Mike Coston is the Owner/Editor of Avian Flu Diary Although we don’t know by what mechanism the nurses in Texas and Madrid were inadvertently exposed to the Ebola virus, investigators are looking for...

There has been a lot of controversy and questions since, Excalibur, Ebola-positive Spanish nurse’s Teresa Romero Ramos’ dog was euthanized last week by Madrid Health authorities. So the question...

The world’s largest Ebola Virus Outbreak (EVD) and it’s first appearance’s outside of Africa continues to gather news coverage at an unprecedented speed. Unfortunately, but not unexpectedly,...

By Vincent Racaniello, PhD The time before the symptoms of a viral infection appear is called the incubation period. During this time, viral genomes are replicating and the host is responding, producing...

In the 5th installment of quotable quotes on the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa, with the discovery of the 1st Ebola confirmed case in the United States, CDC director Thomas Frieden...

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On October 4, CDC’s Quarantine Public Health Officer met a flight arriving from Brussels, Belgium at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport to assess a sick passenger who had traveled...

Dr. Ian Mackay, PhD is a virologist with The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. See more of Dr Mackay’s blogging at Virology Down Under “Aerosol” is a messy word. It means...

Dr. Ian Mackay, PhD is a virologist with The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. See more of Dr Mackay’s blogging at Virology Down Under This is the first case of Ebola virus infection...

Mike Coston is the Owner/Editor of Avian Flu Diary With the advent of modern antibiotics – Hansen’s Disease, aka Leprosy – has been vastly reduced around the globe over the past couple of decades,...

Mike Coston is the Owner/Editor of Avian Flu Diary The outbreak of EV-D68 – an (up-till-now) rarely seen non-polio enterovirus infection – continues in North America with more than 40 states and several...