Seventy percent of the new diseases in humans are of animal origin: FAO report
There are numerous reasons why and how diseases jump species–from animals to humans–according to an FAO report released today that focuses on root causes and prevention of these emerging diseases. Severe More...
The second hemorrhagic fever vaccine success story in less than a month: this time it’s Marburg
As I reported on May 24, 2010, the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) in conjunction with other agencies came up with a vaccine which produced immunity in monkeys against the Ebola More...
