Time to face facts over extremism
Our minds still try to resist the idea that someone is willing to kill another human being because of the words that he or she writes. Yet that is exactly…
Tag: virus
Scott Walker: Islamic State Is Like A Virus ‘That Takes Out Your Whole Computer’
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) compared the Islamic State, the terrorist group sometimes referred to as ISIS or ISIL, to a computer virus in an interview with Fox News’ Sean…
Alarming Consequences Of The California Drought You May Not Have Expected
What happens when America’s most populous state runs low on its most precious resource for the fourth year in a row? A lack of rainfall doesn’t just result in problems…
Why One Family With Measles Is Reconsidering Their Anti-Vax Position
People on social media pilloried them as the “measles family” after they became infected with the virus during their Disneyland vacation and brought the disease back to their hometown of…
New York Doctor Who Survived Ebola Says Media, Politicians Fueled The Public’s Fear
A doctor who contracted the deadly Ebola virus and rode the subway system and dined out before he developed symptoms said the media and politicians could have done a better…
Ebola crisis: Liberia to reopen borders, lift curfew
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf also lifted a nationwide curfew imposed in August to help combat the virus. Her orders, which go into effect Sunday, come the same week schools reopened…
Man’s death leads to discovery of new virus in Kansas, CDC reports
Named the Bourbon virus after the county where the patient lived, the virus is likely spread by tick or insect bites, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. A…
Disneyland measles cases genetically similar to Philippines outbreak
The California outbreak likely started when a traveler who was infected overseas with measles visited the amusement park while infectious, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But…
New Approach to Blocking H.I.V. Raises Hopes for an AIDS Vaccine
A new compound has blocked H.I.V. infection so well in monkeys that it may be able to function as a vaccine against AIDS, the scientists who designed it reported Wednesday….
New Approach to Blocking H.I.V. Raises Talk of an AIDS Vaccine
A new compound has blocked H.I.V. infection so well in monkeys that it may be able to function as a vaccine against AIDS, the scientists who designed it reported Wednesday….
Are we ready for the next global epidemic?
In 2003, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) crossed the world, originating in Asia and reaching Canada in less than a day. In 2012, a new virus emerged in the Middle…
Measles Outbreak, Measles Vaccine: Top Questions Answered
By: Tia Ghose, Rachael Rettner and Tanya Lewis Published: 02/06/2015 10:17 AM EST on LiveScience The U.S. measles outbreak now includes at least 102 infected people in 14 states. Most…
Every Single Kid Who Was Orphaned By Ebola In Guinea Now Has A Home
Every child who was orphaned by Ebola in Guinea has a familiar place to call home — an astounding development considering these kids were shunned just a few months ago….
The Largest Measles Outbreak In Recent U.S. History Wasn’t At Disneyland
The largest U.S. measles outbreak in recent history isn’t the one that started in December at Disneyland. It happened months earlier in Ohio’s Amish country, where 383 people fell ill…
Parents Request Uplifting Cards For Terminally Ill Son Who Has Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Epilepsy
A couple is urging strangers to grant a simple birthday wish for their son who is terminally ill. Bubby Everson of Puyallup, Washington, contracted cytomegalovirus (CMV) at birth. While CMV…
What Really Happens When You’re Infected With Measles
While some may dismiss the measles as a common childhood virus, it also happens to be the deadliest childhood rash and fever illness. To make matters worse, about 30 percent…
Hospital discharges first person diagnosed with Ebola in UK
On December 29, the 39-year-old Glasgow, Scotland, resident became the first person to be diagnosed with the virus on UK soil shortly after returning from Sierra Leone. Five days later,…
Lindsay Lohan Reportedly Hospitalized After Contracting Chikungunya
TMZ reports that Lindsay Lohan has been hospitalized after contracting chikungunya, a rare and incurable virus she picked up while in Bora Bora at the end of December. – The…
China battles virus that has killed two pandas and left third critical
Two other pandasChengcheng and Dabaohave passed away from the canine distemper virus since early December, according to Han Xueli, spokesperson at the Shaanxi Province Rare Wildlife Rescue and Breeding Research…
UK nurse with Ebola improving
On January 3, London’s Royal Free Hospital said Cafferkey’s condition had deteriorated to critical. – Last week, Save the Children said it was “doing everything possible” to establish how Cafferkey…
West Nile Virus Fast Facts
Those who become ill may develop West Nile encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain. There is no vaccine or specific treatment for West Nile virus. According to the CDC, only…
Ebola Fast Facts
Facts:Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a disease caused by one of five different Ebola viruses. Four of the strains can cause severe illness in humans and animals. The fifth, Reston virus,…
Avian Flu Fast Facts
The official name for the most commonly seen and most deadly form of the virus is called “Influenza A (H5N1),” or the “H5N1 virus.” In March 2013, a strain of…