Muscat: The Ebola virus has claimed at least 1,700 lives in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, marking the fastest-spreading outbreak of the disease on record. The latest government data from Congo indicates that a total of 3,802 cases and …
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Australia Confirms First Mass Death of Seabirds from H5N1 Bird Flu
Australia: Australia warned today against the risk of a wider spread of H5N1 bird flu after its first mass mortality episode among seabirds killed about 50 greater crested terns off the coast south of Adelaide. However, there is no evidence yet of the…
New Russian Vaccine Shows Promise Against Mutated Ebola Strain
Muscat: Russian scientists have developed a new vaccine candidate that stimulates a strong immune response and provides protection against the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus responsible for the current outbreak in Africa, Denis Logunov, Head of…