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…
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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…
Ebola Death Toll in DR Congo Nears 1,000 as Outbreak Spreads to Displacement Camps
Muscat: The Ebola death toll in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has risen to 967, with confirmed cases reaching 2,423 after 79 new infections were recorded in Ituri and North Kivu provinces, according to the National Institute of Public Health.
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