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4 November 2009 | ScienceNOW

LHC Violates Human Rights? Swine Flu Vaccine for Poor Countries?

by Science News Staff
Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider
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27 October 2009 | ScienceNOW

To Mosquitoes, We Smell Like Bird

by Martin Enserink
Common odor may explain transmission of West Nile Virus
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20 October 2009 | ScienceNOW

New Details on Accused Scientist Spy, Largest AIDS Vaccine Study Offers Hope

by Science News Staff
Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider
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13 October 2009 | ScienceNOW

Swine Flu Complacency and a Win for Biotech

by Science News Staff
Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider
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22 September 2009 | ScienceNOW

Fewer Fish, First Swine-Flu Shots, and More Freedom to Fail

by Science News Staff
Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider
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25 August 2009 | ScienceNOW

University of California Professors Can't Cut Class

by Science News Staff
Plus more from the Science Policy Blog
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10 August 2009 | ScienceNOW

Bird Flu Virus a Possible Trigger for Parkinson's

by Greg Miller
Loss of dopamine neurons tied to H5N1 influenza virus in mice
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3 August 2009 | ScienceNOW

Gorilla Virus in Our Midst

by Jon Cohen
Gorilla version of AIDS virus found in human
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14 July 2009 | ScienceNOW

U.S. Says Bye-Bye to Mars, UC Says Hello to Furloughs

by Science News Staff
Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider
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13 July 2009 | ScienceNOW

Don't Blame Birds for 1918 Flu

by Martin Enserink
New paper disputes the idea that an avian strain caused the global disaster
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18 May 2009 | ScienceNOW

Designer Antibodies Derail Monkey AIDS Virus

by Jon Cohen
New "vaccine" approach could show promise for humans
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18 May 2009 | ScienceNOW

WHO Stays the Course as Japan Grapples With Swine Flu

by Dennis Normile
Agency says global pandemic is not under way yet
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11 May 2009 | ScienceNOW

Early Lessons From Mexico's Swine Flu Outbreak

by Jon Cohen
Analysis looks at H1N1's pandemic potential
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4 May 2009 | ScienceNOW

Exclusive: SARS Sleuth Tracks Swine Flu, Attacks WHO

by Richard Stone
Hong Kong virologist says agency should have acted faster to stop spread of H1N1
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1 May 2009 | ScienceNOW

Exclusive: Interview With Head of Mexico's Top Swine Flu Lab

by Jon Cohen
Microbiologist Celia Alpuche talks about how and when the epidemic was detected
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29 April 2009 | ScienceNOW

As Swine Flu Spreads, Its Chances to Mutate Increase

by Dennis Normile
And that could mean a more lethal virus, one expert says
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28 April 2009 | ScienceNOW

Will Your Flu Shot Protect You Against Swine Flu?

by Jon Cohen
Some vaccine experts argue it might prevent severe forms of the illness
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27 April 2009 | ScienceNOW

Breaking News on Swine Flu

by Science News Staff
Follow Science's coverage of the outbreak on ScienceInsider
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24 March 2009 | ScienceNOW

Ebola, a Severed Head, and Stephen Colbert

by Science News Staff
Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider
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19 March 2009 | ScienceNOW

Researchers Worldwide Rally to Help Scientist Exposed to Ebola

by Martin Enserink
Victim, still in isolation, was given an experimental vaccine based on livestock virus
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4 March 2009 | ScienceNOW

Old Strategy for Tackling HIV Makes a Comeback

by Jon Cohen
Nonspecific microbicide blocks AIDS-like virus in monkeys
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24 February 2009 | ScienceNOW

A Divisive Budget, Invisible Ph.D.s, and a Virus Meeting Attacked by a Virus

by Science News Staff
Plus more, from Science's new policy blog, ScienceInsider
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23 February 2009 | ScienceNOW

Permanent Protection Against the Flu?

by Mitch Leslie
A few antibodies may guard against a variety of influenza strains
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18 February 2009 | ScienceNOW

Virus's Achilles' Heel Revealed

by Martin Enserink
Study suggests that existing drugs may fight the deadly Nipah virus
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12 February 2009 | ScienceNOW

Ancient Virus Gave Wasps Their Sting

by Rachel Zelkowitz
Find solves decades-old debate about mysterious toxins
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10 February 2009 | ScienceNOW

Are Wild Chimpanzees Dying from AIDS?

by Jon Cohen
Contrary to common wisdom, the precursor to HIV-1 might be killing chimps
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9 February 2009 | ScienceNOW

Flu: It's the Humidity. Absolutely

by Martin Enserink
Study suggests that absolute, not relative, humidity explains why influenza is seasonal
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9 February 2009 | ScienceNOW

Novel HIV-Fighting Method Finally Gels

by Jon Cohen
Study reports first "success" in preventing HIV infections with vaginal microbicide
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14 November 2008 | ScienceNOW

A Cure for AIDS? Not Quite

by Jon Cohen
Case of man healed by stem cell transplant has many caveats
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30 October 2008 | ScienceNOW

Illegal Vaccine Triggers Bluetongue Outbreak

by Martin Enserink
Meanwhile, researchers identify yet another strain of the livestock virus
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18 August 2008 | ScienceNOW

A Blight to Remember

by Jennifer Couzin
Survivors of 1918 flu still make antibodies to the virus
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6 August 2008 | ScienceNOW

Virus Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine

by Elizabeth Pennisi
Giant viruses infected and disabled by small viral particles
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25 July 2008 | ScienceNOW

Combo Therapy Adds Years to Lives of HIV Patients

by Jon Cohen
Better, easier-to-use drugs credited with boost
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17 July 2008 | ScienceNOW

The Mosquito Paradox

by Martin Enserink
Why are lower numbers of the insects leading to a rise in a mosquito-related disease?
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25 June 2008 | ScienceNOW

African Lion-Killer Had Help

by Martin Enserink
Virus conspired with tick-borne parasites and extreme droughts
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25 June 2008 | ScienceNOW

Revising HIV's History

by Elizabeth Pennisi
AIDS virus appeared earlier in people, but later in monkeys, than previously thought
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18 June 2008 | ScienceNOW

Chimpanzees' Terrible Twos

by Elizabeth Vogel
Young chimps' playful behavior may increase vulnerability to disease
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25 April 2008 | ScienceNOW

Dirty Rotten Poxviruses

by Roberta Kwok
A deadly family of viruses infiltrate cells by camouflaging themselves as garbage
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2 November 2007 | ScienceNOW

Disappearing Bee Mystery Deepens

by Erik Stokstad
Virus recently linked to colony collapse was already present in the United States
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24 September 2007 | ScienceNOW

Space Germs Could Yield Earthly Cures

by Phil Berardelli
Taking bacteria on a shuttle ride reveals some of their best-kept secrets
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