Here's a Worm That Can Infect Your Mac Without You Even Knowing It

Here's a Worm That Can Infect Your Mac Without You Even Knowing It

Most viruses are more than meets the eye

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 1st, 2015
Experimental Ebola Vaccine Delivers 100% Protection in Trial

Experimental Ebola Vaccine Delivers 100% Protection in Trial

Not one of the people who were vaccinated was infected

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 31st, 2015
Scientists Revive Ancient Virus, Plan to Use It to Fix Faulty Livers

Scientists Revive Ancient Virus, Plan to Use It to Fix Faulty Livers

Also muscles, retinas and other damaged organs

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 14th, 2015
Inhalable Vaccine Safeguards Against Deadly Ebola Virus

Inhalable Vaccine Safeguards Against Deadly Ebola Virus

This aerosolized Ebola vaccine is the first of its kind

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 4th, 2015
Deadly Ebola Disease Makes a Comeback in Liberia

Deadly Ebola Disease Makes a Comeback in Liberia

The virus has claimed 3 more lives, health officials say

  • History
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 18th, 2015
Ebola Might Have Plagued Ancient Athens, Researcher Believes

Ebola Might Have Plagued Ancient Athens, Researcher Believes

Historical records hint at an Ebola outbreak 2,400 years ago

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 6th, 2015
Simple Blood Test Reveals All Viruses That Have Ever Infected You

Simple Blood Test Reveals All Viruses That Have Ever Infected You

The test unlocks the memories of your immune system

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 27th, 2015
Herpes Successfully Used to Treat Skin Cancer

Herpes Successfully Used to Treat Skin Cancer

A herpes-based cancer drug could become available in 2016

Liberia Is at Long Last Ebola-Free, WHO Says

Liberia Is at Long Last Ebola-Free, WHO Says

As of Saturday, no new cases of people infected with the deadly virus had been reported in Liberia in over 42 days

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 8th, 2015
Ebola Survives for Weeks Inside Man's Eye, Turns It from Blue to Green

Ebola Survives for Weeks Inside Man's Eye, Turns It from Blue to Green

The man, an infectious disease specialist, contracted Ebola while helping contain the outbreak in Sierra Leone

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 17th, 2015
Rabies Transmitted by Dogs Kills as Many as 59,000 People Yearly

Rabies Transmitted by Dogs Kills as Many as 59,000 People Yearly

This works out to an average of 160 people who die of rabies each and every day, researchers explain in new study

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 9th, 2015
Potent Antibody Could Very Well Prove a Magic Bullet Against HIV

Potent Antibody Could Very Well Prove a Magic Bullet Against HIV

Researchers say that the antibody, dubbed 3BNC117, shows great promise when it comes to reducing viral load

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • March 28th, 2015
Experimental Vaccine Protects Monkeys Against Deadly Ebola Virus

Experimental Vaccine Protects Monkeys Against Deadly Ebola Virus

The researchers who developed the vaccine hope to soon debut clinical trials involving human volunteers

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • March 26th, 2015
Experimental Ebola Vaccine Proven Safe and Effective in Clinical Trial

Experimental Ebola Vaccine Proven Safe and Effective in Clinical Trial

The vaccine, based on the virus strain that caused the latest Ebola epidemic, successfully triggered an immune response

Watch: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Measles

Watch: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Measles

Science video explains what measles is, how it affects the body and why you should vaccinate against it

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • February 13th, 2015
Newly Discovered Form of HIV Is Highly Aggressive, Researchers Warn

Newly Discovered Form of HIV Is Highly Aggressive, Researchers Warn

The new HIV variant, discovered in patients in Cuba, progresses to AIDS in just 3 years after infection

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • January 31st, 2015
The Deadly Ebola Virus Is Rapidly Mutating, Scientists Warn

The Deadly Ebola Virus Is Rapidly Mutating, Scientists Warn

Should these mutations make it possible for the virus to spread through the air, thousands more people could be infected

 
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