Angus Nicoll of the European Center for Disease Prevention says that at this point no one knows whether the virus will become more or less virulent in the months ahead.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

are very similar genetically. "And that's a real problem when you're trying to overcome new insect or disease threats or pressures, or trying to breed a plant that's more water efficient, or even finding genetic variation for water production."

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

Another finding of the survey: Two-thirds of Internet users look online for information about a specific disease or medical condition.

VOA: special.2011.03.29

Failing to report an injury like this,can be dangerous if a patient,or a medical worker, has an infectious disease.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

Bio-markers help researchers know what is happening in the bodies of people with a disease or medical condition.

VOA: special.2011.08.02

The decrease in the amount of dopamine can result in one or more general signs of Parkinson's disease.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

By eighty five or ninety, half of all people are found to have some signs of the disease.

VOA: special.2009.09.15

But those who ate two or more servings of brown rice a week had an eleven percent reduced risk of getting the disease.

VOA: special.2010.06.30

People die from malaria because they are not treated for the disease or the treatment is delayed.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

Patients must take their medicines and keep looking for side effects or new signs of the disease.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

The disease develops more quickly over a few weeks or months in people infected with trypanosoma rhodesiense.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

Common viruses or bacteria may also increase the chances that some people will develop the disease.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

This might put some women at greater risk for heart disease or the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis.

VOA: special.2010.10.12

Scientists are not sure how Buruli ulcer disease spreads or even how it develops in nature.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a life-threatening condition commonly caused by years of smoking.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

The most common problems were high blood pressure or other conditions linked to heart disease.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

But,she said, the disease did not lessen her thinking or the quality of her mind.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

Seven of them died of the disease or disappeared and were believed to have died.

VOA: special.2009.09.08