measles

Measles virus from Afghanistan blamed for deadly outbreak in Ukraine

A deadly measles virus genotype B3 (Kabul) is circulating in Odesa region, the Ukrainian health officials have warned. According to the Odesa Regional State Administration’s report, patients from the other regions of Ukraine have been infected with the European genotype – D8 of the virus. Only in Odesa region the B3 (Kabul) genotype has been […]

Vitamin C Infusions Could Be Essential for Treatment of Sepsi

Earlier this year, a Virginia doctor claimed to have found that vitamin C could be an essential part of treatment for sepsis, a life-threatening complication of infection in which the pathogenic load and immune response are too great. As sepsis kills thousands every year, including over 44,000 in the U.K., it’s time to take notice of the power of vitamin C. [1]

Researchers can Prevent Outbreaks by ‘Vaccinating Fewer People’

It seems like every time you turn on your TV, there is a vaccine ad promising to protect you from everything from HPV to shingles, to pneumonia to the flu. Vaccine controversy as a whole aside, I’m here to report how some scientists at the University of Aberdeen say they have come up with a mathematical method to prevent epidemics which actually involves vaccinating fewer people. [1]