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Blood flow in the brains of HIV patients is reduced to levels normally seen in uninfected patients 15 to 20 years older, scientists report online in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Scientists from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease (NCFAD) in Winnipeg, Canada, together with collaborators in the USA, injected the 2009 and 1918 H1N1 virus strains individually into chickens.

Lethality of H1N1 Virus Drops to "Non-Epidemic Resting Levels" in Current Cycle - Virus' Infectivity Remains Increased; New Faster-Developed Synthetic Replikin Vaccines Found Effective, FluForecast(R) Gives Advance Warning of Strain-Specific Outbreaks and Cessation

The BioMask is the first medical face mask to kill the Influenza A virus within seconds of contact while retaining the breathability required by front-line workers and children, who are often the first to fall in a contagious episode.

A small antibody fragment that is highly effective in neutralizing the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by preventing the virus from entering cells has been identified by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Rare Case In A Baltimore Couple Explains Why Some Infected With HIV Remain Symptom Free For Years Without Antiretroviral Drugs Finding renews promise of vaccine against AIDS; disproves theory of defective virus

The influenza A virus does not lie dormant during summer but migrates globally and mixes with other viral strains before returning to the Northern Hemisphere as a genetically different virus, according to biologists who say the finding settles a key debate on what the virus does during the summer off season when it is not infecting people.

Scientists at MIT and the Technion Israel Institute of Technology have for the first time recorded the entire genomic expression of both a host bacterium and an infecting virus over the eight-hour course of infection.

A father-son research team working from separate laboratory benches across the country has discovered a new use for lasers - zapping viruses out of blood.

An international team of researchers has identified three gene variants in the DNA of 486 people infected with HIV that appear to have helped some of the patients fight off the virus and delay the onset of full-blown AIDS.

Buying an iPhone online could cost people a lot more than the price of the phone. If their computers are one of the 7,500 zombies on a botnet infected by the Aifone.A bot Trojan, it could cost their bank card balance and bank savings, too.

Roche announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to market Tamiflu(R) (oseltamivir phosphate) capsules in 30 mg and 45 mg doses.

Vietnam's Health Department say that four members, all in a family in Nam Can district, have been hospitalized with symptoms of bird flu, in the country's first suspected cases of the disease in more than a year.

Finnish computer security firm, F-Secure Security Labs said on December 31 2006 : "Massive amounts of fake New Year's greetings cards are being sent by Tibs.jy (aka Luder)."