THE OUTBREAK

Daily Archives: December 5, 2013

MANILA, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) — The Philippine government has alerted airport authorities to ensure that the deadly bird flu H7N9 could not enter the country following the recent discovery of first case in Hong Kong, the Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday. DOH spokesman Dr. Eric Tayag said the Philippines is still bird flu free at present, but Philippine “airports screen inbound travelers for fever so that early isolation can be… Read More

Researchers at the Oak Crest Institute of Science in Pasadena, CA are making history by proving that it’s possible to develop a drug delivery system that has the potential to protect women from sexually transmitted HIV and herpes simplex virus (HSV), while at the same time preventing unintended pregnancy. Their groundbreaking findings were recently published in the prestigious journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. The report describes in vivo results from a novel,… Read More