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Rare Creutzfeld-Jacob Outbreak in New England?

September 11, 2013January 25, 2023 Jason Hayes

Health officials recently informed 15 patients across New England that they may be infected with Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD). Unfortunately, there is no screening mechanism for

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Research & Policy

New Malaria Vaccine Glitters; Is it Gold?

August 26, 2013January 25, 2023 Jason Hayes

According to a recent study published in Science magazine, the Maryland-based biotechnology firm Sanaria might have succeeded where many others have failed. Their phase I

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A Rotavirus Vaccine for All

May 24, 2013January 25, 2023 Jason Hayes

Last week, Bill Gates, co-founder of both Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, told the Washington Post that one of the most surprising

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Anthrax, Ricin, or Smallpox: Which Are the Deadliest Bioterrorism Agents?

April 24, 2013January 25, 2023 Jason Hayes

In between the Boston Marathon bombings and the devastating explosion in West, Texas last week, Americans also heard about the interception of several pieces of mail meant for President

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Research & Policy

Tuberculosis: A Persistent Cough

March 22, 2013January 25, 2023 Jason Hayes

The disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a strain of mycobacteria, has many names. Over the last two millennia, we’ve called it phthisis, the White Plague,

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The Deadly Virus That’s Spreading Faster Than Malaria or West Nile

March 14, 2013January 25, 2023 Jason Hayes

About half of the world is at risk of a virus that Americans don’t know at all. For Americans, dengue fever is about as foreign as the metric system

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Research & Policy

A New Vaccine With Boutique-y Bacteria

January 25, 2013January 25, 2023 Jason Hayes

An article in this month’s issue of PNAS indicates that scientists successfully engineered a new tool that may change the way we design vaccines. Brittany

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Water Without Worms: Guatemalan Department Ends River Blindness

December 11, 2012January 25, 2023 Jason Hayes

In the Huehuetenango department of Guatemala, Onchocerca volvulus, commonly called river blindness, is no more. According to a recent study in the Journal of Parasitology

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Research & Policy

Human Trials for Ebola Vaccine?

November 8, 2012January 25, 2023 Jason Hayes

Recent Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda underscore a persistent challenge about the terrifying little virus: we don’t yet know how

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Spotlight: SARS

October 2, 2012January 25, 2023 Jason Hayes

Few media-hyped events pose such a lurking, pit-of-your-stomach discomfort as the rapid, global emergence of a new disease. The sound of ambulance sirens, the sight

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