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Radiation Countermeasure Entolimod Clears Mouse Safety Study, Moves to Survival Test
An experimental drug being developed as a medical countermeasure for radiation injury has passed an early safety check in mice. A second mouse study, funded by the National Institute of [...] Read the rest of Radiation Countermeasure Entolimod Clears Mouse Safety Study, Moves to…
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Bird Flu Kills Yakima County Resident Exposed at Dairy, First U.S. Death This Year
A Yakima County, Washington, resident exposed to infected cattle at a dairy has died after being hospitalized with severe avian influenza, local health officials announced Nov. 1, 2026. The person [...] Read the rest of Bird Flu Kills Yakima County Resident Exposed at Dairy,…
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Two New Studies Show How Hard It Is to Track MERS-CoV
More than a decade after Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was first identified, the world still has a limited view of where it is circulating. Two studies published this [...] Read the rest of Two New Studies Show How Hard It Is to Track MERS-CoV at Global…
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UK Commits £33.2 Million to Eight Vaccine Projects Targeting Ebola, Marburg, Plague and Other Epidemic Threats
The UK government has announced £33.2 million to fund eight vaccine projects against some of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases. The awards, announced October 8, 2026 by the Department of [...] Read the rest of UK Commits £33.2 Million to Eight Vaccine Projects Targeting…
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First H5N1 Detections in Washington Dairy Cattle Bring a Human Case in an Exposed Worker
A dairy worker in central Washington state has tested positive for avian influenza after exposure to infected cattle, one week after the state confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 [...] Read the rest of First H5N1 Detections in Washington Dairy Cattle Bring a…
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U.S. Measles Cases More Than Double 2025 Levels, With South Carolina and Pennsylvania Driving the Surge
New CDC surveillance data show measles transmission across the United States has more than doubled compared to last year, with South Carolina and Pennsylvania emerging as the two hardest-hit states [...] Read the rest of U.S. Measles Cases More Than Double 2025 Levels, With…
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Florida Accounts for Nearly Half the Nation’s Confirmed Acute Hepatitis C Cases, CDC Data Show
New CDC surveillance data show Florida continuing to dominate the nation’s acute hepatitis C case count by a wide margin, accounting for roughly 43% of all confirmed cases reported nationally [...] Read the rest of Florida Accounts for Nearly Half the Nation’s Confirmed Acute…
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Antibodies May Not Be Enough: T Cells Emerge as Key Players in Household COVID-19 Transmission
When a family member tests positive for COVID-19, most vaccinated people assume their antibody levels will determine whether they get sick. That assumption is incomplete, and potentially consequential for how [...] Read the rest of Antibodies May Not Be Enough: T Cells Emerge as…
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New Antibody Test Detects H5N1 Exposure Across Birds, Cattle, and Humans With a Single Assay
As H5N1 continues turning up in animals no one expected it to infect, from dairy cattle to marine mammals to household cats, the tools available to track where the virus [...] Read the rest of New Antibody Test Detects H5N1 Exposure Across Birds, Cattle, and Humans With a Single…
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89 Million Americans Live Near High-Risk Chemical Facilities With No Federal Way to Vet Staff for Terrorist Ties
More than 89 million people lived or worked within two miles of a high-risk chemical facility in the U.S. as of 2025, and according to Department of Homeland Security estimates, [...] Read the rest of 89 Million Americans Live Near High-Risk Chemical Facilities With No Federal…
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Newer Antibiotics Are Approved Without Testing Them on the Sickest Patients Who’ll Need Them
The patients most likely to die from a drug-resistant bacterial infection are, systematically, the patients least represented in the trials used to approve the drugs meant to treat them. That’s [...] Read the rest of Newer Antibiotics Are Approved Without Testing Them on the…
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New Research Reveals How Seminal Fluid Actively Amplifies Mpox Infectivity
WHO declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern for the second time in August 2024, driven largely by a new, rapidly spreading strain transmitted primarily through sexual networks. [...] Read the rest of New Research Reveals How Seminal Fluid Actively…