Articles tagged with virus

Fri, May 04, 2012

Dead bird hotline activated

MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – Wisconsin’s hotline for reporting dead birds has been activated for another spring-and-summer.

The reports give state health officials an idea ...

Fri, February 24, 2012

Possible novo-virus outbreak investigated at Madison school

MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Officials are investigating a possible outbreak of the novo-virus at a middle school in Madison.

Crews disinfected the Jefferson Middle School ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

Report: Novo-virus hits Madison hard after 5 outbreaks

MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - The novo-virus is hitting the Madison area a lot harder than normal.

The Wisconsin State Journal says 5 outbreaks of the ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

Hacker releases Symantec source code

By Joseph Menn and Frank Jack Daniel

(Reuters) - A hacker released the source code for antivirus firm Symantec's pcAnywhere utility on Tuesday, raising ...

Sun, February 05, 2012

Carnival cruise ship passengers struck with virus

(Reuters) - More than 100 people on board a cruise ship operated by a unit of Carnival Corp have fallen ill with a stomach virus ...

Tue, January 31, 2012

EU experts to assess health risk of new animal virus

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's food safety watchdog said on Tuesday it has been asked to assess the health risks posed by a ...

Thu, January 19, 2012

Fears of mutant virus escape halt bird flu study

By Sharon Begley

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Researchers studying a potentially more lethal, airborne version of the bird flu virus have suspended their studies because ...

Wed, January 18, 2012

Virus infections stop after suspects named

By Joseph Menn and Jim Finkle

(Reuters) - One of the most common sources of computer intrusions has stopped infecting new machines after security researchers ...

Wed, January 18, 2012

Russia bans imports of Dutch meat over new virus

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Russia has banned imports of sheep and goat meat and live animals from the Netherlands following an outbreak of a new virus ...

Fri, January 13, 2012

Anti-virus maker AVG files for $125 million IPO

By Himank Sharma and Brenton Cordeiro

(Reuters) - Anti-virus software maker AVG Technologies NV filed to raise up to $125 million in an initial public ...

Mon, January 02, 2012

Bird flu virus doesn't jump between humans: China

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The latest bird flu virus that killed a 39-year-old bus driver in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen over the weekend ...

Mon, January 02, 2012

China says latest bird flu virus doesn't jump between humans

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The latest bird flu virus that killed a 39-year-old bus driver in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen over the weekend ...

Mon, December 12, 2011

India shuts server linked to Duqu computer virus

By Jim Finkle and Supantha Mukherjee

(Reuters) - Indian authorities are investigating a computer server in Mumbai for links to the Duqu malicious software that ...

Tue, November 29, 2011

Few in US with HIV have virus under control: CDC

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Only 28 percent of the 1.2 million Americans living with HIV have the infection under control, increasing the ...

Fri, October 07, 2011

War drones keep flying despite computer virus

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government's unmanned Predator and Reaper drones are continuing to fly remote missions overseas despite a computer virus that ...

Tue, October 04, 2011

Virus to blame for rise in throat cancer: study

(Reuters) - Cancer of the back of the mouth and throat is on the rise, primarily because of more cases stemming from a viral infection ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Virus to blame for rise throat cancer

By Kerry Grens

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cancer of the back of the mouth and throat is on the rise, primarily because of more ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Virus to blame for rise throat cancer

By Kerry Grens

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cancer of the back of the mouth and throat is on the rise, primarily because of more ...

Thu, September 29, 2011

Government simulates cyber attack for training

By Tabassum Zakaria

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (Reuters) - The lights went out. Hackers had infiltrated the chemical company's computer network. The firm's own ...

Thu, September 22, 2011

Mouse virus link to chronic fatigue crumbling

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. scientists have retracted part of a 2009 study from the journal Science linking chronic fatigue syndrome with ...

Thu, September 22, 2011

Mouse virus link to chronic fatigue crumbling

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists have retracted part of a 2009 study from the journal Science linking chronic fatigue syndrome with a mouse ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Scientists find way to "disarm" AIDS virus

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found a way to prevent HIV from damaging the immune system and say their discovery may offer ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

Cancer-fighting virus shown to target tumors alone

By Deena Beasley

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Researchers have shown for the first time that a single intravenous infusion of a genetically engineered virus can ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

Soderling withdraws from U.S. Open with virus

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sixth seed Robin Soderling of Sweden has withdrawn from the U.S. Open due to illness, tournament officials said Wednesday.

Soderling ...

