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Ebola Virus kills everyone in its path: Here is what you need to know

(Standard Digital) In surreal scenes worthy of science fiction from Hollywood coming to the Third World, masked men and women dressed in sterile overalls started quarantining the crowded Gulu district of northern Uganda where 63 cases of the highly contagious and deadly Ebola virus were confirmed. Unchecked Ebola, identified in 1976, can cut through a  Read More »

Fort Detrick scientist who improved anthrax vaccine after 2001 attacks is Heyman finalist

(The Washington Post) Art Friedlander agrees to a morning rendezvous at a McDonald’s parking lot in Frederick. Taking guests to a military post where scientists test vaccines for anthrax is “a pain in the neck,” he says. Friedlander is a senior scientist at Fort Detrick, the brain stem of the military’s biological defense program. The  Read More »

The Next Horrible Virus Outbreak Might Be Our Fault

(Gizmodo) SARS feels like as much a distant memory of the 2000s as Sean Paul songs, but it’s very much alive. In fact, it’s breeding in labs around the world—and our own research could trigger the next epidemic. According to a recent, chilling report published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, we might be  Read More »

Syria Conflict: Russia Warns West Against Unilateral Action On Syria Following Obama Threat

(Huffington Post) Russia warned the West on Tuesday against unilateral action on Syria, a day after U.S. President Barack Obama threatened “enormous consequences” if his Syrian counterpart used chemical or biological arms or even moved them in a menacing way. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking after meeting China’s top diplomat, said Moscow and Beijing  Read More »

MMV develops framework to assess risk of resistance for antimalarial compounds

(EurekAlert) Medicines for Malaria Venture has developed a framework to evaluate the risk of resistance for the antimalarial compounds in its portfolio. A paper based on this work: A framework for assessing the risk of resistance for antimalarials in development has been published in the Malaria Journal today. Resistance defines the longevity of every anti-infective  Read More »

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