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Google donates $1m to fight the spread of the Zika virus

Posted in Medicine on 3rd Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller

Google's charitable arm has donated $1m (10,000) to Unicef to help stop the spread of the Zika virus.

Scientists say they could safely and quickly test a zika vaccine

Posted in Science on 17th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

'We can almost certainly contain future Ebola outbreaks, and that we will have a new paradigm and tool for dealing with new outbreaks of whatever emerges in the future."

Bee virus spread manmade and emanates from Europe

Posted in Featured, Science on 5th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

The spread of a disease that is decimating global bee populations is manmade, and driven by European honeybee populations, new research has concluded.

Researchers use modified rabies viruses to map the brain

Posted in Science on 23rd Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

Few diseases match rabies' method of self-replication and domination of the brain. The virus multiplies, spreading from cell to cell until the brain cannot support normal function.

The Worlds First Dengue Fever Vaccine Is Coming to 3 Countries

Posted in Medicine on 1st Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

A third of the worlds population is at risk of contracting Dengue Fever, a miserable virus thats a leading cause of illness and death in the tropics.