Moratorium into Research of Modified Contagious H5N1 Avian Flu Strains
Researchers have agreed to pause their work into the H5N1 avian influenza virus for the next 60 days. The research involved creating extra-contagious versions of…
Epidemiology
Ruminant Orthobunyavirus Takes Northern Europe By Surprise
A new virus has been found that causes fetal malformations and stillbirths in cattle, sheep and goats in northern Europe. Scientists don’t have a clue about…
Earliest Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Strains Were First Detected in Italy
Contrary to what was previously believed, the earliest cases of the Totally Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (TDR-TB) were not the current 12 known cases reported in Mumbai…