Wed, August 24, 2011

Scientists find weakness in deadly Ebola virus

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A protein that helps transport cholesterol inside cells may be a key to developing drugs to treat Ebola, a ...

Fri, August 19, 2011

Virus outbreak kills 81 children in Vietnam

HANOI (Reuters) - Hand, foot and mouth disease, a dangerous intestinal virus, has killed 81 children in Vietnam this year, prompting the prime minister to ...

Tue, May 31, 2011

Mouse virus doesn't cause chronic fatigue: reports

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A mouse virus called XMRV, which has been fingered as a cause of chronic fatigue syndrome, is likely not ...

Wed, May 25, 2011

Apple fights fake anti-virus software vendors

BOSTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc is fighting what security experts say may be the most pernicious types of computer virus to ever target its line ...

Sun, April 17, 2011

Iran accuses Siemens over Stuxnet virus attack

TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian military commander has accused German engineering company Siemens of helping the United States and Israel launch a cyber attack on ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

Deal near on flu virus-sharing, vaccines: diplomats

By Stephanie Nebehay

GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries are close to a deal to speed up their response to the next flu pandemic by sharing virus ...

Wed, March 30, 2011

Human virus linked to mountain gorilla deaths

By Kezio-Musoke David

KIGALI (Reuters) - A virus that causes respiratory disease in humans has been linked to the deaths of critically endangered mountain gorillas ...

Mon, March 21, 2011

Deadly fish virus plagues Great Lakes

SUPERIOR, Wis. (WSAU) – Researchers found more cases of the fish-killing V-H-S virus in the Great Lakes last year. But they did not discover any ...

Mon, February 28, 2011

H1N1 and bird flu virus produce dangerous hybrids

By Tan Ee Lyn

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The H1N1 swine flu virus is compatible with a bird flu virus that is endemic in poultry ...

Mon, February 28, 2011

H1N1 and bird flu virus produce dangerous hybrids

By Tan Ee Lyn

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The H1N1 swine flu virus is compatible with a bird flu virus that is endemic in poultry ...

Wed, February 16, 2011

Hefner rep blasts virus outbreak reports

The publishing mogul's famous California bachelor pad is at the centre of an investigation by officials at the Los Angeles County Health Department ...

Mon, February 14, 2011

U.S. anti-terror outpost tackles rat-borne virus

By Simon Akam

KENEMA, Sierra Leone (Reuters) - In a far-flung laboratory in West Africa, American researcher Matt Boisen drops serum from a woman infected ...

Fri, January 21, 2011

Some child hearing loss tied to virus in pregnancy

By Leigh Krietsch Boerner

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hearing loss in a child may have links to a virus that Mom got while she ...

Thu, January 13, 2011

Virus, genetic link eyed in Canadian salmon deaths

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Sockeye salmon in one of Canada's key but troubled fisheries on the Pacific Coast may have a genetic flaw that makes ...

Thu, January 06, 2011

Circumcision helps stop wart virus, study finds

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have documented yet another health benefit for circumcision, which can protect men against the ...

Thu, December 30, 2010

Virus attacks Android phones in China: researchers

By Jim Finkle

BOSTON (Reuters) - A powerful virus targeting smart phones in China running Google Inc's Android operating system may represent the most ...

Mon, December 20, 2010

Study finds contamination in virus link to fatigue

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) - A virus previously thought to be linked to a baffling condition known as chronic fatigue syndrome is not the ...

Fri, December 17, 2010

D'Errico 'recuperating well' from virus

The actress was hospitalised in Los Angeles earlier this week (begs13Dec10) after contracting the staph infection from a sick relative, and she sparked fears ...

Tue, October 26, 2010

Double polio vaccine holds promise for ending virus

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) - A new double-strain polio vaccine is more effective than triple and single vaccines and will be a potent weapon ...

Sun, October 17, 2010

Eight virus types cause almost all cervical cancer

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have identified the eight human papillomavirus (HPV) types responsible for more than 90 percent of cervical cancer cases ...

Wed, September 29, 2010

H1N1 flu virus can mutate in immunosuppressed patients: study

By Gene Emery

BOSTON (Reuters) - Patients with suppressed immune systems can quickly develop H1N1 flu infections that resist all known drugs, doctors in the ...

Thu, September 23, 2010

Curtis regrets Virus movie

The action-packed comic book adaptation is the one film the actress wishes she had not signed up for - because it was a rare critical ...

