades, scientists have thought the bacteria that cause the bubonic plague hijack host cells at ...
The microbes that call the New York City subway system home are mostly harmless, but include samples of disease-causing bacteria ...
The U.S. Medical Research Institute of lnfectious Diseases (USAMRIID) has announced intentions to award a new contract to George Mason ...
The DHS Directorate of Science and Technology, Chemical and Biological Defense Division (CBD) has awarded a sole source contract to Tetracore ...