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H5N1 bird flu is closer to gaining pandemic potential than we thought
A highly infectious strain of bird flu has been circulating worldwide since 2020 ULISES RUIZ/AFP via Getty Images…
Bird flu may be adapting to become more infectious to humans
Bird flu has been spreading in wild animals for years but it’s now adapting to humans Vuk Valcic//SOPA…
Older people may have better immunity against bird flu virus
The H5N1 bird flu virus has caused sporadic cases in humans Luca Bruno/Associated Press/Alamy If the H5N1 bird…
Viruses may help store vast amounts of carbon in soil
A bacteriophage virus can kill microbes, influencing what happens to the carbon their bodies contain nobeastsofierce Science/Alamy Viruses…
Flu viruses are made to move through mucus
Proteins on the outside of influenza A viruses are key to breaching our bodies’ mucus barriers Kateryna Kon/Science…
Marburg virus: All your questions about the deadly disease outbreak answered
A scanning electron micrograph of Marburg virus particles NIAID Rwanda is facing its first ever Marburg virus outbreak.…
Evidence points to Wuhan market as source of covid-19 outbreak
Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, China, on 31 December 2019 Imaginechina Limited/Alamy An analysis of genetic samples taken…
Crispr-Enhanced Viruses Are Being Deployed Against UTIs
Locus’s therapy is actually a cocktail of six phages. The company used artificial intelligence to predict a combination…
Evidence mounts that saline nasal drops and sprays help treat colds
Saline nasal drops could stop children sneezing sooner ONFOKUS.COM, SEBASTIEN COTE/Getty Images Nasal saline drops seem to speed…
Will mpox become a global pandemic like covid-19?
An mpox awareness banner at Chennai International Airport in India on 21 August R.SATISH BABU/AFP via Getty Images…