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Investigational Malaria Vaccine Found Safe and Protective

(NIH) An investigational malaria vaccine has been found to be safe, to generate an immune system response, and to offer protection against malaria infection in healthy adults, according to the results of an early-stage clinical trial published Aug. 8 in the journal Science. The vaccine, known as PfSPZ Vaccine, was developed by scientists at Sanaria  Read More »

Handle with care

(Nature) The H7N9 avian flu virus first reported in China in March has so far infected at least 134 people, and killed 43 of them. Thankfully, there are no signs yet that it can easily be transmitted between people — instead it is sporadically being caught by humans through contact with chickens and other fowl.  Read More »

H7N9: Experts propose new experiments

(IndependentOnline) Scientists proposed new experiments on Wednesday on the deadly H7N9 bird flu to examine how mutant forms might spread among humans, a topic that has stoked global alarm in the past. The announcement came a day after Chinese scientists reported the first likely case of person-to-person transmission of the H7N9 virus, which has killed  Read More »

Scientists plan new, potentially controversial bird flu research

(LATimes) Flu researchers Yoshihiro Kawaoka and Ron Fouchier found themselves in the middle of a firestorm when, in 2011, they reported how, in separate experiments, they had created mutant strains of the H5N1 bird flu that were able to pass easily between ferrets — mammals often studied to understand how flu passes between people. On  Read More »

H7N9: Lethal strain of avian flu that has killed 43 ‘transmitted between humans for first time’

(DailyMail) A deadly strain of avian flu may have passed between people for the first time, experts believe. The avian influenza A (H7N9) virus is thought to have been transmitted between father and daughter in eastern China, according to research published online by the British Medical Journal (BMJ). The findings provide the strongest evidence yet  Read More »

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