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Released: 9-Aug-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Machine Learning Helps Create Detailed, Efficient Models of Water
Department of Energy, Office of Science

A team devised a way to better model water’s properties. They developed a machine-learning workflow that offers accurate and computationally efficient models.

Released: 8-Aug-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Existing anti-parasitic drug could offer treatment for Ebola
Boston Children's Hospital

Amid the worsening Ebola outbreak in the Congo, now threatening to spill into Rwanda, a new study suggests that an existing, FDA-approved drug called nitazoxanide could potentially help contain this deadly

Released: 18-Jul-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Declaration of PHEIC in DRC Should Spur Support, Not Fear
Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA)

The World Health Organization’s declaration today that the year-long Ebola crisis is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern is hoped to raise much-needed awareness and resources for preparedness and control efforts across the region. The decision was made following new incidents highlighting risks of repeated cross-border spread of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

     
Released: 25-Jun-2019 8:50 AM EDT
New Transmission Model for Ebola Predicted Latest Uganda Cases
Kansas State University

A new risk assessment model for the transmission of Ebola accurately predicted its spread into the Republic of Uganda, according to the Kansas State University researchers who developed it. They published "Risk assessment of Ebola virus disease spreading in Uganda using a multilayer temporal network" in bioRxiv before the Uganda cases.

Released: 29-May-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Ebola Crisis in DRC Demands Immediate, Ongoing Investments
Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA)

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province remains uncontrolled despite heroic efforts on the part of international and local responders. The spread of the disease continues to pose imminent risks of cross-border transmission. In its 11th month, the outbreak has claimed nearly 1,300 lives.

     
27-May-2019 12:05 PM EDT
NIH awards $35 million grant to establish global Consortium to develop treatments for Ebola, Lassa and other viral threats
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

La Jolla Institute Professor Erica Ollmann Saphire, Ph.D., will lead a five-year global effort totaling up to $35 million that brings together experts from around the world to streamline and accelerate the development of immunotherapeutics against emerging and re-emerging viral threats. The international consortium is funded through the Centers of Excellence for Translational Research (CETR) program at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Released: 23-May-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Kansas State University zoonotic disease research fights viruses in the hot zone
Kansas State University

Kansas State University researchers are helping battle most of the nation's top-priority zoonotic diseases.

Released: 21-May-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Positive Aspects of Masculinity Helps Improve Boys’ Attitudes Toward Relationship Violence
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A program aimed at reducing violence against women and girls by focusing on positive expressions of masculinity changed the attitudes of middle school boys who may have been prone to harassment and dating violence as they got older, according to a Rutgers University–New Brunswick and University of New Hampshire led study that was done in partnership with prevention practitioners in New England.

Released: 21-May-2019 8:05 AM EDT
Vaccines for everyone
McMaster University

Researchers at McMaster University have invented a stable, affordable way to store fragile vaccines for weeks at a time at temperatures up to 40C, opening the way for life-saving anti-viral vaccines to reach remote and impoverished regions of the world.

Released: 7-May-2019 12:50 PM EDT
Groundbreaking Study Could Lead to Fast, Simple Test for Ebola Virus
Loyola Medicine

In a breakthrough that could lead to a simple and inexpensive test for Ebola virus disease, researchers have generated two antibodies to the deadly virus. The antibodies, which are inexpensive to produce, potentially could be used in a simple filter paper test to detect Ebola virus and the related Marburg virus.

Released: 24-Apr-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Newly discovered Ebolavirus may not cause severe disease in humans
University of Kent

Researchers from the University of Kent's School of Biosciences have provided evidence that a newly discovered Ebolavirus may not be as deadly as other species to humans.

Released: 12-Apr-2019 2:30 PM EDT
Ebola Virus – Subject Matter Experts
Georgetown University Medical Center

Georgetown University faculty offer expertise for journalists seeking interviews in a variety of subjects related to Ebola. Topics include WHO, Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), International Health Regulations, infectious disease control and treatment, vaccine development, clinical trials, and global health security and law.

Released: 3-Apr-2019 3:05 PM EDT
New $22 Million Project Targets Deadly Viruses
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded an international consortium led by Albert Einstein College of Medicine, part of Montefiore, a five-year, $22 million grant to develop antibody-based therapies against four highly lethal viruses for which there are no approved vaccines or treatments.

Released: 4-Mar-2019 9:00 AM EST
Robots Without Borders: Finding new ways to treat Ebola
Oregon State University, College of Engineering

Aid workers put their lives on the line to treat patients with Ebola. Can robots help make their jobs a little easier and allow more people to survive the disease? Bill Smart, professor of robotics at Oregon State University, is exploring how robots may be most useful during disease outbreaks.

   
6-Feb-2019 5:15 PM EST
Sophisticated Blood Analysis Provides New Clues About Ebola, Treatment Avenues
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A detailed analysis of blood samples from Ebola patients is providing clues about the progression of the effects of the virus in patients and potential treatment pathways. The findings point to a critical role for a molecular pathway that relies on the common nutrient choline, as well as the importance of cellular bodies known as microvesicles.



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