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Coronavirus could become seasonal: top US scientist
AFP, Published on 26/03/2020
» WASHINGTON - There is a strong chance the new coronavirus could return in seasonal cycles, a senior US scientist said Wednesday, underscoring the urgent need to find a vaccine and effective treatments.
Crowdsourced virtual supercomputer revs up virus research
AFP, Published on 22/03/2020
» WASHINGTON: Gamers, bitcoin "miners" and companies large and small have teamed up for an unprecedented data-crunching effort that aims to harness idle computing power to accelerate research for a coronavirus treatment.
'Superbugs' threaten malaria treatment
Reuters, Published on 02/02/2017
» Multi-drug-resistant malaria superbugs have taken hold in parts of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, threatening to undermine progress against the disease, scientists said.
Drug-resistant malaria in Myanmar seen posing threat of global epidemic
Published on 20/02/2015
» A strain of malaria with total resistance to the antimalarial drug artemisinin has spread through Southeast Asia and is nearing Myanmar’s border with India, threatening to repeat history and render crucial medicines useless, scientists said on Friday.