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The recently updated U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy sets key HIV prevention and care targets for 2020, but the trajectory of the epidemic remains unclear. Authors modeled HIV incidence, prevalence, and mortality for the U.S....

China will shutter poultry markets in a district of southwestern Sichuan province after a man fell ill with the H7N9 bird flu, state-owned China News Service reported Sunday. The 44-year-old man sold live poultry...

he Organic Consumers Association an anti-GMO lobby group largely funded by the “natural food” and organic industries. … The group is an active and visibl Ed Rybicki’s insight:GREAT cartoon! See it on Scoop.it, via...

Autophagy is a potent cell autonomous defense mechanism that engages the lysosomal pathway to fight intracellular pathogens. Several autophagy receptors can recognize invading pathogens in order to target them towards autophagy for their degradation...

Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) progresses through multiple phases, including immune tolerant, immune active, immune control, and, in a subset of patients who achieve immune control, reactivation. The first, the immune tolerant...

Ethiopia’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to head agency amid calls for reform. See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News World Health Organization gets first leader from Africa Source: Virology News

Conclusions: Influenza vaccination during 2013−14 influenza season attenuated adverse outcome among adults that were hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza. Ed Rybicki’s insight:Vaccinate!! OK?? See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News Influenza vaccination modifies disease severity...

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence and describe the patterns of concurrent human papillomavirus (HPV) and STIs and associated factors among HIV-negative young Western Cape, South African women participating in the Efficacy of HPV Vaccine...

This week, a study examines how two precursor forms of vitamin D may help protect against HIV infection. Another study supports the idea of proteas See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News This Week...

Using CRISPR to genetically alter insects that harm crops or carry disease—such as malaria—may not be as easy as once thought. See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News Why GM mosquitoes might not work...