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Deadly new flu

By Stephen Ornes / April 24, 2013

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The germ responsible carries genes from other flu viruses

Posted in Body & Health | Tagged Ana Fernandez-Sesma, animals, Beijing, bird flu, cells, chicken, China, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, gene swapping, genetics, getinvolved, H7N9, infection, infectious disease, Influenza, microbes, microbiology, Rongbao Gao, Shanghai, topstories, virus, World Health Organization, zoonotic

The AIDS virus that vanished

By Stephen Ornes / March 18, 2013

This photo shows HIV infecting a T-cell, which usually fights off infections in the human body. Credit: NIH/NIAID

Strong medicine may have rid a newborn of deadly HIV

Posted in Body & Health | Tagged acquired immune deficiency syndrome, AIDS, Boston, Daniel Kuritzkes, epidemiology, getinvolved, Harvard Medical School, HIV, human immunodeficiency virus, infection, infectious virus, Mississippi, topstories, vertical transmission, viral cure, virus

Ebola in the air

By Stephen Ornes / December 11, 2012

Scientists have found that a type of Ebola virus that infects humans can pass from piglets to macaques, like the one shown here, through the air. Credit: FreeDigitalPhotos.net

A deadly virus can spread through the air from pigs to monkeys

Posted in Body & Health | Tagged Africa, contagion, Ebola, Gary Kobinger, getinvolved, infection, macaque, outbreak, piglet, topstories, University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, virus