Wed, September 22, 2010

State Has 1st Human West Nile Virus Case

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin has recorded the year’s first human case of West Nile.

State health officials said Wednesday that a person in ...

Wed, September 22, 2010

State's first human West Nile virus confirmed

MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – The state health department has confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus this year.

Officials diagnosed the case in ...

Wed, September 15, 2010

State May Have 1st Human Case of West Nile Virus

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin might have its first human case of the West Nile virus for this year.

Blood that was donated in ...

Fri, September 03, 2010

West Nile Virus returns

UNDATED (WSAU) West Nile Virus is making a comeback in Wisconsin. State officials say the first mosquitoes have tested positive.

State officials are sounding ...

Thu, September 02, 2010

MN Has 2 Confirmed Cases of West Nile Virus

ST. PAUL, Minn. (WTAQ) - Neighboring Minnesota has two confirmed human cases of West Nile Virus. And Wisconsin had not recorded any cases this year ...

Tue, August 31, 2010

Vigo Health Officials Find West Nile Virus

TERRE HAUTE (WIBQ) - The Vigo County Health Department has found the West Nile virus in several groups of mosquitoes. The infected mosquitoes were found ...

Wed, August 25, 2010

Study links severe drug reaction to herpes virus

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) - A rare and dangerous reaction to a range of common medicines including antibiotics and anticonvulsants may be caused by ...

Mon, August 23, 2010

New mouse virus found in chronic fatigue patients

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have linked a second type of mouse virus to a baffling condition called chronic ...

Tue, August 17, 2010

Florida death toll rises for mosquito-borne virus

By Michael Peltier

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Four Florida residents have died from a mosquito-borne disease that normally afflicts horses, health officials reported on Tuesday ...

Sat, August 14, 2010

Virus behind my fitness problems: Roddick

By Simon Evans

MASON, Ohio (Reuters) - Former world number one Andy Roddick said a virus was to blame for his recent fitness problems but ...

Tue, August 10, 2010

WHO chief says H1N1 flu virus has run its course

GENEVA (Reuters) - The H1N1 flu virus has run its course and the pandemic is over, the head of the World Health Organization said on ...

Mon, August 09, 2010

Despite Many Mosquitos, No West Nile Virus Cases

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Hot and wet weather provided perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes this summer, but the state hasn’t found a single case ...

Mon, July 19, 2010

Virus targets Siemens industrial control systems

By Jim Finkle

BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers have built a computer virus that attacks Siemens AG's widely used industrial control systems, creating malicious software ...

Tue, July 06, 2010

West Nile Virus Among Concern With Hot, Wet Weather

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - With all the rain in the forecast this week, it will be interesting to see if mosquitoes start to make their ...

Mon, June 21, 2010

Experimental flu treatment may help related virus

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An experimental drug being developed to fight influenza may fight a common but little-known virus called parainfluenza virus, researchers and the company ...

Mon, June 21, 2010

Experimental flu treatment may help related virus

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An experimental drug being developed to fight influenza may fight a common but little-known virus called parainfluenza virus, researchers and the company ...

Fri, June 18, 2010

Experimental flu treatment may help related virus

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An experimental drug being developed to fight influenza may fight a common but little-known virus called parainfluenza virus, researchers and the company ...

Thu, June 17, 2010

Pandemic virus enters pigs in HK, swaps genes: study

By Tan Ee Lyn

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The H1N1 swine flu virus has been spreading quietly in pigs in Hong Kong and swapping genes ...

Fri, May 28, 2010

Girl tests experimental drug after virus kills horse

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 12-year-old Australian girl and her mother are the first people to try an experimental treatment for a deadly virus after the ...

Fri, May 21, 2010

EU says Glaxo, Merck vaccines OK despite pig virus

LONDON (Reuters) - Rotavirus vaccines made by GlaxoSmithKline and Merck & Co are safe to use despite being contaminated with a pig virus, Europe's drugs ...

Fri, May 14, 2010

FDA: Glaxo, Merck vaccines OK despite pig virus

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rotavirus vaccines made by GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Merck & Co Inc are safe to use despite being contaminated with a pig virus, U ...

Mon, May 10, 2010

Genital wart virus may raise men's risk of HIV

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who carry the virus that causes genital warts may be at increased risk of HIV infection, a study of ...

Thu, May 06, 2010

Pig virus DNA found in Merck rotavirus vaccine

By Lisa Richwine

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pieces of DNA from a pig virus were found in Merck & Co Inc's vaccine against a diarrhea-causing infection ...

