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Globalisation and industrialisation are causing diseases to spread from humans to animals, a study has shown.
Researchers from The Roslin Institute of the University of Edinburgh have shown that a strain of bacteria has jumped from humans to chickens.
It is believed to be the first clear evidence of bacterial pathogens crossing over from humans to animals [...]

The path to poor hand sanitation is paved with good intentions, according to researchers from Kansas State and North Carolina State universities.
As college campuses prepare for an expected increase in H1N1 flu this fall, the researchers said students’ actions will speak louder than words.
“Many students say they routinely wash their hands,” said Douglas Powell, an [...]

A novel vaccine strategy using virus-like particles (VLPs) could provide stronger and longer-lasting influenza vaccines with a significantly shorter development and production time than current ones, allowing public health authorities to react more quickly in the event of a potential pandemic.
Ted Ross, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Vaccine Research, [...]

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, supported in part by the National Institutes of Health, have identified a common Achilles’ heel in a wide range of seasonal and pandemic influenza A viruses. The study found an infection-fighting protein, or human antibody, that neutralizes various influenza A virus subtypes by attaching to [...]