Researchers report mpox DNA, live virus on surfaces and in air from patients’ rooms
A study conducted in UK hospitals found mpox virus (MPXV) clade 1b DNA in 73% of surface samples and 7% of air ...
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A Virus of Our Own Hatching
The influenza virus has existed for millions of years as an innocuous intestinal virus of wild ducks. What turned a ...
Scientists reveal how Epstein-Barr virus reactivation triggers MIS-C in children
Why are some children devastated by mysterious post-COVID inflammation? Scientists uncover how a ‘silent’ virus awakens – and a promising ...
Test identifies prior infection by Zika virus and all four dengue virus serotypes
Credit: Researchers’ archive Brazilian researchers have developed a simple test that almost instantly tells whether a person has been exposed ...
Disposable: what Covid-19 did to those who couldn’t afford to fight the virus | Books
Sarah P Jones is a writer for New York magazine and now the author of Disposable, a study of “America’s ...
CDC Warns Travelers Of Deadly Virus That Has No Approved Vaccines Or Treatment
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health advisory warning travelers about an Ebola outbreak ...
US respiratory virus infections rise, led by flu
During Christmas week, respiratory virus activity continued a steady rise across much of the nation, with the largest spikes seen ...
HHS directs $306 million to avian flu response as virus strikes more US flocks
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced that it is awarding $306 million more in funding ...
Bird flu virus likely mutated within a Louisiana patient, CDC says
This undated electron microscopic image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows two Influenza A (H5N1) virions, ...
H5N1 sickens Iowa poultry worker; virus strikes more cats, wild birds, and poultry
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) on December 20 reported the state’s first human H5 avian influenza ...
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