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“THE HOT ZONE” SCENARIO – WILL IT HAPPEN AGAIN?
The Global Virus Network (GVN) Confirms That Deadly Hemorrhagic Viruses Are a Real & Imminent Threat Baltimore, MD, May 28, 2019: “The Hot Zone,” which premiered on Monday, May 27, 2019, is a three night limited series on National Geographic, based on Richard Preston’s best-selling book that depicts the true story of deadly, airborne hemorrhagic…
Read MoreThe Global Virus Network (GVN) Launches Anticipation & Preparedness Taskforce Following 10th International Meeting in Annecy, France
The GVN Undertakes Worldwide Initiative to Support Public Health Authorities Baltimore, Maryland, USA, March 27, 2019: The Global Virus Network (GVN), a worldwide coalition of preeminent virologists engaged in the preparedness, defense and first research response to emerging, exiting and unidentified viruses that pose a clear and present threat to public health, has launched the…
Read MoreGlobal Virus Network Center Of Excellence Researchers Discover That A Bacterial Protein Promotes Cancer
Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine Research Suggests that Bacterial Infections May Contribute Far More to Cancers Than Previously Thought Baltimore, Maryland, USA, December 4, 2018: The Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, a Global Virus Network Center of Excellence, announced today the discovery…
Read MoreUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center, West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens and Colombia-Wisconsin One-Health Consortium Join Renowned Global Virus Network to Combat Viral Diseases
Baltimore, Maryland, USA, November 13, 2018: The Global Virus Network (GVN), representing 45 Centers of Excellence and 7 Affiliates in 29 countries comprising foremost experts in every class of virus causing disease in humans, announced today the addition of the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens…
Read MoreGlobal Virus Network Adds Singapore Consortium as Newest Center of Excellence
Baltimore, Maryland, USA, and Singapore, August 22, 2018: The Global Virus Network (GVN) and the GVN-Singapore Center of Excellence, comprised of 7 virology research intuitions led by Duke-NUS Medical School, announced today the induction of the Singaporean coalition as GVN’s newest Center of Excellence. The GVN represents 42 Centers of Excellence and 7 affiliates in…
Read MoreGlobal Virus Network Hosts Fifth Short Course
Trains Next Generation of Virus Researchers from Around the Globe Baltimore, Maryland, USA, August 16, 2018: The Global Virus Network (GVN) last week held its Fifth Annual Short Course on Medical Virology on August 5-11 for 16 early-career human and animal virologists from Austria, Canada, China, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Trinidad, United States, and…
Read MoreThe Time to Cure Hepatitis B is Now
Nature Reviews Commentary lays groundwork for the momentum behind hepatitis B cure research and the long-term implementation of HBV cure preparedness worldwide. On the eve of World Hepatitis Day, the International Coalition to Eliminate HBV (ICE-HBV), a global group of researchers, patient representatives and health organisations including the Global Virus Network (GVN),…
Read MoreGlobal Virus Network (GVN) Centers of Excellence Contribute Expertise to Nipah Virus Outbreak in Kerala, India
In the wake of the outbreak, the Government of Kerala is fast-tracking the launch of the Institute of Advanced Virology, which will house a unit of the GVN Baltimore, Maryland, USA, June 5, 2018: Several of the Global Virus Network’s (GVN) Centers of Excellence have been researching Nipah virus (NiV) and are currently contributing expertise…
Read MoreGlobal Virus Network Responds to Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Global Virus Network Responds to Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Baltimore, Maryland, USA, May 31, 2018: The Global Virus Network (GVN) is mobilizing a coordinated effort to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) through its Centers of Excellence. The GVN represents 41 Centers of Excellence and…
Read MoreUpdate on the Nipah Virus Outbreak in Kerala, India
Update on the Nipah Virus Outbreak in Kerala, India May 30, 2018 By Benhur Lee, MD, Professor, Department of Microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, a Global Virus Network (GVN) Center of Excellence and Linfa Wang, PhD, Professor & Director, Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore What is Nipah…
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