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While some STDs, such as syphilis and gonorrhea, have been brought to all time lows, strains of HIV resistant to currently used combination therapies are increasingly being identified, and there is a silent and growing epidemic of other STDs that pose equally difficult treatment and prevention challenges. These include Genital Herpes (HSV-2), Chlamydia and Human [...]

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Novel H1N1 (referred to as “swine flu” early on) is a new influenza virus causing illness in people — and it seems to be spreading worldwide now. This new H1N1 virus was first detected in people in the United States in April 2009. Other countries, including Mexico and Canada, have reported people sick with this [...]

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Tamiflu, which was tested for Bird Flu, is the best bet to fight the swine flu virus of year 2009, which is a new strain of virus without a proven vaccine. Therefore many governments are increasing their stocks for Tamiflu because it is one of the best possible medicines to combat the A/H1N1 swine flu [...]

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The swine flu virus of year 2009 is a new strain of virus, and hence currently there is no proven Swine Flu vaccine, and that is one of the main reasons why dozens of people have already died from it, and WHO has raised the threat of this disease to level 5, which is the [...]

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Scientists at Melbourne University in Australia have discovered that certain skin cells, called dendritic cells, can recognize viruses and respond right away, a finding which could improve treatment of viral skin infections.
The findings describe the function of the cells that trigger the initial immune response to viral infection, known as dendritic cells.
“Dendritic cells are like [...]

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