Science News – Ebola

THC Farmaceuticals Receives Patent Protection in Republic of South Africa For Methods of Producing Antibody- Rich Cannabis and Honeysuckle Plants

Written on June 26, 2019. Posted in Breaking News, Business News, Featured, Health News, Science News.

THOUSAND OAKS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / June 12, 2019 / CBDual Biotechnology Corp., a subsidiary of THC Farmaceuticals, Inc (OTC PINK: CBDG) today announced that its parent company has been granted patent protection for the South African Patent Application No. 2017/01966 regarding the parent company’s Methods of Producing Antibody- Rich Cannabis and Honeysuckle Plants. South African Republic’s Patent Office has scheduled publication of this international...

What You Need to Know About The Flu Vaccine

Written on May 10, 2015. Posted in Blogs & Links, Featured, Health News, Science News.

This year’s annual flu shot will offer protection against H1N1 flu (swine flu) virus, in addition to two other influenza viruses that are expected to be in circulation this flu season. A vaccine that protects against four strains of the virus will also be available, as will a high-dose flu vaccine for adults age 65 and older. As you can see there are many different flu vaccines and the general population believes that there...

Ebola found living in Eye of US Doctor

Written on May 8, 2015. Posted in Breaking News, Featured, Health News, Science News, USA News.

Before he contracted Ebola, Dr. Ian Crozier had two blue eyes. After he was told he was cured of the disease, his left eye turned green. The medic, who caught the bug while working in Sierra Leone, had blurred eyesight and pain two months after being declared Ebola-free. The announcement on Thursday said the virus reappeared in Crozier who was diagnosed with Ebola in September 2014 while working with the World Health Organization. The test results...

Citizen Science Helps Predict Risk of Emerging Infectious Disease

Written on May 4, 2015. Posted in Featured, Science News.

Crowdsourced science helped predict the path of a deadly plant disease over a six-year period, demonstrating the contributions that trained citizen scientists can make in large-scale geographic tracking projects. That’s the conclusion of a study of sudden oak death monitoring in California, published today in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. “Sudden oak death is the Ebola of the plant world, the most serious disease threat to nonagricultural...

Ebola can spread through sex

Written on May 1, 2015. Posted in Breaking News, Featured, Health News, Personal Safety, Science News, World News.

Health officials now think Ebola survivors can spread the disease through unprotected sex nearly twice as long as previously believed. A Liberian woman appears to have contracted Ebola from unprotected sex with a man who survived the virus, health officials said today. Scientists thought the Ebola virus could remain in semen for about three months. But this case in West Africa suggests infection through sex can happen more than five months later. Based...

Is Influenza worse than Ebola?

Written on April 28, 2015. Posted in Breaking News, Featured, Health News, Science News, World News.

Influenza Worse Than Ebola? Despite the heavy media coverage and widespread concern surrounding the Ebola virus, Americans face a more serious health threat — influenza or as what we like to call it the Flu. “It’s complicated. It’s exotic. It’s something you hear about on the news every day,” said Dr. Edward Waltz, director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness at the University at Albany, of the...

The next Ebola?

Written on April 28, 2015. Posted in Breaking News, Featured, Health News, Opinion News, Science News.

Since the first outbreaks of Ebola virus disease in 1976, there have been numerous other outbreaks in humans across Africa with fatality rates ranging from 50% to 90%. Humans can become infected with the Ebola virus after direct contact with blood or bodily fluids from an infected person or animal. The virus also infects and kills other primates, though fruit bats are suspected to be the most likely carriers of the virus in the wild. In the countries...

Protect Your Pooch From the New Dog Flu

Written on April 19, 2015. Posted in Featured, Health News, Science News.

In recent weeks, an outbreak of H3N2 has sickened dogs in the Midwest. Two veterinarians with the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine who have first-hand knowledge of the virus share information about the virus, and also provide advice on protecting your dogs from H3N2 influenza virus, also known as just dog flu. – – – – – – – – – – – – Colin Parrish, professor...

Ebola Analysis Finds Virus Hasn’t Become Deadlier, Yet

Written on April 16, 2015. Posted in Featured, Science News, World News.

Research from The University of Manchester using cutting edge computer analysis reveals that despite mutating, Ebola hasn’t evolved to become deadlier since the first outbreak 40 years ago. The surprising results demonstrate that whilst a high number of genetic changes have been recorded in the virus, it hasn’t changed at a functional level to become more or less virulent. The findings, published in the journal Virology, demonstrate that the much...

Worms and Germs Lead to Better Immune Function

Written on April 13, 2015. Posted in Featured, Health News, Science News.

A growing body of evidence in the medical community holds that greater diversity of bacteria and even worms in the digestive tract offers protection against a variety of allergic and autoimmune problems. Germs from healthy people can be used to heal people with digestive disorders and other conditions caused by the loss of their own germs, and worms that live in the gut, called helminths, have shown success in quelling inflammatory diseases. With...