If bird flu jumps to humans, immunity from seasonal flu may offer some protection
Very few humans have gone up against bird flu. But we've all dealt with seasonal flu for years. Some of our immune systems ...
A Pill for Ebola? New Drug Shows Up to 100% Survival in Monkeys
New research this month shows that the experimental antiviral obeldesivir prevented up to 100% of deaths in monkeys infected ...
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services suggests letting bird flu spread naturally through poultry farms
A controversial proposal from U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to let bird flu naturally ...
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Viruses That Mimic Human Proteins May Be More Common than Previously Thought
A screen of human-infecting viruses identified extensive examples of viral proteins that resembled human sequences, which ...
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5 years into the pandemic, the COVID-19 virus keeps changing
The virus that causes COVID-19 continues to mutate. Scientists say that's likely to continue indefinitely, and the virus will ...
NBC News on MSN7d
Measles is unlike other viruses: What to know about long-term complications
Measles is unlike other childhood viruses. In severe cases, it can cause pneumonia. About 1 in 1,000 patients develops ...
Molecular 3D structure of viral 'copying machine' deciphered
Researchers have shown, for the first time, how the genetic material of the Nipah virus replicates in infected cells. The ...
Breakthrough study unveils mechanics of DNA unwinding
For the first time, scientists have witnessed the very moment DNA begins to unravel, revealing a necessary molecular event for DNA to be the molecule that codes all life.
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Oropouche virus: Emerging threats, symptoms, and prevention
After recovering from Oropouche infection, symptoms recur in about 60% of patients within a few days up to several weeks.