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A girl walks past a slogan painted on a wall reading "Stop Ebola" in Monrovia, Liberia, on Aug. 31.

Individual genetic differences may affect Ebola survival: study

June 17, 2018 at 4:55 a.m.

Scientists have been puzzling for years over why some people survive Ebola while many others perish. A new study provides strong evidence that individual genetic differences play a major role...

U.S. hospitals unprepared to handle Ebola waste

March 29, 2019 at 3:23 p.m.

U.S. hospitals may be unprepared to safely dispose of the infectious waste generated by any Ebola virus disease patient to arrive unannounced in the country, potentially putting the wider community...

Investigación sobre carbunco en EEUU revela incidente de seguridad con virus de gripe aviaria

August 25, 2021 at 1:28 a.m.

(Reuters) - Autoridades de salud estadounidenses revelaron el viernes una filtración en un laboratorio de alta seguridad que involucra la peligrosa cepa de gripe aviaria. Este descubrimiento se da mientras...

U.S. anthrax probe reveals new bird flu mishap, widespread safety lapses

August 25, 2021 at 1:27 a.m.

(Reuters) - Federal health officials on Friday disclosed a new safety breach at a high-security U.S. government laboratory involving dangerous avian flu, a lapse that came to light as they...

Mississippi baby thought cured of HIV no longer in remission

May 14, 2019 at 1:14 a.m.

(Reuters) - A toddler thought to have been cured of HIV now has detectable levels of the virus in her blood, the child's doctors and U.S. health officials said on...

Hallan muestras de erradicada viruela en depósito de laboratorio de EEUU

August 25, 2021 at 1:17 a.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Autoridades de salud de Estados Unidos anunció el hallazgo de ampollas de viruela de la década de 1950 en un laboratorio federal cerca de Washington. Los Centros...

Smallpox vials from 1950s found in U.S. lab storage room

August 25, 2021 at 1:17 a.m.

CHICAGO/ATLANTA (Reuters) - Stray vials of the deadly smallpox virus from the 1950s have been discovered at a federal lab near Washington, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday, the second...

Smallpox vials from 1950s found in U.S. lab storage room

May 14, 2019 at 1:13 a.m.

CHICAGO/ATLANTA (Reuters) - Stray vials of the deadly smallpox virus from the 1950s have been discovered at a federal lab near Washington, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday, the second...

Exclusive: CDC reassigns director of lab behind anthrax blunder

August 25, 2021 at 12:55 a.m.

By Hilary Russ and Julie Steenhuysen ATLANTA/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reassigned the director of the bioterror lab behind the potential anthrax exposure...

Multiple protocol breaches behind anthrax exposure at U.S. federal labs

May 14, 2019 at 1:11 a.m.

By Sharon Begley and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - The safety breach at a government lab that may have exposed 84 workers to live anthrax centered on a pivotal lapse in...

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