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Genetic analyses of the bird flu virus unveil its evolution and potential

A flurry of reports about the genetics of the bird flu currently infecting U.S. cattle are offering insight into how…

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Bird flu virus traces detected in 1 in 5 pasteurized cow milk samples

Genetic material from a particularly virulent strain of bird flu virus has been found in 1 in 5 samples of…

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Bird flu virus remnants found in pasteurized milk, FDA says : NPR

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday, April 23, 2024, that samples of pasteurized milk had tested positive for…

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World’s chocolate supply threatened by devastating virus

A rapidly spreading virus threatens the health of the cacao tree and the dried seeds from which chocolate is made,…

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New research defines specific genomic changes associated with the transmissibility of the monkeypox virus

Mount Sinai scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII) in Madrid, Spain, have located and…

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Patrons of New York restaurant potentially exposed to hepatitis A virus

People who ate at the Main Deck restaurant in Penn Yan, NY, between March 27 and April 12 were potentially…

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2nd human Avian influenza virus infection reported in the U.S. – Risk remains low

A second person in the United States has tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)  virus. It was …

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How the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus enters our cells

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, in collaboration with JLP Health and others, have identified how the tick-borne Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus…

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New material neutralizes 96-percent of virus cells using nanospikes

Researchers at Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) have combined brute force with high tech manufacturing to create a…

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New testing approach improves detection of rare but emerging Powassan virus spread by deer ticks

Researchers at the New England Regional Center of Vector-Borne Diseases at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have come up with…

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