The Sabin Vaccine Institute has begun a Phase II trial in the US to evaluate its Marburg vaccine, with the first doses being ...

Mycobacteria are the world's most deadly bacteria --c ausing infectious diseases including tuberculosis (TB), which alone kills more than one million people each year. New drugs to fight these ...

Researchers have isolated a giant virus, which was named Jyvaskylavirus. The discovery shows that giant viruses are more common in northern regions than researchers have thought. It also illustrates ...

Promega technology will support a collaboration between Charles River and CEPI's Centralised Laboratory Network aimed at vaccine development.

Serosurveys have expanded our understanding of infectious diseases in Africa, revealing the true burden of pathogens beyond ...

Public health leaders looked to UNC-Chapel Hill virologist Ralph Baric to end the pandemic. Their critics blamed it on him.

There have not been any cases in Canada. As long as precautions are taken, there is low risk of contracting Marburg virus disease in a country where the disease is present.

A major challenge lies in the virus's structure and regulatory mechanisms, which have remained largely unclear. In particular, scientists have long struggled to fully understand its nucleocapsid ...