Smallpox, if used as a biological weapon, has the potential to cause widespread disease and death and could devastate a city or region. [3] A case-fatality rate of 30% was observed during smallpox ...

Smallpox has been designated as a category A biological weapon because it is easily transmittable, has a high mortality rate, would likely cause panic and social disruption, and requires special ...

The Oklahoma County Health Department has confirmed two cases of the West Nile Virus (WNV), marking the first reported infections in the area this season, as reported by KFOR.

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Local health agencies have already found virus-positive mosquitoes in Sacramento, Kern, Tulare, and Santa Clara counties, according to the California West Nile Virus program.

The sample was taken on June 13. So far, there are no cases in humans. While this is early to detect West Nile virus, experts cautioned that this does not necessarily foretell a bad mosquito season.

The combination of a calcineurin inhibitor and an antimetabolite remains standard care for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis in these patients.

Health officials warn about the spread of hantavirus — the rat-borne virus that killed actor Gene Hackman’s wife — as two cases were confirmed in Nevada.

(FOX40.COM) — The first mosquito sample of the season, which was collected from Gibson Ranch near Elverta, tested positive for West Nile Virus, the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control ...

NB.1.8.1 has mutations that could increase the virus’s transmissibility and decrease the efficacy of certain neutralizing antibodies against it.

What is HSV-1? “HSV-1 is a common virus to which almost everyone is exposed early in life,” says David Hunter, M.D., an assistant professor and neurologist with UTHealth Houston.

U.S. FDA Approves Merck’s ENFLONSIA™ (clesrovimab-cfor) for Prevention of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Lower Respiratory Tract Disease in Infants Born During or Entering Their First RSV ...