Thu, May 06, 2010

Pig virus DNA found in Merck rotavirus vaccine

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pieces of DNA from two pig viruses were found in Merck & Co Inc's rotavirus vaccine, but there was no evidence of ...

Tue, April 27, 2010

Common virus tied to earlier death in older women

By Amy Norton

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older women with high antibody levels to a common viral infection may be more vulnerable to frailty ...

Thu, April 15, 2010

Cruise ship virus can spread on planes

By Howard Wolinsky

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The norovirus, best known for causing diarrhea and vomiting on board cruise ships, can cause problems on ...

Thu, April 15, 2010

Study doubts role for virus in multiple sclerosis

By Amy Norton

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although studies have found a link between infection with the Epstein-Barr virus and a heightened risk of ...

Thu, April 15, 2010

Circumcision may lower risk of genital wart virus

By Amy Norton

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Circumcision has been found to lower men's risk of contracting HIV through heterosexual sex, and now ...

Thu, April 15, 2010

Fish-Killing VHS Virus Found in Apostle Islands

BAYFIELD, Wis. (WTAQ) - The fish-killing VHS virus has been confirmed in the Apostle Islands. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia was originally found last December in herring ...

Wed, April 14, 2010

Sex virus lasts longer in uncircumcised men

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While uncircumcised men don't seem to be at higher risk of acquiring human papillomavirus (HPV), it takes them longer ...

Wed, March 31, 2010

More Wisconsinites Getting The AIDS Virus

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The number of gay men infected with the AIDS virus is at 14 year high in Wisconsin. And heterosexual men are ...

Thu, March 25, 2010

Sex virus blamed for rise in head and neck cancers

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) - The number of head and neck cancers linked to a virus spread by oral sex is rising rapidly and ...

Wed, March 24, 2010

Swine flu virus not so new, study finds

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The H1N1 swine flu virus may have been new to humanity in many ways but ...

Wed, March 17, 2010

New password-stealing virus targets Facebook

BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook's estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking ...

Thu, February 25, 2010

Study casts doubt on virus link to chronic fatigue

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) - Hopes of discovering treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome dimmed on Friday after a new study cast doubt on previous ...

Tue, February 23, 2010

Virus experiment reminds that flu surprises await

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers who mixed together bird flu and ordinary flu viruses created three extremely virulent new ...

Tue, February 09, 2010

Health Officials Awaiting 3rd Wave Of H1N1 Virus

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Just because swine flu cases have slowed down doesn’t mean you can relax. State health officials say they’re watching ...

Thu, January 28, 2010

VHS Virus Found In Lake Superior

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The fish-killing VHS virus has been detected in Lake Superior. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia was first found in Wisconsin 3 years ago ...

Fri, December 04, 2009

Dutch AIDS case shows how virus spreads early

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Newly infected AIDS patients rarely know they have the virus and can continue their high-risk behavior just when they are the most ...

Thu, December 03, 2009

Hepatitis C drug fights virus in new way

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A drug that targets hepatitis C in an entirely new way was highly effective at suppressing the virus in ...

Tue, December 01, 2009

Hackers spread virus with swine flu vaccine offer

BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers are spreading a vicious computer virus through spam email messages that urge recipients to visit a bogus website offering vaccinations to ...

Tue, November 24, 2009

Meet flu's rival in kids: respiratory syncytial virus

By Megan Brooks NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - With all the public's attention focused on flu, particularly H1N1 swine flu, doctors in Boston are ...

Tue, November 24, 2009

WHO and UNAIDS say 33.4 million infected with AIDS virus

HONG KONG (Reuters) - An estimated 33.4 million people worldwide are infected with the AIDS virus, according to a statement issued by the World ...

Mon, November 23, 2009

"Jail broken" iPhones hacked by new virus

By Jim Finkle

BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers have built a virus that attacks Apple Inc's iPhone by secretly taking control of the devices via ...

Tue, November 17, 2009

Not just swine flu -- new cold virus may lurk, too

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Runny nose, fever, cough, even pneumonia -- the symptoms sound like swine flu but children hospitalized ...

Wed, November 04, 2009

Hudson Woman Dies From H1N1 Virus

HUDSON (WRN) - The H1N1 virus has taken the life of a Hudson woman. 48-year-old Debbie Johnson Lindstrom died on Tuesday at Mayo Hospital in ...

Thu, October 29, 2009

USDA finds more show pigs with H1N1 flu virus