Word: virality
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...shot last May, surgeons performed a colostomy, temporarily rerouting the upper part of the large intestine to let the damaged lower part heal. The bowel was to be reconnected in a second operation in June. But John Paul developed a serious viral infection, and was too weak to undergo the needed surgery. The stalemate dragged on until late July, when his nine Italian physicians met to decide what...
...transferred to cats, sometimes to no effect. Currently, 50% of America's small-animal practice is devoted to cats. The Cornell University Feline Research Center closely examines cat problems such as heart disease, unknown a decade ago, and drug-resistant respiratory viruses. Feline leukemia, a white-blood-cell viral disease, is communicable only between cats. It is usually fatal and can quickly devastate breeding operations. Now it is battled with expensive chemotherapy procedures. Care for cats has improved so markedly that over the past 30 years the life expectancy of a house-dwelling cat has jumped...
...easy to understand pre-Copernican beliefs in a flat earth and similarly easy to account for the accumulation of popular myths about the cold before the disease's viral nature became clear. But why do so many dubious beliefs persist in the face of new knowledge? The inertia of human prejudices is only part of the answer. An additional reason lies in the truth that a cold, typically, is far more than a mere medical event...
...approximately 20 researchers who work at the Primate Center in Southboro hold Medical School appointments and conduct research in a diverse array of fields, including infectious diseases, psychobiology, pathobiology, viral oncology and diseases of primates. The center is one of seven nationwide that are under the auspices...
...syndrome, somewhat similar to viral pneumonia, was at first dismissed by Spanish health authorities as a simple outbreak of "atypical" pneumonia. But Dr. Antonio Muro-Fernandez, director of Spain's National Center for Infectious Diseases, challenged that diagnosis. He thought people were dying from a hitherto unknown disease, not caused by virus-like organisms, and he was alarmed that the killer ailment would soon sweep the country. For his pains, Muro-Fernandez was suspended from duty, allegedly because he was suffering from "stress and exhaustion...