Whether or not it will be heeded, one of the key learnings from COVID-19 is that preparedness planning for future infectious disease outbreaks cannot be shortchanged. And while the pandemic continues ...
Scientists have made significant progress in developing an animal model of smallpox that closely resembles human disease, which will be necessary for testing of future vaccines and potential ...
A collaborative research effort between the A*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs (A*STAR IDL) and the A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing (A*STAR IHPC) has provided new insights into the ...
A duo from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta have developed a means of determining whether the CAST/EiJ rodent model is susceptible to infection by variola virus (VARV), the ...
People with a genetic mutation that makes them more resistant to the AIDS virus probably have smallpox to thank, according to two population geneticists at the University of California, Berkeley.
It all started with an unremarkable trip to grandma’s house in 1970. But two days into the visit, something went terribly wrong. The 9-month-old grandson fell ill. First, a fever. Then, a nasty rash.