A new study published this week suggests that smallpox vaccinations could slow the spread of the HIV virus. Trials by US-based scientists indicated that the smallpox jab inadvertently offered some protection against HIV by interfering with how well the virus multiplies.
Disease Threatens Cassava
By admin
Published: May 23, 2010
A new strain of a devastating viral infection that affects the edible tuberous roots and leaves of cassava crops has hit plantations in Uganda, inland Tanzania and western Kenya, according to local agriculture officials and researchers.