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Novel Wuhan coronavirus cases leap up

Posted onJanuary 20, 2020January 21, 20203 Comments

Confirmed cases of the novel Wuhan coronavirus have gone from 62 detected in Wuhan (and 3 exports that we knew of then) to over 200 after a jump of 136 Read More …

CategoriesCluster, outbreak, emergence, Coronavirus, Virus discoveryTagsChina, outbreak, Wuhan

Only effective vaccines can protect us from respiratory viruses because we’re us

Posted onAugust 24, 2018August 25, 2018Leave a comment

As winter wraps up in Australia, it’s become quite clear that – barring a very unusual late burst of activity – the 2018 influenza (flu) season has passed Australia by with Read More …

CategoriesInfluenza, RhinovirusTagscommon cold, epidemic, Flu, household, influenza, outbreak, pandemic, respiratory viruses, vaccine

A second outbreak of an ebolavirus in the DRC

Posted onAugust 2, 2018July 25, 2019Leave a comment

The Ministry of Health (MOH), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has confirmed 4 new ebolavirus cases in a new location. Earlier there had been reports of 26 cases Read More …

CategoriesEbola virusTagsBDBV, Bundibugyo ebolavirus, Bundibugyo virus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, ebolavirus, outbreak

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