News articles tagged with 'smallpox'
Deadly monkeypox virus might cause disease by breaking down lung tissue
— 28 Oct 2010 14:27 | HealthA new study of an exotic, infectious virus that has caused three recent outbreaks in the United States reveals clues to how the virus might damage lungs during infection. The findings…
Virus related to smallpox rising sharply in Africa, UCLA researchers find
— 1 Sep 2010 10:29 | HealthIn the winter of 1979, the world celebrated the end of smallpox, a highly contagious and often fatal viral infection estimated to have caused between 300 and 500 million deaths during…
Did the end of smallpox vaccination cause the explosive spread of HIV?
— 18 May 2010 20:17 | HealthVaccinia immunisation, as given to prevent the spread of smallpox, produces a five-fold reduction in HIV replication in the laboratory. Researchers writing in the open access journal…
Mystery solved: Scientists now know how smallpox kills
— 23 Dec 2009 08:42 | HealthA team of researchers working in a high containment laboratory at the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA, have solved a fundamental mystery about smallpox that…
Scientists discover how smallpox may derail human immune system
— 12 May 2009 11:26 | HealthUniversity of Florida researchers have learned more about how smallpox conducts its deadly business - discoveries that may reveal as much about the human immune system as they do about…
Tissue-cultured smallpox vaccine appears promising
— 11 Mar 2009 13:10 | HealthAdministration of a tissue-cultured smallpox vaccine showed signs of an effective vaccine response with no serious adverse events, according to a study in the 11 March issue of JAMA…
Voluntary vaccination programs shown effective for some diseases
— 6 Feb 2009 12:50 | Health'Conventional wisdom - and conventional theory - tells us that when infection can potentially be spread to almost everyone in a community, such as for measles, a disease outbreak can…
New study indicates smallpox vaccination effective for decades
— 1 Dec 2008 00:18 | HealthAlthough naturally occurring smallpox was eradicated in 1977, there is concern that bioterrorists might obtain smallpox from a laboratory and release it into the population. Under such…
Effective health messages may yield vaccine compliance among ER workers
— 20 Jun 2008 15:04 | HealthEmergency room workers will be the first line of defence in the event of a disease pandemic and will be forced to deal with the chaos that inevitably comes with treating thousands of…
Ugandan monkeys harbour evidence of infection with unknown poxvirus
— 23 Apr 2008 14:25 | HealthResearchers report this month that red colobus monkeys in a park in western Uganda have been exposed to an unknown orthopoxvirus, a pathogen related to the viruses that cause smallpox,…