A measles outbreak in the United States and Europe is currently on pace to hit a record high this year.

According to the WHO, there have been 107 people in the United States who have contracted measles this year. Meanwhile, Europe has seen over 41,000 cases this year, leading to 37 deaths.

In the first six months of 2018, measles has been reported in 21 states. The last measles outbreak in the U.S. occurred in 2014, infecting 667 people. More than half of the people infected were Amish and were not vaccinated.

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced another potential breakthrough in the fight against Zika on Thursday.

The NIH will soon begin the first-in-human trial of a live, attenuated Zika virus vaccine. The tests will take at centers at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Vermont. The clinical trial is sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the branch of the NIH which developed the vaccine.

Subjects will be 28 healthy, non-pregnant adults ages 18 to 50.

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Cybersecurity can be extremely difficult to maintain whether you’re at home or abroad, but it’s important to remember that travel can add extra challenges which require further layers of security.

Before you leave for your trip, take some time to read and implement the safety measures below.

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A new study from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) reveals that a particular group of common, hard-to-treat viruses can join together to create clusters. That group of viruses then becomes both extremely efficient and very difficult for the body to detect.

The research, which was published in August 2018, could permanently change what we know about viruses and infection.

Until recently scientists believed that viruses acted independently. Now we know that up to 40 of them can form into vesicles, which are essentially membrane-bound packets or spheres.

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Vaccines have been a crucial part of the fight against infectious diseases for more than 200 years.

But, those initial vaccines were primitive compared to today’s science. Modern vaccines are now our best defense against disease throughout the world.

The Australian Academy of Science states that in the “past 20 years, vaccine technology has improved, resulting in production of vaccines against a broad range of infectious diseases.” Our recent progress creates an optimism for future vaccines, but the future is still uncertain. There are constant challenges for vaccine improvement needed every year.

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