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Rare case of opossum infected by rabies sounds alarm regarding circulation of this virus in urban environments

SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

A female White-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris) found dead in 2021 in Bosque dos Jequitibás Park in the center of Campinas, one of the largest cities in São Paulo state, Brazil, died from rabies meningoencephalitis, according to a group of researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) and Adolfo Lutz Institute (IAL), the regional reference (..)

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Nanoparticle universal flu vaccine enters Phase I trials

Drug Discovery World

An ideal universal influenza vaccine could be taken less frequently than once a year and protect against multiple strains of influenza virus. It is an adaptation of an earlier universal flu vaccine candidate, FluMos-v1, which began first-in-human testing in 2021 and is still undergoing trials.

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2021 Young Scientist Award winners announced

The Pharma Data

For their remarkable scientific contributions, doctoral student Julia Klaus, Zurich University VetSuisse Faculty, and Dr Yasmin Parr from the MRC-University of Glasgow, Centre for Virus Research, have received the 2021 ABCD Young Scientist Award. To foster young talent development in the feline health research community.

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Health Highlights: Jan. 14, 2021

The Pharma Data

The new variant has three previously unseen mutations that “are likely to make the virus more infectious, making it easier for the virus to pass from person to person,” according to a university news release, CBS News reported. © 2021 HealthDay. © 2021 HealthDay. Posted: January 2021. Source link.

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Ebola virus disease – Guinea

The Pharma Data

On 14 February 2021, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Guinea informed WHO of a cluster of Ebola Virus. Source link.

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Health Highlights: Feb. 1, 2021

The Pharma Data

They spent about an hour at the Huanan Seafood Market, which was the site of an outbreak of the virus in December 2019, the Associated Press reported. Initially, experts suspected the new coronavirus came from wild animals sold at the market, but the site has been largely ruled out as a source of the virus. © 2021 HealthDay.

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Health Highlights: Jan. 4, 2021

The Pharma Data

Because both vaccines attack the virus in the same way, “it is likely the second dose will help to boost the response to the first dose.” ” Both vaccines teach immune cells to recognize and fight off the virus. © 2021 HealthDay. Posted: January 2021. “We’re kind of in this Wild West.”

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