Charting the path of the deadly Ebola virus in central Africa
...aken together, they support the view that ZEBOV is spreading as a wave from the first epidemic in Yambuku, Gabo...nd in Odzala, have been devastated--the disease is spreading to the last unaffected sector of the park right now. These findings suggest that strategies to prote...Whooping cough vaccine not just for kids anymore
...ghing, it hopefully would also prevent adults from spreading the infection to small children, for whom the disease can be deadly. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently recommended that all 11 and 12 year olds be given a dose of this new pertussis...Valuing biodiversity services, including its insurance against disease
...oultry and people is the way to reduce the risk of spreading disease," says Dr. Daszak: "Persuading policy makers of this is the big challenge. The key is to understand the process of emerging infectious diseases so that we can deal with them proactively before they become a major health threat." As with many...Lack of sex could be a signpost to extinction, claim researchers
...making it highly successful there, but stopping it spreading to other areas. Dr Bill Hanage, one of the paper's authors, from Imperial College London, adds: "By being asexual, P. marneffei is not only limiting its ability to adapt, it may be at risk of becoming extinct. If it is unable to adapt to new environm...Alaska avian flu project issues initial surveillance results
...e H5N1 emerging in an area like Southeast Asia and spreading toward Europe if it doesn't reach Alaska this year, those birds that go back may very well pick it up and bring it to Alaska next year to an environment where that H5N1 might mix with other strains it hasn't seen before," said Jonathan Runstadler, a ...New ECCO 13 studies probe impact of haematological cancer therapy on future fertility
...hough chemotherapy would also be given to stop any spreading of the disease. When the disease is more widespread, chemotherapy is always given. If the disease recurs then bone marrow and peripheral blood transplants are recommended. Immunotherapy including monoclonal antibody therapy are currently under invest...Growers and homeowners can help detect citrus disease
...gical Society (APS) report that citrus greening is spreading faster than expected and encourage growers and homeowners to aid in the detection process by alerting the appropriate agricultural officials if they suspect they have infected trees. Citrus greening, also known as huanglongbing, was recently discover...AGU Fall Meeting - media advisory 4
...latest discoveries Surprising discoveries at slow spreading ocean ridges Space weather "cold fronts" New insights into the Sumatra earthquake and tsunami Antarctic ozone hole and polar ozone loss Icy moons of Saturn investigated by Cassini NASA administrator Griffin briefs on the Moon-Mars initiative Ch...Scholar uncovers the story behind the 'obesity epidemic'
...stort America's weight gain, making it seem like a spreading epidemic. The have also released faulty estimates about the amount of deaths attributable to obesity and made false claims that obesity was soon to be America's number one cause of preventable death. Oliver argues that by making body weight a bar...First ever study to investigate impact of chronic wasting disease on humans
...lso have to monitor how to keep this epidemic from spreading among deer and across species, from deer to cattle, both of which could have huge economic as well as health implications." Garruto notes that although a prion disease appears to be transmitted through direct animal-to-animal contact and/or indirect ...Spectacular new discoveries arising from deep ocean hot springs
...t volcanic activity there and the faster sea-floor spreading up to 10 times faster than anywhere else," Rona says. "In research terms, this consensus put slow-spreading ocean ridges in the Atlantic, Arctic and Indian oceans off limits." In 1985, Rona and his colleagues discovered an Astrodome-sized mound, top...How seizures progress to epilepsy in the young
...s influenced seizure activity in the other. Such a spreading influence is a sign that individual seizures have caused development of a chronic epileptic state. Their experiments revealed that the GABA-triggered neurons were involved in seizures in the immature brains and also that those seizures did lead to de...Pitt professor's theory of evolution gets boost from cell research
...d those altered genes remain in a recessive state, spreading silently through the population until offspring appear with two copies of the new mutation and change suddenly, seemingly appearing out of thin air. Those changes may be significant and beneficial (like teeth or limbs) or, more likely, kill the organ...Life leaves subtle signature in the lay of the land
... into a slope's bedrock, and the biotically-driven spreading of soil downslope, which tends to round off the sharp edges, Dietrich and Perron thought that rounded hills would be a signature of life. This proved to be untrue, however, as their colleague Ron Amundson and graduate student Justine Owen, both of th...Global effort needed to anticipate and prevent potential misuse of advances in life sciences
...mergencies such as bioterrorist attacks or rapidly spreading pandemics. In addition, greater coordination of federal, state, and local public health agencies is sorely needed....Post-pregnancy events promote breast tumor metastasis
...a more powerful push toward metastasis, with cells spreading to the lung, liver and kidney, expressing higher levels of the human vascular growth factor VEGF and increasing blood vessel development. These data demonstrate the importance of the changing breast environment in the evolution of breast cancer. Spe...Exotic crab poised for widespread UK invasion
An exotic type of crab is spreading at an alarming rate throughout Britain's coast and rivers, a new study suggests. The Chinese mitten crab, brought to Britain during the last century in ships' ballast water, could cause devastating environmental problems if populations are not monit...Earth Rx: A microbial biotechnology prescription for global environmental health
...of Earth's 6 billion year history, microbes ruled, spreading to every nook and cranny on the globe, from geothermal vents on the ocean's floor to arctic permafrost. Now, uncovering and categorizing this abundant biodiversity is one of the chief goals of scientists in the field of microbial ecology and may be ......ve-sampling technique to document the transfer and spreading impact of parasite transmission from a fish farm to wild salmon. "There's a long and beautiful history of mathematical models for parasite transmission that goes back to the 1970s," Dr. Lewis says. "But the thing that was really unusual here was the ...Most Americans do not expect widespread human cases of avian flu in US in the next year
... antiviral drugs in order to keep the disease from spreading to the U.S. Furthermore, respondents were asked whether, in the event of an outbreak of avian flu in humans in the U.S. in which there were a shortage of antiviral medication, they would be willing to let flu patients and first responders receive dos...