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Eradicating Polio Will Require Changing the Current Public Health Strategy
Leadership of the Global Virus Network Say Policy Decisions Should Reflect the Science Baltimore, MD, March 6, 2023— The recent public health emergency declarations in New York and London due to polio infections and detection of the virus in these cities’ wastewater strongly indicate that polio is no longer close to being eradicated.Now, four members…
Read MoreGlobal Virus Network (GVN) Adds Brazil’s Laboratory for Clinical Research in Neuroinfections at Fiocruz
Baltimore, Maryland, USA, March 1, 2023: The Global Virus Network (GVN), representing 71 Centers of Excellence and 9 Affiliates in 40 countries comprising foremost experts in every class of virus causing disease in humans, and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil announced the addition of the Laboratory for Clinical Research in…
Read MoreGVN Statement on SARS-CoV-2 Variant BF7
SARS-CoV-2 variants continue to appear worldwide. There is some concern about the variant BF7, shorthand for BA.5.2.1.7, which reportedly is spreading in China. BA.5.2.1.7 is part of the Omicron lineage of SARS-CoV-2 and had been indicated as a potential variant of concern. Recent data from the US CDC and other agencies in other countries, however, show…
Read MoreRespiratory Syncytial Virus: Newly Resurgent
December 5, 2022 Introduction We seem to be in a sort of Golden Age of respiratory viruses, including flu, SARS-CoV2 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). RSV is an enveloped negative strand RNA virus with a genome of approximately 15,000 nucleotides encoding 11 proteins. There are two serotypes, A and B, which can be discriminated by…
Read MoreGlobal Virus Network (GVN) Convenes First-Of-Its-Kind Conference To Evaluate The Public Health Magnitude Of Long-COVID And Define A Global Research Roadmap To Address The Crisis
World Leaders in Science, Healthcare, Academia, Business and Government Discuss Issues and Ramifications of Long Covid Baltimore, MD, USA (July 22, 2022) – The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition of world leading medical virology research centers, yesterday concluded a two-day gathering on the ‘Science of Long COVID.’ The first-of-its-kind conference reviewed the wealth of cohort…
Read MoreWILL THERE BE A TWINDEMIC?
By Dr. Peter Palese, Ph.D. “Twindemic” is a term that has not yet been in the headlines but is likely to become part of our lexicon as the summer progresses. Twindemic refers to the possibility that we will see continuing cases of COVID-19 together with severe influenza forcing the country to deal with two serious…
Read MoreGVN in the News – Dr. Christian Bréchot Interview with LCI, France, July 13, 2021
TOP SCIENTISTS CALL ON GLOBAL HEALTH AGENCIES TO FUND INNATE IMMUNITY RESEARCH AS ADDITIONAL MEASURE TO FIGHT PANDEMIC VIRUSES
Global Experts Host Symposium and Agree that Innate Immunity May Be Effective, Globally Available Tool to Supplement Delay in Vaccine Availability and Distribution Baltimore, Maryland, USA, January 08, 2021: The Global Virus Network (GVN) and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis co-hosted a December 11, 2020 international symposium on innate immunity and COVID-19.…
Read MoreWORLD EXPERTS IN VIROLOGY ALERT THAT CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBALIZATION ARE AN ADDED PROBLEM IN VIRAL DISEASE TRANSMISSION
WORLD EXPERTS IN VIROLOGY ALERT THAT CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBALIZATION ARE AN ADDED PROBLEM IN VIRAL DISEASE TRANSMISSION Dr. William Hall Receives The GVN Robert C. Gallo Award for Scientific Excellence and Leadership Baltimore, MD, USA, July 2, 2019: The Global Virus Network (GVN), representing 48 Centers of Excellence and 7 Affiliates in 29 countries…
Read MoreThe Global Virus Network (GVN) Announces The Addition Of Three New Centers Of Excellence Joining Organization
University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute, U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Vaccine Research and Review and the Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Join Renowned Global Virus Network to Combat Viral Diseases Baltimore, Maryland, USA, June 4, 2019: The Global Virus Network (GVN), representing 48…
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