Tag: virology
Sandra Ciesek on lessons from the pandemic and current risks – health
Sandra Ciesek welcomes you on the creaking stairs, the Institute for Virology at the University of Frankfurt was built in the 19th century, herringbone parquet floors at your feet, airplanes…
Genetic engineering should make chickens resistant to bird flu – health
With a small intervention in the genetic material, biotechnologists have succeeded in making chickens resistant to bird flu pathogens. Like the team around Alewo Idoko-Akoh and Mike McGrew from the…
“It all depends on how well this outbreak is controlled” – Health
Not as infectious as Corona, but deadlier: Virologist Beatriz Escudero Pérez explains why the Nipah virus is so dangerous. After the death of two people from the Nipah virus, schools…
India: Lockdown due to Nipah virus – two dead in Kerala – Health
The Nipah virus has broken out in India for the third time. After two people died in the south of the country, public life in parts of the southwestern state…
India: Lockdown due to Nipah virus – two dead in Kerala – Knowledge
The Nipah virus has broken out in India for the third time. After two people died in the south of the country, public life in the southwestern state of Kerala…
India: Lockdown due to Nipah virus – Knowledge
The Nipah virus has broken out in India for the third time. After two people died in the south of the country, public life in the state of Kerala has…
Medicine: With a full-body protective suit against the next pandemic
Pathogens like the Ebola virus are highly contagious – even for doctors. But they have to treat infected patients somehow. Episode 6 of the SZ-Arzt column “Clinically Seen”. source site
Covid-19: "I would be surprised if there were more than one small wave"
The corona numbers are currently increasing again slightly. What that means and what to expect from the new EG.5 variant. source site
Bird flu and zoonoses: “The problem is what’s happening on the fur farms” – Knowledge
When bird flu cases were recently reported in Finland near fur farms, the authorities released wild birds for shooting. Meanwhile, the Finnish Food Safety Authority ordered all animals on farms…
zoonoses: "The problem is what’s happening on the fur farms"
Finnish authorities killed wild birds to stop bird flu. Virologist Isabella Eckerle doesn’t think that’s a good idea. She takes a more radical approach. source site